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The Art of Photography Show 2008 is a world-class international exhibition featuring all forms of photographic art — images shot on film, shot digitally, unaltered shots, alternative process, mixed media, digital manipulations, montages, photograms, etc. The Art of Photography Show will be exhibited at the two-level Lyceum Theatre Gallery, a perfect venue for exhibiting [...]

Articles that caught my attention in February:
30 Photos That Inspired Me to Learn Photography
Industrial Photography
Night Photography Tips for DSLR Users
Make the Best of Bad Weather – 6 Challenges for Photographers
Sports Photography – How to Get Inspired with Photography
4 Steps for Choosing Your Next Lens
Photography before Photoshop
An Introduction to Pinhole Photography
Photography fair avoided stereotypes

I finally found an article with very good examples of infrared photography.
When these infrared filters are used together with infrared-sensitive film or sensors, very interesting “in-camera effects” can be obtained; false-color or black-and-white images with a dreamlike or sometimes lurid appearance known as the “Wood Effect.”
The [...]

The Photography Prize worth £30,000 is awarded annually to an international photographer who is judged to have made the greatest contribution to photography over the previous year. This year’s finalists are John Davies (UK), Jacob Holdt (Denmark), Esko Männikkö (Finland) and Fazal Sheikh (USA). Founded in 1996, the Photography Prize has become one of the [...]

Featuring wild birds photos from Danube Delta – Romania. Enjoy the beauty of my country!

And some other wildlife from Danube Delta:

In this second week of “photo critique” I received 3 wonderful images. Let’s see them.
Ieva Miltiņa

Technical Aspects
This is an instant portrait with a good natural lighting. I would have preferred a more shallow DOF. The fingers are out of the photograph so this not technically correct. Everything else (contrast, colors, white balance, sharpness) is ok. [...]

Step by Step:
Increase the dynamic range of a RAW image by creating two exposures in Camera Raw and then merging them together in Photoshop.

Functions:
• Shooting Modes: Program AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Speed Priority AE, Manual Exposure
• Movie Mode: MOV format, H.264/AVC, IMA-ADPCM (stereo); 640 × 480 (30 fps); 1920 × 1080 (FHD HQ/FHD Normal, 60 fields per second), 1280 × 720 (HD LP, 30 fps); 512 × 384 (300 fps), 432 × 192 (600 fps), 336 × 96 (1200 [...]

Functions:
• Shooting Modes: Auto, Manual, Picture Stabilization (Anti-blur), Movie
• Scene Modes: Natural Light, Baby, Portrait, Landscape, Sport, Night, Beach, Snow, Fireworks, Sunset, Flower, Party, Museum, Text
• Movie Mode: 640 x 480, 320×240 pixels, 30 frames/sec. With monaural sound, AVI format (Motion JPEG)
• Effects: Slide show, Trimming, Single frame, Multi-frame playback, Sorting by date, Image rotate
• Flash Modes: Auto, Red-eye Reduction, [...]

Functions:
• Shooting Modes: Auto, Baby mode, Picture Stabilization, Red-eye Reduction, Digital Zoom, Portrait, SP (Scene Position), Movie
• Scene Modes: Landscape, Sport, Night, Natural Light, Beach, Snow, Fireworks, Sunset, Flower, Party, Museum, Text, Manual
• Movie Mode: 320×240 pixels, 30 frames/sec. With monaural sound, AVI format (Motion JPEG)
• Effects: Slide show, Trimming, Single frame, Multi-frame playback, Sorting by date, Image rotate
• Flash [...]