Japan
To me, above all, Japan represents a mystique combination of elements as simple as geishas, the pink peach flowers, the Fuji, the buddhist temples, the very peculiar way Japanese act and think, its...
View ArticleA Branch Story
Were all branches created equal?Actually, I am not talking about branches that are thick or the ones that are long or even the ones that are as curvy as a snake slithering on the sand.I am talking...
View ArticleThe White Balance Case
Some years ago, I was a very happy owner of a Canon SX10IS and taking pictures of almost anything I could find in front of me because this camera was a small wonder (by then, at least for me). It was...
View ArticleSomething Is Wrong With My Picture - Part I
I understand that there are so many reasons why a picture could go wrong because of the many variables involved in taking a picture like light, composition, camera settings, etc. With point and shoot...
View ArticleChanging the Point of View
Have you already noticed how some animals that are notorious hunters chase their preys? As soon as they detect them, they froze their eyes on them and slowly and silently move towards the preys until...
View ArticleIt is not about your camera but about you!
Quite often when I show my pictures to somebody, I get a "Oh! What a nice picture! You must have a good camera!". Every time I hear this, I would like to take this fellow to a restaurant and order what...
View ArticleWhen It Is Good, You See It!
There are pictures and pictures, once said a poet.Actually, I don't ever remember reading anywhere this saying from any poet as, I think, pictures (used as photographs) perhaps do not make a nice...
View ArticleAlmost Dark - A Lesson In Black and White
Interesting how our point of view can change from the scene we are looking at, the picture we take from that scene and its final processing stage.This happened to me when I was strolling around with my...
View ArticleA HDR Tale in New York or... Beam Me Up, Scotty!
I visited a couple of times New York and, the more I do it, the more I find it amazing. There is something there that attracts, not only me, but millions of mes to its architecture, way of living,...
View ArticleLarge Windows
Still on the the HDR thema (please, take a look at my previous post about this subject matter), I worked on this photograph taken in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in one of its large sections.This is...
View ArticleHDR - The Engulfing Boulder
Working with HDR (Hygh Dynamic Range) gives me a lot of pleasure because, far from being a ritual, is different from the previous one.This picture taken in Brazil, in the city of Niterói, is a...
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