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It's gonna get sappy up in here.
Ah, the Fourth of July! It's the day in which Americans like me (and most of you, based on Google Analytics) celebrate the Declaration of Independence, formally proclaiming our nation's independence from Great Britain. But even though Brits have since become our besties—and makers of some of our favorite beauty products—they didn't immediately get the breakup memo that 1776 day.
Have you ever heard of Sybil Ludington? She basically did the same thing Paul Revere did—rode on horseback to warn people that the British were coming—except in 1777 (two years after Revere, because shit was still going down), at only 16 years old (24 years younger than Revere), twice the distance of Revere, and with a vagina. Which, sadly, might be why fewer people have heard of her amazing contribution to America's independence.
And while the ghost of Sybil Ludington rides 40 miles through New York State knocking out rape-y highway men with a stick, I'm over here still trying to figure out how to do a decent blowout on myself. Self-high-five.
What I'm trying and pretty much completely failing to say is that independence has many meanings and applications, and beauty is one of them. I am still completely reliant upon professionals for a great blowout. And, like MAC has clearly noticed by offering à la carte services like cat eyes and contouring at their new studio, many of us just haven't figured out how to do certain skills very well on our own. At least not yet.
Only two years ago, I was asking Annie to glue false lashes on my eyelids in the old XO office. I've gotten better at it since then, but I still don't feel super-confident doing it myself. I do finally feel like a capital-I capital-W Independent Woman when it comes to using a curling wand, but I'll still take advantage of a more talented friend's skills when they're available.
So this Independence Day, I shamelessly take this loosely related concept and ask you:


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And so, a fellow known as Johnny Boy is getting out of jail after six years and you are welcome to join in the celebration. The party is being thrown by the "Boss," and in attendance will be all manner of mobsters, molls, crooners, singers, dancers and waiters.
Undoubtedly, some of you, this being Chicago, might have been to a similar event, but you don't need to know a "Big Tuna" from a "No Nose" to attend "Johnny Boy's Graduation."

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The archangel colorway in Malabrigo Silky Merino is kind of ever changing. The colors meld together in shades of pinks and yellows and plums. It's impossible to photograph, but gorgeous to wear. This shawl was designed specifically for the colorway. The lace is worked from the bottom up, with a larger cast-on number diminishing to columns of stockinette in the body of the shawl to show off all the lovely blending colors.
This pattern is provided in written and charted instructions. Stitch markers are recommended to help keep track of the edge and center stitches.
Important Note: I had less than ten yards remaining after working the shawl, so you might want to have a 4th skein available to you just in case!
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Anthony Lee Medearis passed away from a heart failure at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital on Oct. 4, 2012. Tony was born in Woodburn, Ore., Nov. 13, 1932, to Roy Eugene Medearis and Violet Mae Medearis (Hobbs).
The only son and middle child for Roy and Violet, Tony grew up in the northern portion of Marion County amongst the hop and berry fields around Aurora, Hubbard and Donald, Ore., areas.
Learning the value of hard work and honest pay at an early age, it was nothing to Tony to help with milking the cows on the family farm before heading to school in the morning and then return home help out with more chores after school.
He was chosen as a FFA state representative while in high school and played football for North Marion High School.
Tony was drafted into the U.S. Army and served his country in Germany. Upon returning he rejoined his family and used a G.I. loan to help save the family farm. He eventually met Patricia Garrison (Ricketts) and would start building their own family.
With Pat's four children from her previous marriage, Tony and she would add three more. During their short time together they traveled and live around northern Oregon, from Estacada and Donald to Independence and Hood River.
Doing everything from driving logging trucks and picking seasonal fruit to operating heavy equipment and welding, he was a master to all that he put his hands to.
Tony moved to the Hood River Valley in 1969 and has called it home ever since. He worked for the Webster Family Orchards as their foreman, using his farming knowledge and experience to help the orchard to become one of the top fruit producers for Diamond Fruit.
His knowledge of equipment and land sculpting helped Webster Orchards establish the first major terraced section of an orchard in the Hood River Valley. Later in life Tony left the orchard and returned to truck driving and drove for Valley Ag in Parkdale and hauled scrap metal from the valley to Portland for recycling.
His devotion to his community was shown by his commitment of over 45 years of volunteer service to the fire departments of Donald, Ore., and Pine Grove, Ore.
In his later years he was a permanent fixture at the Hood River County Toll Bridge Park Campground. His bright personality allowed him to be a congenial camp host and was well-liked by the visitors and guests of the campground.
Tony leaves behind his daughter, Debra Loraine Collins (Steve), his son Carl Rodney Medearis (Marilee), his stepson Larry Dean Garrison, and his sister, Twila Erb (Eldon); and many grand- and great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Violet; his sister Betty Clow and her husband, Gene; his first wife, Pat; his son Anthony Leroy Medearis; stepdaughter Lee Ann Stewart; and stepsons David Garrison and Howard Garrison.
His knowledge and friendship will be missed by all who have known him and been touched by his life.
A celebration of life will be held at Anderson's Tribute Center at 11 a.m. on Oct. 13, with a reception to be held after the service; interment will be held at Pine Grove Butte Cemetery shortly thereafter. The family requests that remembrances be made to the Pine Grove Fire District, American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association in his name.
Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; 541-386-1000. Please visit www.andersonstributecenter.com to leave a note of condolence for family.
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Saturday, October 01, 2011
Miz Japanese Restaurant in Tanjong Pagar
Whoa - that was surprisingly good. See, I've been eating some of their fast weekday lunches here in Singapore from time to time (7 Craig Road, 6225-5761), but usually those are just cheap and simple meals that aren't really anything so exciting that I would mention them, even if they were of acceptable quality. But today we ordered off their a la carte menu, which I believe they use in the evenings in more of an izakaya-style setting. And the things that we got were like night and day compared to those plain vanilla lunches during the week.
This cold garlic butter udon is a case in point. I figured that it was just the noodles that were served cold, but it turned out that the butter was cold too...and more surprisingly, the garlic was raw. It sounds kinda nasty, but it was uniquely satisfying, especially when the rich butter and pungent garlic was counterbalanced with a scoop of caviar. Granted, even *I* couldn't stand being within a 50 foot radius of myself after eating so much raw garlic, but it was good.
Even a simple ochazuke was presented traditionally with a little kettle on the side, and it was light yet satisfying. Oh - and that salmon belly at the top was from their list of specials today. It was seasoned perfectly and was deliciously fatty, while the skin was grilled for aroma and crispiness. Ordering small plates like this of course got much more expensive, but the food was just so much better this way. I won't even bother with those lunches here anymore; I need to save my money to eat the good stuff after hours instead.
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by Diane Norek Harrison
I am often give past material that I go through thoroughly, breaking it up into different towns and counties. Here are a few businesses I found recently:
PLAINFIELD-The Bridal Shop with Catherine McGrath was on Park Ave. in 1948. The Bridal Shop is a "favorite with smart brides-to-be from all over this area on north Jersey." There was The Norwalk Vaulty Company in the 1920s and Tepper's Department Store.
RAHWAY-In the 1960s there was Bergen Attic and Basement Company on Maple. Ave. and in the 1950s was Metchik Motors on St. George Ave., selling new DeSotos and Plymouths. Remember Rahway Chevrolet?
