Samyang Optics has announced a 24mm F1.4 lens in Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Samsung NX, Sony Alpha and Four-thirds mounts. This manual focus lens, with its large f1.4 aperture, is made up of 13 elements in 12 groups including 4 low-dispersion elements (ED). The lens is likely to start shipping by the end of this year at a price to be confirmed.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
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Samyang announces 24mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC lens
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ScanArt
Petra ist 25, wohnt und studiert in Cottbus und schreibt fleißig an ihrer Masterarbeit, wodurch die Fotografie gerade etwas zurück stecken muss. Wenn sie gerade keine Selfs macht, dann fotografiert sie gern andere liebe Menschen, Stillleben und alles was ihr sonst noch so vor die Linse kommt. Die meisten ihrer Bilder findet man auf Flickr.
Viele haben wohl schon mal ihre Hand oder ihr Gesicht auf einen Kopierer gelegt und geschaut, was als Ergebnis dabei herauskommt. Eine ähnliche Grundidee steckt auch in meinen Scans. Ein weiterer Gedanke war es, mal eine Alternative zur „normalen“ Fotografie auszuprobieren. Begonnen hat es dann mit ein paar Scans zum Spaß. Einfach um zu schauen, was dabei so herauskommt.
Das Prinzip der „Scan-o-grafie“ ist eigentlich ganz einfach: Man stellt den Scanner mit einem Vorschaumodus ein und scannt zunächst einmal seine Hand oder Ähnliches. Im nächsten Schritt arrangiert man zum Beispiel, wie im Bild mit der Blüte, seine Hände zusammen mit einem Objekt. Nur scannt man jetzt nicht mehr im Vorschaumodus.
Ob das Bild etwas geworden ist, sieht man dann allerdings nach dem kompletten Scan. Am Anfang braucht es einige Versuche. Bei meinen Scans war der Raum sehr dunkel, so habe ich auch einen relativ gleichmäßigen und dunklen Hintergrund auf meinen Bildern bekommen.
Es gibt aber auch Beispiele für Scannerbilder (mit weißem Hintergrund, wie die Arbeiten von Andrea Fleischer
Der Raum muss für einen weißen Hintergrund sehr hell sein, am besten noch extra beleuchtet. Man kann auch direkt darüber ein weißes Blatt als Hintergrund halten, allerdings würde ich das Blatt auch zusätzlich beleuchten, damit der Hintergrund so hell wie möglich wird. Der Rest ist dann ein bisschen Photoshop.
Foto: Andrea FleischerZu guter Letzt muss ich aber auch gestehen, dass es wohl ein bisschen vom Scanner und der jeweiligen Auflösung abhängt, wie „sauber“ und klar das Ergebnis letztendlich wird. Ich selbst habe meine Bilder mit dem Canon 8600f gescannt.
Ich nutze es selbst inzwischen als eine Art der Fotografie. Ich mag die „besondere“ Wirkung der Bilder, weil ich es bisher nicht geschafft habe, fotografisch eine ähnliche Darstellung zu erzielen. Die Lichtsetzung spielt dabei sicherlich auch eine entscheidende Rolle. Am liebsten scanne ich meine Hände zusammen mit kleinen Objekten, wie Blüten, Blätter, Federn.
Eine andere Idee war es, Fotos von meiner Familie auf diese Weise neu zu inszenieren und so eine sichtbarere Verbindung zwischen den einzelnen Bildern zu schaffen.
Es gibt aber noch zahlreiche weitere Ideen und die einzige Grenze besteht wohl in der Größe der Auflagefläche des Scanners. Auf Flickr gibt es auch ein paar Gruppen zu diesem Thema: hier und hier.
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Microsoft Word 2010 – Give Your Text a Healthy Glow
Text can stand out in a Word 2010 document by glowing in a variety of colors and sizes.
Among the many ways you can make text stand out in Microsoft Word 2010 is to have it glow. You can choose from a variety of pre-made glow effects, or go nuts and tweak the color of the glow, its size, and its transparency.
1. Select the text that you would like to glow….
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A Samantha Afternoon
To be quite honest I think Samantha was using my camera to photograph the initials in a tree and the image of her feet. But I loved them so much they made the blog. Hope you don’t mind Sam!
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Future is Wild: Welcome To The Future
Imagine a world far, far into the future. A world very different than our own where people have been wiped out by massive climatic and geological changes, nearly destroying the Earth. What would the world be like, and what kinds of creatures could survive? An international team of eminent scientists was formed to predict the future and its new life forms in five million, 100 million and 200 million years. The scientists predicted that the Earth would go through several phases, including Ice World after five million years, Hothouse World at 100 million years and New World at 200 million years. To portray the scenery as accurately as possible, a camera crew traveled to remote locations around the world. State-of-the-art animation helped bring to life such freakish beings as Flishes combining the characteristics of birds and fish, the giant slimemold known as the Slithersucker, the Toraton tortoise bigger than any dinosaur, tree-dwelling squids called Squibbons, the spewing Spitfire Bird and many more!
