Topic: PHOTO - on October 20, 2008 at 6:35:00 PM CEST
Best Microscopic Images of 2008 Announced
Sinewy filaments within squirming microscopic diatoms, a type of algae, are artificially rainbow hued as a result of being photographed through polarizing light filters.
Captured by retired British microscopist Michael Stringer, the photo took top prize--and U.S. $3,000--in the 2008 Small World Photomicrography Competition, organizers announced on October 15. Sponsored by Nikon, the annual contest showcases "the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope."
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Topic: PHOTO - on October 10, 2008 at 11:06:00 AM CEST
New Chips Poised to Revolutionize Photography, Film
For the first time, professional-grade single-lens reflex cameras are gaining the ability to record high-definition video. That capability, photographers say, has the potential to transform both still photography and moviemaking -- and it's largely thanks to advances in the semiconductor technology used to make the image sensors inside these cameras.
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Topic: PHOTO - on October 8, 2008 at 10:03:00 AM CEST
Test :)
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Topic: PHOTO - on October 7, 2008 at 1:35:00 PM CEST
Earth From Above
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Topic: PHOTO - on October 1, 2008 at 12:03:00 PM CEST
Fujifilm's Real 3-D Camera Is Just the Beginning
Camera makers are jumping into the 3-D photo market more than 20 years after the format was laughed out of town and ended up as Michael Jackson's sidekick in Captain Eo.
Recently, Fujifilm announced a two-lensed camera that takes images and movies in 3-D and captures wide-angle photos of single scenes simultaneously. As a result, we've heard some rumbling in the wires about other camera manufacturers coming out with their own version in the next year or so.
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Topic: PHOTO - on September 28, 2008 at 12:17:00 PM CEST
Jan Leonardo Wollert and Jorg Miedza (LAPP)
Die Light Art Performance Photography ist noch ziemlich jung. Vor ungefähr einem Jahr habe haben zwei Bremer Lichtkunstfotografen begonnen sie zu entwickeln. Alles fing damit an, dass einer der beiden über Nacht in einem alten Speicher im Bremer Hafen eingeschlossen wurde. An diesem Abend probierte er das erste mal zwei Flächenlampen aus, die er einmal bei Ebay gekauft, aber nie ausprobiert hatte. Das Resultat war das erste LAPP Foto und der Anfang einer neuen Herangehensweise (die Technik war noch nicht definiert).
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Topic: PHOTO - on September 28, 2008 at 12:11:00 PM CEST
Canon 5D Mark II 21.1 Megapixel DSLR Camera With 1080 HD Video
Last week Canon announced the long awaited replacement for their full-frame 5D DSLR camera, the 5D Mark II. Their new camera features 21.1 megapixels, a DIGIC 4 processor with 14-bit analog-to-digital conversion, LiveView mode, anti-dust technology and increased ISO sensitivity.
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Topic: PHOTO - on September 23, 2008 at 10:13:00 AM CEST
Scenes from India
India is home to over 1.2 billion people of wildly varying religions, cultures and levels of wealth. Only 61 years since declaring its Independence from English rule, modern India is still defining itself, sometimes against the friction inside and outside of its borders. Recent newsworthy events in India include vast Monsoon flooding, conflicts in still-disputed Kashmir, and religious clashes between Hindus and Christians - and celebrations conducted by Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh and more. Though there's no possible way for these images to be comprehensive, here are some recent photos of scenes in India. (34 photos total)
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Topic: PHOTO - on September 13, 2008 at 1:31:00 PM CEST
Photostory: Nerd-Party
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Topic: PHOTO - on September 8, 2008 at 10:10:00 AM CEST
Make Your Own Time-Lapse Photography System
Movies were born when Auguste and Louis Lumiere (and ultimately Thomas Edison) projected a series of still photos in rapid succession, causing the viewer to perceive motion where there was none.
Matching the projector's speed with the speed of the camera made the motion lifelike. Undercranking (running the camera slowly) and overcranking (running the camera faster than the projector) caused a film to appear faster or slower than reality. It wasn't long after the invention of motion pictures that camera operators and directors intentionally ran the camera faster or slower than normal to create special effects.
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Topic: PHOTO - on August 28, 2008 at 1:45:00 PM CEST
Stunning Black & White Photos
The 2008 awards are on Sunday.
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Topic: PHOTO - on August 19, 2008 at 10:40:00 AM CEST
Aug. 19, 1839: Photography Goes Open Source
With a French pension in hand, Louis Daguerre reveals the secrets of making daguerreotypes to a waiting world. The pioneering photographic process is an instant hit.
Using chemical reactions to make images with light was not quite new. Doing it fast was. Inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niepce created a rough image using silver salts and a camera obscura, or "dark box," in 1816. The image faded away quickly.
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