ELIZABETH-Have memories of the Twin City Skating Arena?
SPRINGFIELD-Karin's Kurtains
WESTFIELD-Music Staff
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If you have your own memories of the past in Middlesex or Union counties, email me at email@example.com or send copies of your material to me c/o CMD Media, 1139 East Jersey St., Suite 503, Elizabeth NJ, 07201
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If you're ever asked to submit a portfolio for a project, gallery, contest, etc. — make sure you know what a portfolio is before submitting anything! I won't go into all the details, but this topic reared its head a few days ago in that password-protected post that many of you are probably wondering about.
Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough… Nevermind, I've opened it up so everybody can check out the discussions.
Being able to produce a decent portfolio is a skill worth having. A poorly constructed portfolio can be the sole cause of rejection, even if you're the most amazing photographer on the face of the Earth. So here are a few lessons on the art of making a portfolio.
… a small collection of topic-related photos presented for the purpose of evaluation. And "small" typically means 10 to 20 photos. Any less and it's hard to evaluate; any more and it's hard to digest. Traditionally, a portfolio was in the form of prints bound into some kind of book or folder. With the digital age in full swing, portfolios can also take the form of a web page (which is actually the focus of this article). The photos should be your absolute best while also representing your style or capabilities as they relate to the given topic.
… a photoblog, a gallery, a collection of galleries, or any other large collection of images. Photoblogs and galleries take too much time to navigate and generally contain too much information to paint a clear picture. If somebody has to review 50 or 100 electronic portfolios, you don't want them to spend their limited time just looking for the photos. If they have to search too hard, it will only leave a negative impression and you'll go right into the "No" pile. If your images are not closely related to the given topic, you only give yourself the appearance of not being skilled on that topic — again, right into the "No" pile.
Put some portfolios together right now! Don't wait until you're asked to present a portfolio on a moment's notice. With tools such as Flickr, Zooomr, SmugMug, Picasa Web Albums, other photo-sharing sites, and personal websites, there's no reason not to have some portfolios put together and ready to go.
Remember, keep them concise and constantly updated. Evaluate your collection of images and make the determination on which topics you could make a portfolio for. Some ideas might be landscape, macro, flowers, black & white, bright colors, street photography, portraits, abstract, fine art, weddings, religious, beaches, travel, countries, colors, architecture, interiors, neon signs… you get the point. If you're a Flickr user, you can check your tags to give you an idea of which topics are good candidates. You can see my current portfolios on Flickr.
UPDATE: If anybody has a portfolio or collection of portfolios they'd like to share, leave the links in the comments.
If the occasion arises to submit a portfolio already in your collection, GREAT! You're done! If somebody asks for a portfolio on a different topic, at least you have the experience to know what a portfolio should look like. For further reading on this topic, see "Creating a Photography Portfolio" over at photocritic.org.
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Just read this in my reader and I feel like to say thank you for the concise details of what makes a portolio. Thanks. I added a star to it.January 5, 2008 2:06 am
Well Brian I wish you posted this before the project I did try to prepare something and present it but I just didn't know how to do it !
Thank you it is indeed very helpfulJanuary 5, 2008 3:50 am
Hi Brian! Thank you for this idea, I studied yor flickr portfolio collection and without hesitating I did the same for my flickr account (you may check at http://www.flickr.com/photos/geopirat/collections/72157603642640297/ ). Cool and easyJanuary 5, 2008 1:02 pm
That's awesome! Nice work — it certainly helps to give people a quick overview of what your areas of expertise are. Anybody else have a portfolio or collection of portfolios they'd like to share?January 5, 2008 1:09 pm
I use smartsetr for flickr to automatically create "portfolio sets" according to tags
Some of them need refining, but they generally show my "good work" and the plus is its automatically generated and sorted by interestingness
Some of the sets are manual such as "Explored" showing images that have been on explore and may not be of the same theme. Another "A visual treat volume 1″ is of a seemingly random set of photos – its the photos I used to created my first (and so far only) photobook based on my photoblog
Heres the link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hitkaiser/collections/72157600198474205/January 5, 2008 7:06 pm
My portfolio has 24 images in (more actually – the portrait oriented shots get combined into one frame) and it is my homepage. It'll probably grow to 36 (or another multiple of 12, maybe 6) and eventually start getting split up into categories (or in the future, photographers) – but that's for later.
As for flickr, I do have an account, but I'm not too keen on presenting that to clients as a folio. As a business owner, I don't think hosting my folio on another site seems particularly impressive. Besides, I have total control over how my images are displayed on my own site.
Another good thing about flickr is that I can use it as a slush pile of sorts. I just keep posting images I like, and if I realize that people REALLY like a certain image, I would consider putting it in my folio.
That's my two cents worth.January 6, 2008 9:28 pm
Good point about hosting a portfolio on a site like Flickr. For professional work, a self-hosted portfolio is probably best. But there are many other opportunities to use Flickr as a portfolio host.
I totally agree that Flickr is a great tool for evaluating the impact of a photo. I've seen the same thing happen — you upload 10 photos, and there always seems to be a few of those that really take off with comments and faves. It's a good indicator of what works and what doesn't.January 6, 2008 9:48 pm
This pos was so simple and good to understand that i set up my first portfolio sets in flickr right away, you can see them here http://flickr.com/photos/geopirat/collections/72157603642640297/January 13, 2008 6:29 am
This is a great explanation of the hows and whats of building your portfolio. You can tell a lot of time was put into it. I will be recommending it to some of my photographer and artist friends because I know they can benefit from it.
Thanks.June 1, 2008 8:11 am
Wow! Very good explanation here and I learned a lot of things that I didn't know too! Thanks for posting such a great explanation on building a portfolio.June 29, 2008 7:52 am
I would love to see someone's portfolio as well. I am still trying to put mine together. I learn so well by example. Thanks for the info and I will check back to see other portfolios … hopefully.
Personally, I love animals, natural settings and nostalgia.June 30, 2008 11:51 pm
Photography is actually very interesting. I have not been into photography for about 10 years but I remember I chose to take photography as my Art credit at my community college. It actually turned out to be one of my favorite classes and reading this blog brought back those memories.July 15, 2008 12:36 pm
I am getting ready to upload my portfolio to flicker and my site Any suggestions one can recommend? I hear that many people will steal your work and use it as their own.
Of course, my portfolio consists of dogs. Hope you like it.August 4, 2008 6:06 pm
One of the best tips I ever got about a portfolio was to put your second best image as the lead image, and your best image as the closing image – that way your viewer's first impression is a good one, but the last image they see (which is the one they are most likely to remember) is killer and will really stick out in their mind.April 1, 2010 11:46 am
I've heard that too — and I usually do the same for the posts here on the blog that exhibit a bunch of full-width photos.April 1, 2010 12:32 pm


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A kitchen is one of the most valued places at homes. It is the place where meals are prepared and served for the family and guests. Meals require adequate preparations and keenness to ensure it is rustic and full of flavor. This achievement can only be realized in a kitchen supplied with essential tools for its preparations. Remember that every recipe requires a different set of equipment for its preparation. Furnishing a kitchen could be a daunting task if not well researched. You could end up purchasing poor quality or outdated products that do not serve the modern kitchen requirements. Besides, many marketers promote their kitchenware as necessary in the kitchen which could be misleading.
