A great book of photographs of nudes for use as inspiration for drawing, painting and sculpting/ Art ModelsLife Nudes for Drawing Painting and SculptingBy Maureen and Douglas JohnsonLive Model Books, 2006Various ISBNs This book is, simply, a book of nude pictures. Various male and female models are shown in a wide variety of poses, each …
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A part of our testing of the Panasonic FZ50 digital camera we examine the effectiveness of the image stabilization system. The results below represent a typical response across a range of tests that we did.Note that your milage may differ. Everyone holds a camera differently, everyone has a difference stance and everyone’s hands shake differently. …
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As part of our testing of the Panasonic FZ50 digital camera we examine the image noise during typical daytime exposures. The Panasonic FZ50 is an impressive 10MP, 12x optical zoom digital camera with an electronic viewfinder and a swing down and tilt LCD display. It has convenient functions, like the swing down LCD screen that …
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We test the Sony A100 for image noise and for the effectiveness of its image stabilization system. The A100 digital SLR camera from Sony is the first from them since the purchase of the intellectual property from Konica-Minolta, and is their first ever SLR. It has a nice range of features, which have been well …
We took the Sony A100 digital SLR camera out at night to repeat the image noise tests. For these night time exposures the A100 was tripod mounted and the self-timer used to trigger the shot. Exposure time was 6 seconds, with the aperture and ISo varied to provide the same effective exposure. We shot both …
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We test the FZ30 for image noise in both daytime and nighttime tests. The FZ30 is a very handy camera with its nice feel in the hand and a good range of focal lengths in one, handy package. The following tests were made tripod mounted and with no image processing applied. The RAW files are …
A good reference book for beside the computer while working in Photoshop Photoshop CS2 in easy stepsBy Robert ShuffleBothamComputer Step, 2005ISBN: 1 84078 300 1 There are so many books on Photoshop. Most are good. And many people still report getting so far and then being overwhelmed by the complexity of the program. This book …
This site shows the generative art work of Don Relyea, which includes both visual art works and music. Don is a fine art printmaker by training and an explorer by disposition. He explores the algorithmic landscape created by code and algorithm on his computers, creating wonderful visual art pieces and music in the process. Don’s …
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This site shows the astrophotography of Russell Croman Russell is an amateur astronomer whose astrophotography is far from amateur. Living in Austin, Texas and with a dark skies observatory in New Mexico, he takes his astrophotography very seriously. The photography on the site is stunning. It covers the whole astrophotography range from the solar system …
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A brief statement of assorted impressions of the new HP Z printers from time spent with them at HP’s development and design center in Barcelona. Below are some quick impressions of the Z printers. I’ll follow up with more detailed coverage soon. These are real nice printers. I was fortunate enough to spend time evaluating …