Tamron and Sigma have both announced updates for their lenses to provide full compatibility with Canon’s EOS 5DS and 5DS R models. Both firmware updates refer to behavior in live view shooting, something that has also caused problems in the Rebel T6s and T6i. This suggests that Canon’s latest models feature a change in the way they drive lenses. Read more
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UK imaging systems firm NCTech is to introduce a four-sensor, single-shot camera that it says can create a 360 degree image of a street scene or an interior in less than two minutes. The iris360 uses four lens units in front of four 10MP sensors arranged at 90 degree intervals, and images can be uploaded directly to Google Street View. The lenses are triggered simultaneously and the resultant images are stitched together automatically in-camera. Read more
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Leica has introduced an updated version of its black-and-white-only digital rangefinder. The M-Monochrom Typ 246 uses a full frame 24MP CMOS sensor that, like its predecessor, has no color filter array. The model that came before it used an 18MP CCD sensor, so the upgrade to a CMOS chip provides several improvements such as live view and video recording capabilities. Read more
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Sigma has issued a service notice advising that some of its Canon mount interchangeable lenses cannot be used with Live Mode on the Canon EOS Rebel T6s (760D) and the Canon EOS Rebel T6i (750D). Lens owners will receive a free firmware update to fix the problem, though the company has not provided a timeframe for when the update is expected. Both current and discontinued lens models are affected by this issue. Read more
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A stretch of the South Platte River along Wildcat Mound below confluence with St Vrain Creek is my favorite river section for paddling. It can be accesswd from the county road 19.5 bridge on the St Vrain Creek (north of the power station). River access is relatively easy without a need to climb any fences. From here you have 1 mile of paddling to the confluence. This may be a start of a longer downriver trip or just downstream/upstream workout. The St Vrain current is pretty mild and you can easily paddle upstream. The South Platte is, in turn, much faster with some shallows and even little rock gardens (easy to navigate). It is more interesting for paddling downstream and more challenging for paddling upstream than the river section below Evans.
During my last trip (March 10, 2015) I shot some aerial pictures of the river at Wildcat Mound from a low flying drone. This place is about 1 mile below confluence. There is a shallow rapid just below the confluence. It gave a very good workout when I was paddling back upstream. River flow was ~120 cfs at St Vrain Cr and ~400cfs on South Platte at Ft Lupton (several diversion dams upstream).
For comparison you can check pictures from my packrafting trip in June, 2011. The 2013 flooding cleared all previous log jams on the St Vrain. You can still see these huge cottonwood trees in the water, but they do not block the river.
South Platte River at Wildcat Mound looking up stream
South Platte River with Sea Wind canoe
South Platte River at Wildcat Mound with a little rock garden looking down stream
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Blending fiction and reality, art and history, this series of superimpositions takes ‘then-and-now’ imagery all the back to the 18th Century on the streets and rivers of England’s capital city. Most of the added classics (spliced with Google Street View shots) are largely unedited, a few are strategically cropped but many show a naturally stark contrast in colors, tones, lighting, and of course: street life.
Collected and collaged by Halley Docherty, these hybrids show historical structures in their built environments like St. Martin in the Fields, shown at the top (painting by William Logsdail in 1888), a church situated on the opposite side of Trafalgar Square to Northumberland House, pictured directly below (painted by Canaletto in 1752 and since demolished).
Various views of the River Thames show how the riverfronts, skylines, ships and boats and shifted in type and number over time, or highlight key points and storytelling scenes of local history set against the everyday backdrop captured by Street View vans.
Many major streets are shown at least partly as they were, albeit with some embellishments or artistic license here and there, as well as the vehicles and people that populated them (just surrounded by contemporary persons and contexts).
Other paintings shown in this collection include: A View of Greenwich from the River by Canaletto (1750–52), Blackman Street London by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1885), View of The Grand Walk by Canaletto (1751), The 9th of November, 1888 by William Logsdail (1890), The Strand Looking East from Exeter Exchange by Anonymous (1822), Covent Garden Market by Balthazar Nebot (1737), The River Thames with St. Paul’s Cathedral on Lord Mayor’s Day by Canaletto (1746) and Westminster Abbey with a Procession of Knights of the Bath by Canaletto (1749).
Wonderfully creative urban street art. These photographs, taken around town in London and even shown in galleries, are just a small portion of the work.
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With so much focus on Google Street View privacy issues, many people have missed a whole subset of non-controversial but much more strange Street View images.
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From the scenes shot by the nine lenses of Google’s Street View cameras, artist Jon Rafman gathers the strange, the beautiful, the haunting and the poignant.
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When a parking garage is considered a landmark in itself and used as the setting for fashion shows, music videos and orchestral performances, perhaps it’s no surprise that people are happy to hang out there for hours on end playing airbag. 1111 Lincoln Road by Swiss architecture firm Herzog de Meuron is a work of modern art, so it was a natural setting for Snarkitecture to show off some of their own designs.