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Poetry, memoir,blogs and photographs from my world on the west coast of Canada.
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How beautiful...talented indeed, Sherry. He has an admirer in me! The age of getting older is an interesting one that's for sure!ReplyDelete
This is beautiful, Sherry! I just love the last couplet.ReplyDelete
So, beautiful and peaceful. Glad to know that he has the name" Siddharth" in between his name.It is the other name of Lord Buddha.ReplyDelete
Such a lovely piece, I sent it to my neighbor, we were just talking about growing older. Thank you Sherry and Jeffery.ReplyDelete
I'm old enought to consider your son still so young. Yet, it seems his mother's wisdom was inherited and he writes like an old soul. Tell him he writes beautifully, tenderly. I enjoyed this so much, though it made me feel old.ReplyDelete
Beautiful piece. He is so talented. I don't dwell much on getting older. I will have plenty of time for that later. :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful piece. He is so talented. I don't dwell much on getting older. I will have plenty of time for that later. :)ReplyDelete
how true and thoughtful , all these years of our life everything washes over us , nothing remains , only some memories and the presence of now .........beautifully written.....philosophical tooReplyDelete
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We're not yet a quarter of the way into 2010 but, in the industry that is fashion, our eye is always firmly on the future. And in this case that means looking past even the forthcoming Spring 2010 season and looking to Autumn / Fall 2010 color trends. As they have done in the past, both Pantone and Lenzing have released their takes on the forthcoming color trends for Fall 2010. They see the Autumn / Fall 2010 season as a mix of colours for women that fuse practicality with a sense of travel and adventure.
Read on for more, or be sure to subscribe to our fashion newsletter, fashion podcast or RSS feed if you'd like to keep up to date with all fashion trend updates.
Pantone Autumn / Fall 2010 color trends
For the associated colours refer to the colour palette above.
- Endive – Pantone 13-0632
- Golden Glow – Pantone 15-1050
- Living Coral – Pantone 16-1546
- Lipstick Red – Pantone 19-1764
- Purple Orchid – Pantone 18-3027
- Chocolate Truffle – Pantone 19-1526
- Lagoon – Pantone 16-5418
- Woodbine – Pantone 18-0538
- Oyster Gray – Pantone 14-1107
- Rose Dust – Pantone 1307
Lenzing Autumn / Fall 2010 color trends
Like so many other fashion trend reports of late, Lenzig's hones in on the micro-trend of eco fashion and brings it to the fore:
Sustainable Future
The crucial need of co-existing between nature and urban landscapes is reflected in the color pallets and the stories from where they come: urban concrete and formal darks meet nature's mid-tones and bright shades.
Eco-fashion, lo-fi, laboratory-grown fabrics, food fashion, fusing product and garment, beetroot-dying, victimless leather, bone ivory, up-cycling and all the other experiments concentrating on environment issues, are so important; some ideas will eventually end up as valid solutions to problems we fight with, some are indispensable because of the discussion they rise.
While we can't fault the good-natured meaning, we can't say we wholeheartedly agree that such issues will rise to the fore and play a major role in Fall / Winter 2010's colors. Lenzig have, however, identified these key palettes:
Think weightless, coated fabrics with subdued colours. This is a look all about luxury of the future: where luxury again means quality.
The colours for this trend from Lenzing are:
- Pearl – Pantone 11-0609
- Gesso – Pantone 13-0002
- Tuxedo – Pantone 19-4010
- Champagne – Pantone 13-0907
- Venetian Red – Pantone 19-1762
- Sable – Pantone 19-1718
- Pecan – Pantone 17-1340
- Seal – Pantone 18-1312
Think fabrics with a sheen or, as Lenzing puts it, "special effects applied to fabrics in finishing, printing, laminating or whatever it takes to deceive the eye" or "exploiting interactive technology in clothing."
The colours for this trend from Lenzing are:
- Golden Bronze – Pantone 15-0927
- Lavender – Pantone 17-3410
- Purple Taupe – Pantone 18-1703
- Sky – Pantone 14-4810
- Prussian Blue – Pantone 19-4220
- Lotus – Pantone 14-2710
- Tea Rose – Pantone 14-1212
- Canarino – Pantone 12-0738
Every new fashion season sees collections that give us a sense of the rugged wilderness, but this is nature from a man-made aspect. One that explores "the relationship between the urban and the natural landscape." The "materials [used] are natural or derivates from natural sources refined by using the best of industrial techniques."
The colours for this trend from Lenzing are:
- Palladin Blu – Pantone 11-4802
- Burnished Brick – Pantone 18-1616
- Midnight – Pantone 19-3926
- Flax – Pantone 13-0932
- Tenne – Pantone 16-1253
- Dark Oak – Pantone 18-1033
- Antique Pewter – Pantone 16-0726
- Sandstone – Pantone 13-1007
Loud colours with a hint of the early 20th Century sit within this exotic look. While using super rights, Lenzing make no reference to the metallics that will be prominent in the Autumn / Fall 2010 season.
The colours for this trend from Lenzing are:
- Emerald – Pantone 16-5533
- Deep Pink – Pantone 17-2033
- Klien blu – Pantone 18-3949
- Royal Purple – Pantone 18-3533
- Saffron – Pantone 15-1054
- Cerulean – Pantone 18-4245
- Eggplant – Pantone 18-1405
- Scarlet – Pantone 17-1656
Lenzing have dubbed the look 'indentikit', we simply called it fashion futurism. While in our own trend report we've picked up on the wider elements of this trend (not just a modern futuristic view, by a remaking of past interpretations of the future) Lenzing have honed in on the technological influences stating that "materials are inspired from high technology building and military industry."
The colours for this trend from Lenzing are:
- Arsenic – Pantone 19-5212
- Pietra – Pantone 19-1016
- Deep Plum – Pantone 19-1627
- Knysna – Pantone 19-0312
- Mocca – Pantone 19-1116
- Anthra – Pantone 19-3617
- Gray Mist – Pantone 18-4005
- Pirite – Pantone 14-5002


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Citation needed. The Mac Pro itself is already going to a highly rarified market. Dropping down to 1 PCIe slot and one x2.5 equiv, as you suggest, seems likely to bother much more then that "1% of 1%" number you pull straight from your ass.
considering Thunderbolt can do two 2 streams of uncompressed 10 Bit HD video I'm kind of curious what people are actually using the full speed of 4 PCIe cards for? If it has one full speed PCIe slot and the PCI lanes for that are separate from thunderbolt then I don't see the problem.
Tell me exactly what other cards (besides a Quadro) you're using that require more than the10 GB/sec bandwidth of Thunderbolt and give me the stats so we can work out if its actually a bottleneck or not.


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Norwegian development house AGENIUS Interactive first hit the American DSi Shop last March with 4 Travellers - Play Spanish, an edutainment design that focused its competitive core board game on a foundation of learning international vocabulary. You'd roll a die, move your playing piece around the board, land on teaching spaces that would give you a handful of English words and their Spanish equivalents and then continue on to other spaces, where you'd need to use those just-learned terms to earn coins. It was fine for what it was, but I ultimately recommended that most players pass it by -- unless they were active Spanish students in school already.
