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The beauty and grace of jellyfish

In the upcoming days, I’ll be posting a few photos of jellyfish that I took this summer. I find them beautiful, and almost zen-like in their movement and grace. It’s quite difficult to capture them in photos – it’s a fine balance between keeping the ISO down so as to avoid noise, keep the shutter speed high enough to stop their movement, and keep the aperture open enough to allow for proper exposure but also provide adequate depth of field.Read more
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Banaue boy

I’ve just returned from a week in Banaue in the heart of Luzon. I’ll post more stories and photos soon. — As I hiked up the trail to a waterfall high above the village of Banaue, this young boy jumped up onto a concrete post and just watched me for a moment. I guess we were both equally curious about the others’ activities. After I took the photo, he jumped down and went on his way. The sun’s glare actuallyRead more

Canon has announced a firmware update for its EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR enabling manual exposure when shooting videos

This just came in from Dpreview.com – very exciting news. “Canon has announced a firmware update for its EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR enabling manual exposure when shooting videos. With the updated version, users will be able to manually adjust the shutter speed, aperture and ISO settings in the video mode. The new firmware will be available for download on 2 June 2009 from Canon’s website. Allowing EOS 5D Mark II owners to achieve even more stunning video resultsRead more