Canon have just release the remarkable new Canon EOS 5D II a full frame 22 megapixel pro SLR. New Features include a new larger CMOS sensor, HD movie recording capability and the new DIGIC 4 processor.

cross processing

Before digital cameras, people used to take photos on film! But you knew that of course. Cross-processing came about by processing negative film in chemicals intended for processing slide film…hence cross-processing.

There is something about filling the frame with the fine detail of an object, I guess it’s the abstract nature that brings out the artist in me. Here are some cool macro photography shots…

Fork macro shot

Mightier than the Sword

Somethings you don't want to see close up!

I bought some bellows from China on Ebay and although they don’t allow for autofocusing or even control the auto exposure, they are still quite usable. I will be posting some of my pictures taken with them on here in the next couple of weeks…let me know what you think

What is HDR?

The process/technique is known as High Dynamic Range processing or simply HDR. HDR and Tone Mapping is a process which two or more differently exposed images (normally one properly exposed, one underexposed by one stop, and one overexposed by one stop) to produce a single image with much higher dynamic color range. Why would we do this? Well, a digital camera sensor is capable of capturing about 3-5 stops of color dynamic range where the human eye is capable of seeing about 11 stops of color dynamic range. What this means is that you see a beautiful scene and then photograph it and then get home and review your images and you are disappointed that your images are just not the way you remember seeing the scene. There is nothing technically wrong with your images, they just are not what you remember seeing when you were there.

Machu Picchu HDR

HDR used to great effect

Yachts in Monaco Marina

Great Photoshop “Vanishing Point” cloning tutorial…very useful.