Well, the game is back for a second round -- only this time, it's all French instead. 4 Travellers - Play French is exactly the same game design as the Spanish one was, with the same core board game, extra modes and the like. It's just had a language swap -- now, the in-game characters quiz you on basic French terms.
So I'll give this one the same passable rating as before, but with one last brief observation -- playing this French version did feel different for me, because I never took French classes. I did take Spanish, so I could kind of cheat at the Spanish game by skipping over its teaching spaces and just using my own existing knowledge of that language to catapult myself to early victory. Here, though, I had to play the game as intended -- first stopping to learn, then making an effort to memorize what was on the screen, then moving forward.
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Going through the game design in the manner that the developers intended gave me a bit better appreciation for the 4 Travellers concept overall -- but, still, I'm settling on the same rating as before. I don't think it's a game that's recommendable for everyone -- only those, perhaps, who are already investing in language education elsewhere in their lives.


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The British Red Cross website has been relaunched this week, with the aim of simplifying the functionality, making information easier to find, improving accessibility, and providing greater integration with social media channels
I've been having a look at the new site, designed by Aqueduct, to see how well it explains the charity's aims and encourages donations...
Compared to its previous incarnation, the new website has reduced the clutter, and introduced a clear navigational structure. There is enough space between the various areas on the page to make it easy to make sense of all the information presented.
The clearest, and most important element on the page encourages visitors to donate to the Pakistan Floods Appeal, or to donate some clothes or other items to Red Cross shops.
The area on the right of the page above the fold allows people to find put about the Red Cross and its activities in their local area, while the links on the top nav bar are clearly labelled and laid out:
A post by Jakob Nielsen last year found a number of issues with charity websites in the US, which he called 'donation killers'. The main problems centred around the fact that users found it hard to get information on what their money would be used for, while poor navigation meant that some couldn't find out where and how to make a donation.
This isn't a problem on this website. The 'what we do' link on the top navigation bar leads to plenty of information about the kind of work carried out by the charity.
The donate link is clear on the navigation menu, while there are plenty of clear calls to action on the homepage and around the site. On the donate page, there is information on the kinds of things that your donation will help with, as well as more detailed information via links on the right of the page.
The social media integration is provided by a series of links on the homepage to the various British Red Cross profiles on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook etc, and there is more evidence of this integration on the blog, which contains buttons to retweet or share articles on Facebook.
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No less than any e-commerce site, charities should have a smooth checkout process that allows people to make donations quickly and easily, while providing the necessary reassurances about security.
It is well designed, mandatory fields are clearly labelled, the number of steps in the process are displayed, and the amount of data entry required of customers has been kept to a minimum.
On the right of the page, a phone number has been provided so that anyone that has questions about the donation doesn't need to leave the process.
The checkout process is almost enclosed, though the search box remains in place throughout, which is an unnecessary distraction for users.
The process is nice and easy until you get to the payment page, but is then made more difficult by the addition of a mandatory captcha code.
This is the first time I have seen this used within a checkout process, and while there may be a good reason for it, I can't think of one. It seems likely that a number of potential donations may be lost as a result of this captcha.
The new Red Cross website is cleaner and simpler than the old version. The new visitor to the site should be able to easily find the information they are looking for, while it is easy to find out where to donate, though the captcha on the payment page is a potential donation killer.
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Thanks for the positive review Graham, and glad you found the site easy to use!
Just wanted to respond to your query about the use of Recaptcha at the end of the donation process. We use it for probably the same reasons as econsultancy do on this comment form - to ensure that it's a real person not a bot filling in the form and to deter fraud.
While it's not perfect, Recaptcha is the most accessible and usable captcha we found but I'd be very interested to hear if other econsultancy users can suggest a more user-friendly approach or one that would distract less from the donation process?
Hi Margaret,
Yes, the captcha thing did puzzle me. We use it because we would have a flood of automated spam comments otherwise, but I'm not sure I see the logic of using it within a checkout process. People leave spam comments on this blog to try and get some free links, but why anyone would want to spam a charity's checkout process?
Have you had a lot of problems with automated spam in the past?
Hi Graham
It's hard to be sure, but I don't think that we suffer from spam any more than any other charitable organisation.
As a good digital team we are always looking at ways to improve the website, increase engagement, improve usability and security for our users etc. Recaptcha is just one of many initiatives that we are testing on the new website and we will be monitoring its effect on our donation process as we do with all new initiatives.
I am interested if/how other readers have introduced Recapthca on their sites and what the response been from their users? A blind friend told me the that audio captcha can be difficult to decipher sometimes, even though it's completely accessible. Even so, he still considered it the best captcha for a screen reader user and used to just reload and try the second word.
I think Recpatcha is one of the better ones, though some people are annoyed by any captcha.
While I can see why you would use it on your blog, I don't see the reason for having it on the payment page.
Surely any barrier placed in front of the payment makes it less likely that people will donate.
I agree with the Captcha comment, it's somewhat of an accessibility black spot. Though I do think it induces some form of confidence when entering such sensitive information, even if it's somewhat unnecessary. Or it was one of those ill-advised client demands that you just have to do!
I had a look at the link Sarah sent regarding CAPTCHAS - it's an interesting one as current use of CAPTCHAS is becoming more frustrating as they become more common place and increasingly difficult to decipher. I liked the experience of the alternative http://demo.confidenttechnologies.com/captcha/ Sarah sent however it felt like over engineering to me and I don't think it's any less likely to put people off applying or contributing. I sent the link round to a few of my colleagues and they had the same view - over engineering really.
I love the "What your donation could be used for" section! I would be much more inclined to donate to something "tangible" like that, rather than some blanket fund.
I also agree regarding the captcha- Why would spammers attempt to sign into your checkout process? It makes sense on a blog for linking/spam seo, but I don't see the value in this application.
A nice slick revamping of the Red Cross website. A good example that big charity need to take the plundge when it comes to web usability and functionality. The captcha is not necessary on the checkout (not sure what you want to monitor Margaret?) but would not deter any donator anyway (but if it's a test...then). I had the opportunity to work a lot with Barnardo's on their site and charities should work more on "how their site work for the webusers" if they want to bring in the cash...
While I agree with many of you on the slight annoyance of reCAPTCHA, for a charity, it actually mitigates risk. Many scammers out there actually use charity websites as a means of testing fraudulent transactions. Since the 3rd sector is typically slightly behind the commercial sector, charity websites become pray for these scammers. Often, they will utilise a bot to access the donation page - and then proceed to run through a list of fraudulently acquired credit cards. When a transaction goes through, they then realise that the fraudulently acquired credit card is valid. In the UK, this is becoming less of an issue with Verified by Visa. US credit cards, however, still do not require any sort of authentication and can be utlised straight away (often even without a CSC code).
I hope this is informative. In summary, reCAPTCHA is a bit annoying - and could put off some donors, but it may also be worth mitigating risk associated with fraud. Hopefully, as the US catches up with the UK chip and pin standard, this will become less of an issue.


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This will be my honest review as a user of the long awaited Nikon D500 after it's been in my hot sweaty hands for a while. Watch this space!!
