Very Cool: Eclectic 2.0: Earth, Water, Sky

Eclectic 2.0: Earth, Water, Sky from Ross Ching on Vimeo.

Ross Ching writes: "My second time lapse experiment. I took about 25,000 still photographs over the course of a few months and stitched them together into this."

Cool: Eclectic 3.0: The Roads Less Traveled

Eclectic 3.0: The Roads Less Traveled from Ross Ching on Vimeo.

30 Popular Photoshop Tutorials of 2008

30 Popular Photoshop Tutorials of 2008

40 Stunning Fantasy Wallpapers

40 Stunning Fantasy Wallpapers

40 Awesome iPhone Application Websites

40 Awesome iPhone Application Websites

21 Free Textures

See and download all 21 textures here.

Follow Me On Twitter

While I love photography, I'm also interested in a wide variety of other subjects. Here's where to go if you want to see what my other passion are...

Birdsall's Fantastic Collection Of Social Media Icons

Click here to view Birdsall's fantastic collection of social media icons.

Candy & Rick's Wedding

Here are a few photos from Candy and Rick's wedding, which was shot at Back O' Beyond in Sedona, Arizona. Click on the images below for a larger view.

Eye Hear You

Photo By Pierre Choiniere

Shiny Preview: Nikon D5000

Nikon's New D5000

Nikon introduces D5000 digital SLR with vari-angle LCD, 720p video
By Rob Galbraith
Monday, April 13, 2009

EXCERPT:

The D5000 - a less expensive D90?

If you're familiar with the D90, a lot of the D5000's specifications and features will seem similar. They have the identical image sensor, autofocus, metering and D-Movie mode, plus a similar shooting rate. There are differences, however, ones intended to justify the D90's slightly higher price tag. The D90 has the following attributes not found in the D5000:

- A larger, clearer viewfinder (the D5000's 0.78x magnification pentamirror viewfinder is likely to seem cramped in comparison to the D90's 0.94x pentaprism one)

- Commander Mode for adjusting and triggering remote Speedlights

- An in-body focus motor that can drive non-AF-S autofocus Nikkor lenses

- A larger, crisper rear LCD (3.0in, 920,000 dot for the D90 vs 2.7in, 233,000 dot for the D5000)

- 4.5fps maximum shooting rate

- Depth of field preview

- More Custom Settings options

- Accepts the MB-D80 Multi-Power Battery Pack (no similar grip is planned for the D5000)

Offsetting these D90 advantages is the vari-angle capability of the D5000's rear LCD, which will be a real boon for video work especially.

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Nikon Hits the Sweet Spot With New D5000
By Rik Fairlie
New York Times
April 14, 2009

Nikon D5000 Is Officially Announced!
101 Noisey Cameras
April 13, 2009

Nikon D5000 Overview Page

Nikon D5000 Test Images

Key Nikon D5000 specifications:

- 12-megapixel CMOS sensor (DX)

- 2.7" vari-angle LCD (230K) - tilt, flip, turn

- Live View

- OVF (95%, 0.78x)

- 11-point autofocus (one cross-type), MultiCAM 1000

- ISO 200 to 3200 (stretched to 100 and 6400)

- 4fps burst mode (with conditions as usual)

- Hot Shoe

- 24fps 720p video recording

- SD/SDHC memory cards

- EN-EL9a LiIon battery (also takes EN-EL9)

DTownTV: Outstanding Series for Nikon Shooters

I've reported on this before, but this show is so good, I wanted to remind all of you again. If you are a Nikon shooter, this program, featuring Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski, is outstanding. Every episode includes Nikon tips, tricks, and information that will dramatically improve, sharpen, and expand your abilities as a Nikon photographer. http://www.dtowntv.com/

Recommended Hard Drives

I've written about this in other posts but thought it might be a good idea to repeat again: When it comes to hard drives (internal or external), I only buy Western Digital, or Seagate, and avoid everything made by LaCie and Maxtor. Why? Because after all these years, I've never had a Western Digital or Seagate drive fail on me, while I've had multiple LaCie and Maxtor drives fail.

The Evolution of Apple

Click on the image above for a full-sized image. Source website.

DroboPro: The Perfect Backup System

I bought my first Drobo in January of 2008. This was a first generation Drobo. I'm glad to report that I have never had a problem. The backup system has worked flawlessly. Two (or three) generations later, the Drobo makers have come out with a new eight-drive backup monster called DroboPro. If I had the money, I would buy a couple of these babies and kiss backup issues goodbye forever. Until that day comes, I'll keep using the backup system I have written about in earlier blogs and imagine a couple of these beauties sitting on my desktop someday: Empty (with no hard drives installed) $1,299.00; Fully loaded (with eight Western Digital 500 GB hard drives installed) Price: $1,949.00. Click here for more information.

26 Aurora & Colour Spectrum Wallpapers

26 Aurora & Colour Spectrum Wallpapers: Download them here.

Sunset Wedding Shots In Sedona

Here are a couple sunset shots from a recent wedding in Sedona. These two shots were taken a little after sunset and were darkened in Lightroom to create the silhouette affect. Lightroom is so powerful, that I do most of my work there these days. I've also been getting a lot of mileage out of the new Viveza plugin.

Adobe Lightroom 2 Soften Skin Brush Video Tutorial

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