Because it is 30 years ago today that Saigon fell at the end of the Vietnam war, many publications have retrospective galleries on their websites. The best I have found is on the Denver Post. 141 images, many of them iconic and etched in people's memory.
Captured: A Look Back at the Vietnam War on the 35th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon – Plog Photo Blog
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Saguaros
Saguaros are the iconic cactuses from the Sonoran desert that spans Mexico and Arizona. I was in southern Arizona this spring on a little vacation with my family. This was before the rather ill-thought out law requiring non-citizens to carry immigration papers on their persons came into effect. Although I do believe a lot of the reporting on this law has been overly sensational (the requirement is already a federal law), being a very legal immigrant myself I am quite ambivalent about it as it reeks rather of racial profiling. But enough of that. I have lots of pictures from that trip that I haven't put up yet. One thing I put up was some sunrise pictures from the goosenecks, which we visited on the way back. We also hiked a little in Picacho Peak State park, which I put up as a featured gallery a while ago. I will write later about that place which is a lot of fun to visit in early spring when all the poppies and other flowers are in bloom. Right now, I'll just put up a few pictures off a Saguoro that my daughter chose as her Saguaro for her junior ranger program in fantastic Saguaro National Park. This was a big giant with lots and lots of arms.
This one I call "the rocket" for obvious reasons:
Flickr link for this image.
and this "the arm." Another appropriate name would be "the finger." ;-)
Flickr link for this image.
Here is my daughter next to "her" Saguaro
It takes Saguaros 75 years to grow their first sidearm. This one has seen quite some history. I have many more images of seas of Saguaros that I still have to work up, so more later!
This one I call "the rocket" for obvious reasons:
Flickr link for this image.
and this "the arm." Another appropriate name would be "the finger." ;-)
Flickr link for this image.
Here is my daughter next to "her" Saguaro
It takes Saguaros 75 years to grow their first sidearm. This one has seen quite some history. I have many more images of seas of Saguaros that I still have to work up, so more later!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Lens correction will be included in Lightroom and ACR!
See the scuttlebutt here. The video is alas private at the moment but the text of Tom Hogarty's blog post is pretty clear. This is a great development.
EDIT: here is the video. Be sure to watch it on youtube in highdef.
EDIT: here is the video. Be sure to watch it on youtube in highdef.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Amazing images from the Iceland volcano
As by now everybody knows there is a volcano erupting on iceland (Eyjafjallajokull) that has brought down most air traffic in Europe. As annoying as that can be to travellers (and I have several friends stuck because of it) it does give rise to beautiful images. Later there will be some really nice sunsets and sunrises too because of the volcanic ash in the higher atmosphere. There is a really nice gallery on the big picture here. They show and link to extraordinary images from Belgian photographer Olivier Vandeginste. Well worth a look.
More pictures:
Earlier Big Picture gallery
The Frame 1
The Frame 2
Denver Post (love that picture of the icelandic horses before the cloud
NY times lens blog Superb images!
I like this image from flickr user Sverrir Thor, who has many more nice ones in his stream.
More pictures:
Earlier Big Picture gallery
The Frame 1
The Frame 2
Denver Post (love that picture of the icelandic horses before the cloud
NY times lens blog Superb images!
I like this image from flickr user Sverrir Thor, who has many more nice ones in his stream.
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