At Last…my review of the Nikon D500!
I finally received my copy of the D500 in early May, one of the first deliveries in the UK thanks to ordering early with my local bricks and mortar dealer Cambrian Photography.
Why have I bought the D500?
All Nikon wildlife and sport shooters have waited many years for a replacement of the last semi professional DX camera, the D300s launched in 2009. Since then we've had fairly feeble attempts by Nikon to keep us happy, the D7000 (2010), the D7100(2013) and the D7200 (2015). I have no experience of the D7200, however the D7100 was a very capable DX and provide excellent imagery. The D7200 was a "lite" upgrade offering more in terms of gimmicks (wifi etc) rather than any real substance.
Then in January 2016 out of the blue came the announcement of the D500! Needless to say pre-orders were very high and Nikon had to rethink the availability dates due to demand. I placed my order immediately. The price was at first glance, breath taking, at £1789, however when one examined the full specification most concerns over price disappeared.
The camera sports a tilting screen, say hello to macro and video shooters, at last a real bonus. 4K video is part of the package as is touch screen and snapbridge (not available to iOS users yet, but for Android owners you are good to go. To some, gimmicks maybe! I was originally surprised that the pixel count was 4mp down on the D7100/7200, however this was no deal breaker. Most of all and eagerly awaited was the frame rate, up to 10fps, a sport and moving wildlife shooters delight.
At the launch Nikon announced that the D500 would accept XQD, SD (Secure Digital) and UHS-II compliant SDHC and SDXC memory cards. Of course to read the card one would need a XQD card reader. I bought the Lexar. The D7100/7200 suffered horribly from slow buffering and as such managing RAW at a fast fps was a struggle and the buffer just locked up. The D500 is capable of shooting a total of 200 RAW images at 10fps in a single burst before the buffer blocks up. This was a WOW! Then the owner is encourage to buy a SD (Secure Digital) and UHS-II compliant SDHC and SDXC memory card. More cost and of course a standard SD "SDHC I" card was deemed too slow to efficiently work in slot 2. I bought the Lexar 32GB SDHC II U3 300mB/sec. Cheaper XQD, therefore slower cards are available, but if one is buying a camera at this price I guess it's best to achieve the best it can give.
I am not going to quote the full spec, but an extract is below.
Top 5 Features
- New 20.9MP DX-format CMOS image sensor and EXPEED 5 image processing
- ISO range: ISO 100 to 51,200 (expandable to Hi-5, ISO 1,6400,000)
- Redesigned AF system with a 153 focus points, 99 cross-type sensors and a dedicated processor
- 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) video recording and pro-grade video features
- 10 fps continuous shooting for up to 200 shots in a single burst.
- Weather sealed.
- A full breakdown on all features may be found here.
First impressions.
I was amazed by the lightness of the camera compared to my D800E with battery 2.19 lb, the D500 weighs in at 1.90 lb/860 g. In fact it is 95 gms lighter when compared to the D7100 1 lb 11.0 oz/765 g. It feels perfectly balanced and the deeper front grip gives a noticeably more comfortable feel. The first thing I noted was the lack of accessories in the box. Gone are is the HDMI lead and pop up flash. This is the first DX camera to not be fitted with a flash which aligns the D500 closer to its professional FX cameras. However, on that point so much technology has been transplanted into this camera taken directly from the D5 that I can bear the loss of pop up flash. The menu structure is different with many new additions. The camera layout is very different too with the ISO button moved to the adjacent to the command dials. Also added is an F2 function button, which is not worth a lot as it's available shortcuts are extremely small in number.
One thing that totally confused me was the absence of the Nikon UK warranty card. Even the local Nikon technicians were unable to answer where it had gone. Basically, there is no longer a warranty card supplied in UK camera, but on the rear of the user manual is a warranty sheet. It does not bear the camera serial number however, it is purely there for customer reference and can be stamped by the dealer if one so wishes. It was a niggle though. Ensure you register your camera with Nikon on their website.
Now for some not so good news!
On the down side! The next sections are of interest, however skip to the "full review" if you prefer.
Almost immediately I noticed that my camera had a severe battery drain issue. In fact even after recycling the battery 3 times I was unable to achieve better than around 500 clicks per charge. Nikon estimate 1300 minimum. I turned off all battery hungry attributes such as touch screen, Bluetooth and as the camera has an "Aircraft mode" turned that off too, all to no avail. Nikon to the rescue, one would think so, read on!
The saga of the En-El15 battery.
All cameras since the Nikon D810 now come with a EN-EL15 Li-ion20 newly designed battery. All previous EN-EL15 batteries were of a different design Li-ion01 and these batteries will work with the D500, but to a limited capacity. Nikon realising that users would be forced to buy extra EN-EL15 Li-ion20 batteries were quick to issue a free returns policy of up to 5 Li-ion01 batteries. I had three and Nikon were as good as their word in this instance. However, this did nothing to help my battery drain issue!
The saga of the battery drain.
I delayed sending my camera into Nikon under warranty as I wanted to take it to Norway on holiday and had an airshow opportunity. In mid July I sent it back to Nikon. Now, as I am a Nikon NPU member (Nikon Professional User) I expected a swift resolution, that was unfortunately not to happen! I was initially given a return estimate of 2-3 weeks, but this increased to 4-6 weeks when after 2 weeks I enquired why the repair status showed "awaiting repair". At this point I enlisted the support of my retailer who contacted Nikon and were told I would receive the camera back in 3 days. Amazingly, but worryingly, the camera status remained at "awaiting repair" status, but then switched to "camera ready for dispatch" within only a few hours. What could they have done in that time? Well very little and they sent the repair report that said "camera inspected, cleaned and no fault found, service time 1 hour". It arrived back the next day and I am please to say that the "no fault found" really meant that they had actually fixed the camera. 3 weeks on and I had achieved well over the estimated 1200 clicks per charge, in fact in excess of 1500!
Finally, during the process I contacted Thom Hogan, often thought of as the Nikon Guru, who is currently writing a blog about the D500 (of which he has 12 for assessment). He took time to reply and stated that in his opinion there were a number of cameras with this problem and was investigating the possibility that it could be either a firmware corruption is, or a serious issue requiring a major camera strip down. Luckily, mine seems to be the simpler of the two.
You can read Tom Hogans excellent D500 blog here and I highly recommend his book available in pdf here.
Camera fixed, lets get back to the real review 🙂
Nikon D500 real world review.
I continue this review and apologies for the gap between the last submission. Much has happened since I last wrote, including the acquisition of new lenses for my wildlife work. The Sigma 150-600mm F5.6-6.3 Contemporary and the Nikon AF-S 300mm f/4E PF ED VR Lenses. So, for the rest of this review I will concentrate on the D500 for wildlife and the lenses used with it.
The D500 as a Wildlife camera.
There is no doubt that the D500 is the camera I, like thousands of others, have waited for! Compared to the D7100, which is a terrific camera with caveats, the D500 performs as the independent reviews claim. The high ISO performance for a cropped sensor camera is excellent and the dynamic range of the images are a big improvement over my D7100. However, this is not about the D7100, but the D500, so let's look at some real world imagery captured with the camera.
