Smashing Magazine has a list of 35 extremely beautiful HDR pictures. These are really high dynamic range pictures tone-mapped for displays (like your monitors) with limited dynamic range.
If you are interested in checking out more HDR pictures, please visit Flickr’s HDR group pool.
I shoot 100% in RAW and use Nikon Capture NX for NEF raw file editing most of the time. Until recently, I have been uploading photos to Flickr by first saving the photo as JPEG to a folder, start Flickr Uploader, add the photos, then hit the upload button. I just found out that it could be much easier by cutting off the unnecessary steps.
First, download and install Flickr uploader here if you don’t have it already.
Such a beautiful photo of wafer drops! Not only you can enjoy more pretty water drop photos, but also you can learn how it is done.
This photo was taken with a 50mm lens at f/1.8 with a Nikon D40. It must have been manual focus since the camera does not have a mechanical focus motor. Visit the photo page to see the lighting setup.
To learn more about how to blur the background, please visit my previous post.
Nikon is currently promoting its my Picturetown as a “secure, simple, and smart” photo sharing service. Many registered Nikon users have received emails with an offer of 20GB free storage until March 1, 2008 ($2.99/month afterwards). Check out the new features, and take a tour.
Designed to work with Nikon’s Wi-Fi capable digital cameras such as the COOLPIX S50c and the new COOLPIX S51c, my Picturetown makes it easy to share photos via email, and wirelessly upload and archive your photos on-the-go. They also include a six month of complimentary T-Mobile HotSpot Wi-Fi service with your purchase of a COOLPIX S51c.
Please note that the service is for US and Japan customers only. Two account types are offered: Free account with 2GB storage, and Gold account with 20GB storage.
If you are interested in showing your (or any) flickr photos on your website or blog in a slideshow format, flickrSliDR makes it very easy for you. All you need to do is enter the URL of a user, a set, or a group, and select some simple options. The site will then return the code you can embed into your website or blog. There is nothing to download or install. You can see an example (photos from our flickr group) after the jump. Read More…
I love flickr, to the point I have to check out my contacts’ photos whenever I have a chance and pretty much no matter where I am. How is that possible? Flickr has a mobile version of its website at m.flickr.com that is specially tailored to smart phones and PDAs with small screens. The site is very usable on my Nokia E62, even though it is on AT&T’s slow EDGE network.
The exact look of the site may be different depending on the device you use and the browser software on the device. The flickr mobile site should also work on desktop browser such as Firefox and Internet Explorer, so you can check out the functionality without a capable phone.
You can only view three images at a time and there is no flickr group function yet. The images have 100px largest dimension in thumbnail mode and 240px or 320px (device/browser dependent) largest dimension in single image viewing mode.
You can do quite a lot on-the-go. You can read the comments on your photos (Recent activity), check out the most recent photos from your contacts, and see what others have said about the photos you recently commented. If your phone is smarter than the iPhone (iPhone does not have a file system accessible to user so no direct file upload possible), you can upload photos directly from your phone or PDA. Of course, you can browse your own photos, everyone’s photos, or go through your contact lists and view all the photos of a specific contact. You can comment on the photos pretty much the same way as on the desktop. You need to be careful though, it is not yet possible to edit the comment from the mobile site once you make it. You will have to find a desktop computer to do so.
I ran across this excellent picture a day (PAD) gallery by Yves P. on Pbase.com. The pictures were shot mostly with Nikon D70s/D200, and some really nice Nikkor lenses, such as Nikkor 12-24mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S DX, Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR, Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF AF, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Micro, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D AF… I am definitely having a lens lust now. 
Enjoy the photos (go directly to slideshow)!
