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Self-portrait #2

Photo: John Mackay - Self Portrait #2Unprinted colour photo titled Self-portrait #2 depicting myself (John Mackay) and my Shen-hao HZX 4X5-IIA Field Camera with Rodenstock 90mm Grandagon N lens.

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Paperbark Impression #1

Unprinted colour photo titled Paperbark Impression #1 depicting paperbark trees of Horseshoe Bay Lagoon, Magnetic Island. Photographed Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro DSLR, Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 AF-D lens @ f/11 1/6sec in vertical pan.

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Crew Only

Unprinted colour photo titled Crew Only depicting the cargo ship Yasa Unsar Sunar departing Townsville Port during the early evening. Photographed from onboard the Sunferries MV SunCat on Fuji Superia 100 with Canon EOS 30, 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 USM lens @ f/5.6 1/15sec.

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Foundation (redux)

Unprinted colour photo titled Foundation (redux) depicting barnacle encrusted pylons penetrating the salt waters of Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island. Photographed on Fuji Reala 100 with Plaubel Veriwide 100 (6×10), 47mm f/8 Schneider Super-angulon lens @ f/11 60sec.

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Putting lipstick on the pig

I read an interesting article on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) related by Donncha O Caoimh by way of PhotographyVoter.com over at InPhotos.org on 11 SEO tips for your photoblog which was an expansion of Richard Hearnes article on SEO For Thin Content Sites - Making A P h o t o B l o […]

Light Studio for Photographers (Tabletop)

This instructable shows you the easy, inexpensive, and quick way to create a light box that can get you the same photographic results as a 150 dollar light box. The only difference is that this one can ultimately be built for under 10 dollars. Read more at:
http://www.instructables.com/id/E1FON0MF2CRK8KL/

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A crisis in nature photography

Niall Benvie over at Open Democracy talks about the commercial and professional pressures that have reduced nature photography to a tedium of airless familiarity. Niall believes that the practice desperately needs a wider and more truthful depiction of its subject not just an evolution of style, but of fresh things to say. Read more at:
http://www.opendemocracy.net/theme_9-landscape/article_418.jsp

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Overcoming creative block and self doubt

Every photographer, for that matter every creative, I’ve ever met comes to a point when they’re not happy with the work they’re producing. The pen

Canon crams 50 megapixels into a CMOS prototype - Engadget

Engadget is reporting that Canon has announced a 50 megapixel CMOS sensor prototype. Don’t expect this for your dSLR anytime soon though.

Linux not quite up to snuff with RAW Photography

Despite leaps and bounds in other areas Linux still can not compete with other desktop solutions when you start looking at RAW photography and workflows.