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Dec
09
2010Here’s a 360° HDR panoramic shot of the East River Bridges seen from the tip of the new Brooklyn Bridge Park. Winter has arrived and the air was quite chilly on the East River waterfront last night. The Manhattan Bridge is the background of the Brooklyn Bridge, north, with Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty to the left and southwest.
Click on the menu’s “Full Screen” icon and then click and drag to navigate within the image in all directions or use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out.
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Dec
02
2010Introducing my new folly, Roasted in the Namib. In a bookstore-quality large landscape format (13×11 inches), the book features an 8 pt. black linen hardcover with color dust jacket, durable library binding, 102 pages, over 80 stunning photos, full-color printing on premium lustre paper, and the memorable story of an extraordinary road trip. It is intended mostly as a future demo and a pitching sample but does look and feel great as-is.
Warning: This is not conventional publishing. It’s “print on demand” technology. No initial inventory for me, no minimums. The book is printed and shipped directly from Blurb as orders come in. The slightly high cost reflects this of course, $104.95 plus tax and shipping. This is the cost of self-publishing high quality photo books. But the folks at Blurb do a pretty amazing job with color and quality, considering this is digital printing.
You can see what the book looks like directly in the widget below (click on the bottom-right full screen button for an immersive view, then flip the pages by using the orange arrows – only a small part of the book is featured) or order directly here.
Nov
24
2010The new hard drive arrived from Dell overnight as promised and I replaced it immediately. My Windows disc image functioned perfectly and I was able to restore my system to its exact pre-failure state. Not a single document, setting, program or anything else lost. A big hurray for S.M.A.R.T. hard drive monitoring. All and all, I had less than 12 hours between the first warning and complete failure. Gulp.
Now I just hope the serie noire is over. On a different front, I’ve ordered a proofing copy of Roasted in the Namib. Not that I expect to market it wildly initially, on-demand printing being a little expensive. But it’s a fantastic test-run and I admit my hopes are high in terms of print and overall quality. We shall see. Stay tuned. Less than two weeks to d-day.
Oct
08
2010Still tapping into the same image bank, this time a later stitch of 3 bracketed shots. I seem to have shot at too low an f-stop and missed my lens’ sweet spot: edge softness is excessive. Oh well, it’s still a nice spot…
Oct
06
2010Of course running around the southern tip of Manhattan isn’t always as nice. There’s a nasty section underneath the FDR highway and some street running is necessary to cross from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Hudson. But still, Battery Park more than makes up for the rest.
Here’s a sunset on a none-running night. As always, click on the bottom-right Full Screen icon and then pan by clicking and dragging the mouse, zoom in and out with the mouse wheel…
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Sep
21
2010Here’s a sneak peek at the soon-to-be-implemented Aerial Photography gallery. Hover your mouse for controls. It features images from all kinds of previous galleries where they didn’t really belong and will hopefully grow into a much larger collection. For that I will have to start flying again soon, before my wings have shrunk to mere memories…
Posted in: Airborne & Photography & Web site news on September 21, 2010
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