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Sunday Sep 20, 2009

Mount Desert Island, ME/ Grand Manan Island, NB, August Photoshoot

Comments[0] by Charles in General

I just posted a sample of my photographs from Mount Desert Island/Acadia and Grand Manan Island here.  I believe the Bay of Fundy is one of the best places to see a variety of whales.  Also, from my experience Cadillac Mountain in Acadia N.P. is unequaled for sunrise photography.  It may also be the first place the rising sun is visible in the United States each day.  My sunrise and sunset photos are usually taken in the HDR mode and processed in Photomatix (Lightroom plugin).  However, the subtle shades of the dawn and predawn sky are often not captured well in the tone mapped image.  I sometimes resort to a single well exposed image.

Sunday Sep 13, 2009

E-Book off-line

Comments[0] by Charles in General

The e-book "Science for the Curious Photographer" is temporarily off-line.  I am sorry for the inconvenience.

Wednesday Sep 09, 2009

PUBLICATION NEWS!

Comments[0] by Charles in General

Science for the Curious Photographer is being published in book form by A K Peters, Ltd.  This publisher is well-known for books on mathematics, computer science, and general science; so I think it will be ideal for my kind of book.  We expect the book to be available in the spring, maybe March.  The publisher also has electronic rights; but for the time being, the pdf version of SCP will continue to be available on this site.  I appreciate the advice, support, and encouragement offered by my readers.

Monday Sep 07, 2009

Photo shoot on Mount Desert Island, ME, and Grand Manan Island, NB

Comments[0] by Charles in General

We returned on August 25th from a great vacation/photo shoot in Maine and Canada.  I came back with about 1500 images from my Canon 40D and XTi cameras.  The numbers were inflated by the fact that I used HDR methods for most landscape shots and 6.5 frames per second when appropriate for photographing birds and whales.  Unfortunately, I have been so busy preparing SCP for publication that I have had little time to work up the images. (Yes, there is good news;[Read More]

Figure numbering errors in the book SCP

Comments[0] by Charles in General

In reviewing the text and converting the figures for publication, a number of errors and inconsistencies in the numbering of figures were found.  Also, three previously unnumbered illustrations have been given numbers.  Before the corrections,[Read More]