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#119. Such a Blur!

And now for something completely different Regulars will know DearSusanS mainly for landscape and travel photography. But there is a series, already touched upon a couple of times, that I hold closer...

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#160. Unsharp – No mask

This is a new article by Paul Perton, who shares a love of fuzzy images with yours truly === A couple of years ago, I (re)discovered manual lenses, after many years of using cameras with...

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#167. (In defense of) More blur

Hi every one. Here is a third contribution from our South African friend Paul Perton, a pro photographer from Cape Town who is defending our rights to make blurs a part of our art! Go Paul! I...

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#178. The Karoo: a new project finally gets started

The ubiquitous wind pump. Dawn – Victoria West. Road trip. What images the words conjure. Places seen, things spotted and mental notes made for next time. Photo opportunities. This one had a simple...

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#187. Of Kiwis and time

The photograph that started it all, although I didn’t know it at the time.Waterfront piles, Wellington. Nikon D2x, Nikkor 18-70 zoom. “Whatcha photographing mate?” It’s early November and I am standing...

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#192. Blogging is dead. Long live blogging.

Ocean sunset at Noup I got an e-mail from a photo buddy in Australia earlier in the week. He has stopped updating his excellent photo blog, largely because he feels that the page views and feedback he...

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#196. Familiarity ≠ contempt?

A hint of Scotland; morning sun on the Kogelberg At this time of year, it starts to get light here (Rooi Els, around 70km east of Cape Town) before 5 a.m. Most mornings the light show outside the...

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#252. Perceptual depth of field tricks – 1

Most of us salivate at the thought of owning a Notcilux for its shallow depth of field, subject isolation and creamy bokeh. Well, maybe not you, but certainly me ! But there are perceptual depth of...

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#261. Menu envy. Not.

Many pundits flesh out their reviews with (usually) lengthy and often caustic gripes about interfaces – the way the camera communicates with you and how easy it is to set, or change a specific...

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#266. Watery. On purpose.

Full of them, the Internet is. Watery pictures. Soft, silky and even plastic looking. Golden brown falls, tannin-rich, ethereal. Even the ocean seems to respond well to a careful photographer. Yeah, I...

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#277. Fighting off Otus envy.

Kogel Baai morning Zeiss’ 55mm Otus doesn’t stir me much. Of course, I want one; I’m a photographer after all. But I’ve got an ancient 50mm f1.4 manual focus AI Nikkor that delivers fantastic images...

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#310. Thorny issues with Flora

Karoo thorn   Overnight, the temperature has plunged from a mid-afternoon high 30-something Celsius to what I guess is now around 12C – it feels chilly as I shake my clothes and shoes out – a frog...

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#497. Around the house

  July is the time we get together with old friends for a week of fishing and hedonistic self-indulgence in Scotland. These friendships date back to the ‘70s in Johannesburg and since our many happy...

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#252. Perceptual depth of field tricks – 1

Most of us salivate at the thought of owning a Notcilux for its shallow depth of field, subject isolation and creamy bokeh. Well, maybe not you, but certainly me ! But there are perceptual depth of...

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#261. Menu envy. Not.

Many pundits flesh out their reviews with (usually) lengthy and often caustic gripes about interfaces – the way the camera communicates with you and how easy it is to set, or change a specific...

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#266. Watery. On purpose.

Full of them, the Internet is. Watery pictures. Soft, silky and even plastic looking. Golden brown falls, tannin-rich, ethereal. Even the ocean seems to respond well to a careful photographer. Yeah, I...

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#277. Fighting off Otus envy.

Kogel Baai morning Zeiss’ 55mm Otus doesn’t stir me much. Of course, I want one; I’m a photographer after all. But I’ve got an ancient 50mm f1.4 manual focus AI Nikkor that delivers fantastic images...

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#310. Thorny issues with Flora

Karoo thorn   Overnight, the temperature has plunged from a mid-afternoon high 30-something Celsius to what I guess is now around 12C – it feels chilly as I shake my clothes and shoes out – a frog...

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#497. Around the house

  July is the time we get together with old friends for a week of fishing and hedonistic self-indulgence in Scotland. These friendships date back to the ‘70s in Johannesburg and since our many happy...

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#899. What is the appeal of blurry photographs?

Last week, my wife, daughter and I went out for an evening walk in a nearby seaside village that hosts night markets during the summer months. Having recently tested the Hassy X1D on fast action...

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