This is not about MTF charts or ISO image comparisons, but about my experiences with the camera.
With the Nikon AF-S 80-400mm f3.5-5.6 VRII and the Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM C Lens.
The Nikon 80-400mm VRII was a game changer when it was launched in 2013. I replaced the aged slow focusing VRI "D" version, although many were surprised at its eye watering price. Over time second hand copies appeared and although prices remained high, it was more affordable. Two major attributes, as with the old lens, is the weight and flexible zoom with 80mm at the wide end. This makes it very versatile, however it looses 200mm to the Sigma/Tamron offerings. With the Sigma/Tamrons at the longest end one looses 1/3rd of a stop, 5.6 v 6.3, not a huge amount and pretty insignificant considering the extra reach. The Nikon 80-400mm feels well balanced on the D500 and the AF focusing is very fast and maintains excellent focus when tracking birds in flight.
Most of all it's versatility and weight makes it a winner. The D500 and 80-400mm VRII makes for a reasonably lightweight combination. I particularly like the wider focal length of 80mm (120mm field of view on a cropped sensor), compared to the Sigma/Tamron 150-to 600mm (180-900mm) Contemporary and Sport lens offerings. That said, the Sigma and Tamron lenses do give an extra 200mm at the long end and this can be extremely valuable. In fact I think the Sigma boxes way above its weight and I really enjoy using it.
Please click on images for large view.
Egret – Conwy Estuary.
Nikon D500 – Nikon 80-400mm f3.5-5.6 VRII – 1/1250@f14 – ISO400 – EV = -1.0
Greylag Goose – RSPB Conwy reserve.
Nikon D500 – Nikon 80-400mm f3.5-5.6 VRII – email@example.com – ISO400 – EV = -1.0
Magpie with youngster – RSPB Conwy reserve.
Nikon D500 – Nikon 80-400mm f3.5-5.6 VRII – firstname.lastname@example.com – ISO400 – EV = -0.67
Stonechat – Gronant Dunes.
Nikon D500 – Nikon 80-400mm f3.5-5.6 VRII – firstname.lastname@example.com – ISO450 – EV = -0.33
Grey Heron in flight – Slimbridge.
Nikon D500 – Nikon 80-400mm f3.5-5.6 VRII – firstname.lastname@example.com – ISO400 – EV = -0.33
Lesser Whitethroat – Conwy.
Nikon D500 – Nikon 80-400mm f3.5-5.6 VRII – 1/1000@f8 – ISO400 – EV = -0.33
With the Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM C Lens.
Balancing Act! – Conwy.
Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM C Lens. 1/1000@f10 – ISO640 – EV = -0.33.
Great Tit – Slimbridge WWT.
Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM C Lens. firstname.lastname@example.com – ISO400 – EV = -1.0
Curlews in flight.
Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM C Lens. 1/1000@f8 – ISO400 – EV = -1.0
Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM C Lens. firstname.lastname@example.com – ISO400
With the Nikon AF-S 300mm f/4E PF ED VR Lens.
Like the Nikon AF-S 80-400mm VRII, the AF-S 300mm f/4E PF ED VR Lens superseded the very popular and extremely Nikon AF-S 300mm f/4 ED-IF Lens. I had one and loved it, although reasonably light weight it screamed for an update. In fact most owners used it with Nikon TC-14 TEII permanently attached and it worked very well indeed. Then in 2015 Nikon launched the AF-S 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens. "PF" (Phased Fresnel) which was responsible for its compact and lightweight size. It achieved new levels of sharpness and clarity with virtually no chromatic aberration or ghosting. Once again, I waited and in the end second hand copies were rare and expensive. I bought a new one and use it constantly attached to a Nikon TC-14 TEII. I can honestly say that I have not encountered a situation where the lens slows in AF with the TC fitted. On the D500 it has a field of view with the TC of 630mm! It is my "to go" wildlife combination and the D500 feels very well balanced.
Female Kingfisher – Spinnies – Bangor.
Nikon AF-S 300mm f/4E PF ED VR Lens. email@example.com – ISO400 – EV= -0.33
Nikon AF-S 300mm f/4E PF ED VR Lens. 1/200@f9 – ISO400 – EV= -0.33
Female Kingfisher.
Nikon AF-S 300mm f/4E PF ED VR Lens. 1/400@f11 – ISO400 – EV= -0.33
Female Kingfisher.
Nikon AF-S 300mm f/4E PF ED VR Lens. firstname.lastname@example.com – ISO240 – EV= -0.33
I am delighted with the D500 for wildlife photography, but are there any downsides? For those who will struggle to buy the camera and wish to use it for fast and furious sport and wildlife work, then you will require XQD and higher grade SDHC cards. At the time of writing the buyer should add around £100 to their budget.
What else can the camera do?
The camera is also sold with the Nikon AF-S 16-80mm f2.8-4G VR ED DX Lens. Initially, I didn't want to use the D500 for anything other than wildlife and I didn't possess any DX lenses, FX only. However, those who may be thinking the same way, please think again! The D500 can take superb imagery no matter what genre and although many will buy and subsequently only use it for wildlife/sport, others will soon realise its further capabilities. I did realise that and bought my first Nikon DX lenses, the AF-S 16-80mm f2.8-4G VR ED DX and the AF-S DX 12-24mm f/4 G. Some images below taken with both lenses.
Nikon D500 – AF-S DX 16-80mm f2.8-4 G – firstname.lastname@example.com – ISO100
Nikon D500 – AF-S DX 12-24mm f/4 G – firstname.lastname@example.com – ISO100
Nikon D500 – AF-S DX 16-80mm f2.8-4 G – 1/125@8 – ISO100
and finally!
Nikon D500 – AF-S 80-400mm f3.5-5.6 VRII – 1/1000@f10 – ISO200 – EV = -0.33
Final words.
The Nikon D500 delivers on the speed, performance, and quality that the DX format originally promised us. We have a DX sensor that rivals the image quality of full-frame cameras for per-pixel acuity and high ISO performance, with an agility and responsiveness that is up to the most demanding photographic tasks. All in a compact and lightweight DSLR system. Also at this time of writing the camera has not dropped in price although good second hand copies are now available.
If you need speed for action photography, then currently and according to all, yes all the reviews, then the D500 is for you. It is far , far more than just a "fast" camera, it is capable of terrific imagery no matter what genre of photography you specialise in.
I would also recommend a grip. I had the Nikon MB-D17 and it is an outrageous price. I bought it because of my initial high battery drain problems mentioned earlier. I sold it and bought the Pixel Vertax non OEM grip and spent the rest of the money more wisely! It's the 2nd Pixel grip I've had and I really cannot tell little difference between it and the Nikon.
I mentioned earlier that at that time Snapbridge for iOS was not available. It arrived in September 2016 and without going into details, forget it! It is awful, totally non-intuitive and Nikon will have to work hard to ensure it is anything apart from a failure if your intention is to effortlessly send images to your Apple device. On the upside if you want to add GPS data to the images and upload them in Lightroom or other programmes it works well.
The other problem is wi-fi, touch screen and Snapbridge is that all these will place a severe drain on your batteries. The addition of "Airplane On" mode will stop this drain.
This review is my own experience as an owner who has now shot over 12,000 images in 6 months. No, it is not technical, but an honest review from a real user.
