Category Archives: Photography, general

Spider: 3 Views

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Tom (Admin)

I happened to catch this interesting spider on a glass door, and snapped a couple of different photos.  I believe it’s Selenopidae, or the wall crab spider.  Because it’s so flat, depth of field/focus issues are not as much a … Continue reading →

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Photos: Reflections at Etosha NP

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Tom (Admin)

It’s fun to play around with reflections off a body of water – though in my experience, it’s rare to come across a body of water (a) that’s calm enough to reflect without too much distortion (b) at the right … Continue reading →

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Photoshop Express Effects

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Tom (Admin)

I’ve been fooling around with the Photoshop Express App for the iPad – mostly because I’m not clever or patient enough to master the REAL Photoshop.  Given the right photo, you can use the (relatively) limited effects available on the … Continue reading →

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Photographing the moon

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Tom (Admin)

I tried photographing the moon the other day when we had the most spectacular full moon we’ve seen in years. But if you don’t have a fancy camera with a ginormous lens, the contrast between bright and dark causes the … Continue reading →

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Maintaining Ownership of Your Images

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Tom (Admin)

Scott Bourne made some interesting points on the blog Photofocus. He pointed out something many of us overlook in today’s world of social media marketing and sharing – that posting a photo via Twitter (which will apparently soon be possible) … Continue reading →

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