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Architectural photography digital retouching of home exteriors by Alan Goldstein Photography.wmv
This is a video that shows examples of how I digitally retouched the exterior of homes and landscaping. These photographs were made by Alan Goldstein Photography. Alan Goldstein is an architectural, interior, and advertising photographer located in Maryland just outside of Washington DC. Most of his work is in the Mid-Atlantic region but he also travels to other parts of the country for photography. His clients include ad agencies, real estate developers, builders, architects and interior designers. Alan Goldstein has more than 25 years of experience in this specialized field. He is a member of Advertising Photographers of America and is a Gold Award winner in the 2010 Graphis Photography Annual.
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Storymode – Secret Minecraft Music
www.youtube.com Click here to watch the previous episode of Storymode! Storymode – Secret Minecraft Music (S01E18) This week the guys are at home bringing you the best in Machinima. Dex gets freaked out by a Minecraft alien. Minecraft Alien www.youtube.com And reveals the latest characters for Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat Secret Character Tryouts Ep.3 www.youtube.com While Lyle teleports around for some reason. Jack Walters: Super Hero www.youtube.com And reveals his love of singing. the CoD Files: Das Musik Haus www.youtube.com In this video you will see… HOW TO teleport HOW TO sing HOW TO try out for mortal kombat – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Follow Machinima on Twitter! Machinima twitter.com Inside Gaming twitter.com Machinima Respawn twitter.com Machinima Entertainment, Technology, Culture twitter.com FOR MORE MACHINIMA, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE SPORTS GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE MMO & RPG GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE TRAILERS, GO TO: www.youtube.com TAGS: Storymode Dex Lyle “Sanity not Included” machinima movies videos clips shows episodes halo fps ” feature films” directors “premiere directors” “original content” storymode comedy hilarious funny jokes random insane silly beard hair emo anime “over the top” “first person shooter” “xbox 360” ps3 wii online “mortal kombat” fatalities “call of duty” “black ops” house music dubstep electronic halo …
Video Rating: 4 / 5www.youtube.com Click here to watch the previous episode of Storymode! Storymode – Scorpion’s Final Duty (S01E20) This week Dex brings us the best in Final Fantasy stop motion: Final Fantasy Stop motion: Sephiroth The World’s Enemy www.youtube.com and live action: Call of Duty vs Halo Live Action By OhhWowFilms, www.youtube.com While Lyle pretends to be the Star Wars Kid and shows us “Fire and Ice”: Mortal Kombat Fire & Ice: Shao Kahn www.youtube.com In this video you will see… HOW TO be shocked HOW TO end Mortal Kombat HOW TO shoot guns – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Follow Machinima on Twitter! Machinima twitter.com Inside Gaming twitter.com Machinima Respawn twitter.com Machinima Entertainment, Technology, Culture twitter.com FOR MORE MACHINIMA, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE SPORTS GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE MMO & RPG GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE TRAILERS, GO TO: www.youtube.com TAGS: Storymode Dex Lyle “Sanity not Included” machinima movies videos clips shows episodes halo fps ” feature films” directors “premiere directors” “original content” storymode comedy hilarious funny jokes random insane silly beard hair emo anime “over the top” “first person shooter” “xbox 360” ps3 wii online “los angeles” england “mortal kombat” scorpion sub-zero halo “halo reach” “final fantasy” “star wars” “star wars kid” “liu kang” “pink scorpion” fatalities friendship …
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Arac Attack 3D anaglyph
Here’s is the Stereoscopic composition for my MSc in Creative Technology final project (3D stereo compositing using a single camera). A short film based on a dark SciFi Comedy written by Paul Goodall. You will need Red/Cyan filter glasses to view it. Arac Attack won the third place in the Anaglyph Category of the Sixth Ever 3-D Movie/Video Competition sponsored by the Stereo Club of Southern California. Made with: 3DS Max (models, 3D particles), Shake (keys, roto, motion graphics), Nuke (3D comping, anaglyphs), FCP (editing), Voodoo (matchmove), Motion (2.5D particles), Photoshop (mattes), Quicktracks for Premiere (score) and Color (colour grade).
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National airport Gardermoen, Norway
This video is made ??using 3 Nikon D300s cameras. The recordings took 3 days, I was alone and paid 2500 NKR (500usd) in taxi to get me around the whole area.