Richard – November 2016
I haven't written anything on my Blog since February and much has happened and my photography world has expanded. Not so much for digital, but analogue. This may seem strange, but I have become smitten by film again after 12 years of abandoning this genre.
Earlier this year I blogged about my acquisition of a Rolleiflex 2.8f, see here Since then I have been busy buying a collection of more medium format cameras. These include a Rolleiflex T, one of the very last of the production in mint condition. A Rolleicord Vb, also one of the very last produced and again in mint condition. Both cameras work perfectly with no shutter or other issues. I also bought a Rolleiflex Baby Mk2 grey 127 (4×4) film camera. Unfortunately this will be retained as a display camera only as soon after purchase the shutter jammed and the repair is cost prohibitive. An Agfa Isolette folding camera was a gift and works well. Here is my line up.
From left to right Rolleiflex 2.8f, Rolleiflex Baby, Rolleiflex T, Rolleicord vb, Bronica rf645 and the Agfa Isolette.
Oh, I forgot to mention the latest addition, a mint Bronica rf645 with Zenzanon RF 65mm F/4 lens. Much more about this later.
I wrote an article on my film photography and this was released in the Winter edition of our Postal Photographic Club on-line magazine. This was a review on why I returned to film photography and can be read here (page 39).
Anyone who has a history of film photography will appreciate why the Rolleiflex/Rolleicord are icons of film photography and much used by journalists and Street photographers. Diane Arbus, Cecil Beaton and of course my personal favourite Vivian Meier Maier's massive body of work would come to light when in 2007 her work was discovered at a local thrift auction house on Chicago's Northwest Side. From there, it would eventually impact the world over and change the life of the man who championed her work and brought it to the public eye, John Maloof. It certainly had a massive impact on me.
As most readers know I am a keen Street photographer inspired by the use of Fuji X cameras which are discreet, however I now also use the Roleiflex which is anything but discreet, but that's the camera people walk up to me and want to talk about.
A little later I'll discuss why film photography has become so important to me. Now, I'll take a look at my latest acquisition, the Bronica rf645.
Bronica rf645 Rangefinder medium format camera. The medium format rangefinder that everyone forgot about.
One web article says "There are some cameras that just rock my world, and the Bronica RF645 is one of them. I don't know what the allure is, but it is a very handsome camera. It also seems to be a camera that everyone seems to pass by". Read more here
The Bronica RF645 is a medium format rangefinder with interchangeable lenses made by the Japanese company Bronica. It captures 6×4.5 images onto 120 or 220 film. This camera has been introduced in 2000 and discontinued in 2005, with Tamron contined support until 2014.
The camera was awarded Camera Press Club's "Special prize" at the Camera Grand Prix 2001, EISA award for professional camera in 2001-2002, and TIPA's best professional photo product for year 2001-2002.
The camera looks not unlike the Fuji X-Pro 1 which shares it's Rangefinder credentials in style alone.
Unlike my Rolleiflex's the Bronica rf645 offers an electronic exposure meter with the speed and exposure which can to be seen in the viewfinder.
The odd issue!
Unlike most film cameras the film transported mechanism will only allow vertical (portrait orientated) images when the camera is held the horizontal position. Landscape orientated images are captured with camera held in the vertical or portrait position! That caught me out, perhaps reading the manual was a good idea after all! The viewfinder includes a useful electronic grid to assist framing the picture and avoids loosing subject out of frame. Another comparison with the Fuji X – Pro 1 optical viewfinder.
I use mainly Kodak Tri-X ISO400 or Fomapan 1 ISO400 for B&W work and Fujifilm Provia ISO100 and 400 and Velvia 100 and of course 50 for transparency film.
Some images.
Fujifilm Provia 100Fujifilm Provia 100Fujifilm Provia 100Fujifilm Provia 100Fujifilm Velvia 100
Fuji Velvia 100
So, there we are. I finally caught up with 2015 with only a day to go before the new year. 2016 hopefully will contain a concerted effort to update my blog more often
Until then may I wish everyone a happy new year and a photographically good one whether throgh the medium of digital or film.
Richard – December 30th 2015
Across Llyn Gwnant towards Y Arran.
We can go many years without snow where we live and I live some 20 miles from our National Park of Snowdonia. Even then snow in Snowdonia can be a quite rare occurrence and seems to becoming more so as our planet warms. However this year, we have been lucky, depending on ones point of view, and welcomed a short period of cold weather and snow.
A major problem with snow is controlling the camera white balance. This is even more difficult where areas some areas lie in shadows and parts in sunlight. This is the derived effects from the colour temperature measured on the Kelvin scale and can normally be controlled in-camera by setting the White Balance control to "Auto" However, in extreme conditions "Auto" White Balance cannot control well. OK, one could change the setting in-camera, but I find this is fraught with difficulties. From a bright sunny day, to a dull wet day the images will have varying colour temperatures. These will be the result of colour temperatures being extremely varied and from warm to cool. As an example a hot summers day can be around 5000-5400K, a dull day however this changes to e.g. 6000-7500K. The chart below shows how this temperature can change depending on the light source.
All images are taken in the RAW format. Please click on images for a larger view.
It is very difficult to adjust the white balance within jpeg images. In fact it's impossible to make this adjustment accurately.
LLyn Ogwen – Nikon D800E – Nikon 16-35mm f4. Colour Temperature 5000K.
The dreaded "blue" snow! This is a camera white balance problem where the focus and predominance of the frame is centred on a non snow area. Also, shaded areas which are have a warmer or colder colour temperature give a cast.
In Adobe Lightroom I have used the "Radial Filter". This powerful tool allows me to adjust any selected part of a RAW image and also in a more restricted way a TIFF or jpeg..
A full tutorial on this procedure can be found here. Follow the module, but replace the routine in this video with adjustments for white balance. Below is a screen drag where I have adjusted a small area of the image to demonstrate the effect.
Below is the finished result where the Radial Filter has been used to control both the snow on the mountains and in the reflections.
Now for a really, really bad example!
Nikon D800E + 50mm f1.8 G.
As can be seen the colder (because it's in the shade) area has a totally different colour temperature to the distant mountains. In fact the cast gradually reduces as a greater area is exposed to the sunlight. Firstly, I tackled the shadow foreground thus:
Adjusting the "temperature" slider I arrived at the image below. However, don't over do it as the area will start to "brown" in colour. I also wanted to retain that the area appeared as it did, in shade. Next I dealt with the remaining cooler part of the image, the centre left hill which was not as badly affected as the foreground.
Once again I selected the part I wished to process.
This was adjusted more sensitively than the foreground and the finished adjustment is shown below.
I have bothered to do this blog as I was becoming very frustrated that the camera "auto" White Balance adjustment was just not clever enough to differentiate between the coldest and warmest areas of an image under extreme conditions. Yet another reason why Adobe Lightroom is my post processing software of choice.
Have fun!
Long time, no post…sorry….again! I've been up to my eyes in it, but a new acquisition has spurred me on to post on my Blog. That new acquisition is the Rolleiflex 2.8f! Sometimes one has a deep joy moment and this ranks towards the top, if not the very top in terms of analogue photography.