Known for unexpected installations and temporary works of architecture, the Brooklyn-based collaborative practice set up a bright white game room on level 5 of the carpark, inviting users to play ball and compete side-by-side on two fully-custom basketball arcade-style shootout games.
Of course, what takes this installation to the next level isn’t just the fact that it’s located in a parking garage – it’s the stunning views of the Miami skyline that guests take in as they play. No worries about losing your ball over the side, as there are safety nets in place.
The garage itself is famed for appearing incredibly light despite its concrete construction, influenced by designer Jacques Herzog’s perception of Miami as “all muscle without cloth.” Some of the levels feature triple-height ceilings to accommodate special events with the city’s Art Deco district as a backdrop.
1111 Lincoln Road isn’t just a parking garage. It’s a destination in itself, serving as a desirable events space for weddings, photo shoots, concerts and more.
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Most parking facilities are eyesores, designed with function in mind without paying heed to context or aesthetics. But in some cases, parking garages can be so …
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The entire facade of the Ars Electronic Building in Linz, Austria has become the world’s largest playable Rubik’s cube thanks to a color-changing …
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Earlier I shared a collection of photos shot from above using a bird’s eye view. In the photography challenge last week you were assigned to photograph from a worm’s eye view or low down. This week you will be looking down, using the bird’s eye view to create your images.
Bird’s are usually flying overhead or sitting up high on a wire looking down on us. So try something to get that kind of perspective in your image this week. Get up high and look down. That could mean:
You get the idea right? Get up – and look down!
Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.
Here are some more images to give you ideas:
By Farrukh
By cnemil
By William Cho
By svenwerk
By Peggy2012CREATIVELENZ
By mgstanton
By Adam Baker
By Thomas Hawk
By Faisal Akram
By Jason Mrachina
By John Chandler
By Ed Suominen
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Last week I rounded up a bunch of worm’s eye view images so this week we’re going the other way and taking the high road with bird’s eye view photos. Angle of view and perspective use is a great way to make more interesting images. As you might suspect bird’s eye view photos are taken from above, look down on the subject. That could mean standing on a chair, climbing a ladder, shooting from a rooftop or even a mountain top.
Enjoy these bird’s eye view photos and allow them to inspire you:
Conical Lifestyle by Drew Hopper on 500px
Socializing by Edwin Leung on 500px
Birds eye view by Ann Weis on 500px
bird eye view by Anake Seenadee on 500px
My Little Photography Buddy by Danny on 500px
Oxbow River by Graham Taylor on 500px
Birds Eye View by Paul Byrne on 500px
Abstract night view by 24NOVEMBERS on 500px
Golden Gate Bridge, Birds Eye View by Raj Patel on 500px
Zebra – Birds Eye View by George Wheelhouse on 500px
Hunting Island Lighthouse by Spiro Mandylor on 500px
Untitled by Glenn Greathouse on 500px
Pull up a chair at the table of life by Stuart Duffy on 500px
Birds Eye View. by Volodymyr Zinchenko on 500px
Birds Eye View by James Cray on 500px
Daffodog by Sam Spilsbury on 500px
Brett 1 by Stephen Caissie on 500px
Musician by Lene Vold on 500px
Oh What Fun it is to be Young by Gil Folk on 500px
Look Above by Jerry Low on 500px
Se acabó la cerveza / We ran out of beer by Cristina Hernandez on 500px
Untitled by Erik Hecht on 500px
Birds Eye View by pascal steffens on 500px
Untitled by Luke Ekblad on 500px
Singapore 2014 by Edward Tian on 500px
above blue typewriter by Sean Gladwell on 500px
From Above… by Jacques Szymanski on 500px
Ice Hockey – Birds Eye View by Alex Wolf on 500px
Floor 999 by Yousef Farki on 500px
Burj Khalifa: Looking Down on Dubai by Declan Keane on 500px
Perspective by Abdullah Rhwanjy on 500px
steel staircase by Sean Gladwell on 500px
Beneath by Ian Smith on 500px
A View from above by Sebastian Patron on 500px
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This week I rounded up a bunch of images taken low to the ground, otherwise known as worm’s eye view. It’s not a common view that people see, so images you create shot from this angle have a unique look and pique interest with viewers. Your job is to take on this low down task and shoot from the ground level. Here are some examples for you:
By Stephan Rebernik
By Stephan Rebernik
By Stephan Rebernik
By Tim Hamilton
By Dr. Motte
By AJ Mangoba
There’s no special equipment needed to do this, or magical subject matter. Even the most ordinary objects can be made to look interesting when photographed from the worm’s eye view. So it’s your turn.
So get down on your hands and knees, don’t be afraid to get dirty, and get as low to the ground as you can (and still be able to get up again). You might find things down there you haven’t noticed before, perhaps even in your own home or back yard. Like macro photography that makes you look for tiny subjects, getting down on the ground has a similar benefit and you start to see things you’d otherwise miss. Give it a try.
Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.
Here are some more images to give you ideas:
By weegeebored
By Christophe / saturnino Iaïchouchen
By Ken Owen
By André Hofmeister
By kennysarmy
By Gabrijel Gavranovi?
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