Although this was not my first Rolleiflex having had a "3.5 T" for a short period. My first Rolleflex was produced in the 1930's and although physically almost "mint" in condition suffered from a poor viewing screen and mirror degradation which gave a very dark viewing experience. This made composition and focussing very difficult. So, I was absolutely delighted when a friend offered me his 2.8f, this was an extremely generous gesture as the price was unbelievably low, but also it is in very good condition. It also came with the complete set of "Bay 3" filters and hood in the original leather case, which alone cost a King's ransom! The only item of the 2.8f which does not work is the coupled light meter and it is hard to find one that does. Many owners never repaired this function because they preferred to use a more accurate light meter instead. That is what I do, however repairs can be made and there are many excellent Rollei repairers in the UK which offer this service at a reasonable price. I may well get mine repaired as this would increase its future value.
This 2.8f model S/No: 2455455 model Model Model K7F2, January 1966 – December 1966, with Planar lens, flat glass provision and 12/24 frame counter. 2,8F-2.455.000 – 2.8F-2.479.999. So this camera is the 455 camera of this model to be produced. In total 88,000 of this camera were produced. The full details are:
Taking Lens:
Planar 2,8/80mm, Carl Zeiss Oberkochen,
Xenotar 2,8/80mm, Schneider (from 1973), both Bayonet 3
Finder lens:
Zeiss Heidosmat 2,8/80mm, Bayonet 3. Interchangeable focusing screen & finder loupe. Parallax control.
Synchro Compur MXV, 1 – 1/500 sec., B, X-sync., self timer.
Film: 120 – 12 exposures
During the production of the Rolleiflex other models included the "Magic", "Baby" "Tele" and the uber expensive and extremely desirable "Wide" The 2.8f is regarded as the "must have" Rolleiflex due to the large f2.8 finder lens and f2.8 taking lens. Being Zeiss lenses the reasoning is obvious why this was and remains a sought after Rolleflex which still enjoys top status amongst analogue cameras. The first Rolleiflex TLR (Twin Lens Reflex) camera was produced in 1929 and production continued until the 2000, when it was producing the 2.8 GX, although the last camera it produced was a special edition 2.8 FX.
My journey so far.
I visited Conwy harbour (Conwy, Gwynedd, UK0 on a cold early January day this year armed with a roll of Fuji Provia 120 ISO100 transparency film and a Kodak Tri-X B&W 120 ISO400 film. Taking great care to remember to expose 1 stop lower using B&W when fitted with Rollei "yellow" filter, I carefully set every shot up both hand holding and tripod mounted. I sent both films off to "Peak Processing" and to my joy received back both films perfectly exposed.
Below are a few of my first results. The negatives have been scanned on a CanonScan 8800F flatbed scanner. To say I am delighted is an understatement.
One thing missing was the lens cap. Fotodiox do a 3rd Party superbly built replacement which is sourced from Amazon UK although it is despatched from the US. The last image shows the Rolleiflex 2.8f looking smart and ready to go for 2015.
I have bought my 2015 supply of 120 film which will supplement my dwindling stock. Is this an expensive interest, you bet it is. Film is hardly cheap and processing expensive. I enjoy it and what it does achieve is very important because it slows me down, makes me consider every shot, but most of all it's great fun.
See you soon 🙂
After buying my Fuji X kit and being satisfied I'd bought a kit that would satisfy around 90% of my photography, I sold my Nikon D800! However, I kept nearly all of my full frame lenses, mostly all pro grade and I am glad I did. They worked fine on my Nikon D7100, but it's horses for courses and of course with the DX crop factor of x1.5 all my lenses had a narrower field of view by that proportion. In fact, I only used my D7100 coupled to the Nikon AF-S 80-400mm VRII and I use it exclusively for wildlife. The Fuji X system is very special for me as it provides excellent imagery and enabled me to take an active interest in Street Photography. With its light weight portability it's my first camera for holiday's, travel and street photography. So, why the change of heart and a return to full frame with the D800E?
Simply it's all to do with my landscape photography. Anyone here who has owned the D800, let alone the D800E will know of its extraordinary capability to take superb ultra sharp images. In fact I was so impressed with my DX D7100 with it's AA filter removed I always wished I had originally bought the E version of the D800. The most important aspect for me with both the D800 and D7100 was the ability to take images capable of being severely cropped, but retain superb sharpness and detail.
In June 2014, Nikon did me a massive favour and launched the D810! Suddenly, the D800E which was retailing at the time at £2350 nose dived on the second hand market as folks sold to buy the new kid on the block. Good for them, they enabled me to buy a D800E at only a small amount more than I sold my D800 for. I did look at the D810, but quite frankly with it's £2400 price tag I wasn't interested in the little extra it offered over the now ceased D800/E range. Neither the D800 and more especially the "E" version are for the inexperienced photographer or one new to the world of the dSLR. However, with good technique, handheld or tripod mounted, the camera gives provides excellent imagery. Keep the speed up!
Below are a few images from the D800E and I can only say that it's so good to say hello both to the FX camera again, but to use my 35mm Nikon lenses to their true potential once again.
Richard – 28/10/2014
Nikon D800E + Nikon 50mm f1.8 G – firstname.lastname@example.com – ISO400 – EV= -0.33
100% crop of above image.
Nikon D800E + Nikon 50mm f1.8 G – email@example.com – ISO200
Nikon D800E + Nikon 50mm f1.8 G – 1/320@f11 – ISO100
Nikon D800E + Nikon 80-400mm f3.5-5.6 G VRII – firstname.lastname@example.com – ISO400 – EV= -0.33 Focal length 400mm
Nikon D800E + Nikon 16-35mm f4 G – firstname.lastname@example.com – ISO200 – EV= -0.33 – Focal length 18mm.
100% crop of previous image – handheld.
Nikon D800E + Nikon 16-35mm f4 G – 1/800@f8 – ISO400
Indeed, where has the time gone since I last posted in June!
Firstly, let me introduce you to my flickr stream where just about the best of everything I've done over the last 6 months and longer, can be viewed. See here.
Much has happened over the last 5-6 months including a fantastic trip to Norway and Iceland. Also, I have now regained my D800, or I should say a D800E. I missed the sheer clarity afforded by the high pixel count camera, especially the ability to crop high definition landscape images. Also, my Nikon FX lenses were extremely lonely! More about all that another time.
Back to Norway and Iceland. I took the Fuji X-T1 and the 10-14mm f4, 18mm f2 and the18-55mm f2.8-4. I used this kit for 13 of the 14 days and the Nikon D7100 + AF-S 80-400mm f3.5-5.6 VRII for one day only. This was a Whale watching trip where the Fuji, as good as it is, it could not quite match Nikon for this kind of work, i.e. fast wildlife action imagery.
So, here we are a series of images from the trip and unless indicated, all from the Fuji X-T1 with various lenses, but mostly the truly 10-24mm f4. The exception are the images of the Hump back Whale in Isfjorden near Akureyki, Iceland. These were taken with a Nikon D7100 + Nikon AF-S 80-400mm AF-S VRII. A great memory of a wonderful holiday.
Enjoy the images (click on an image to see full size) and I hope you agree how they demonstrate the quality of the Fuji X – T1 and lenses. If you have any comments or observations, please do write to me.