Albino Hummingbird

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/01/31/rare-albino-hummingbird_n_1244307.html

Tiles

Kick F Till it Breaks

Graphic design, not photography, but still a fun piece I put together a while back...

The Peculiar, Beautiful Light Of Alaska

Light. It's a dominating factor of the Alaska existence. As a person born and raised in Alaska, I've endured a million questions about light over the last 42 years. "How do you sleep in the summer?" "How do you wake up in the winter?" "Is it dark all the time?" "Is it light all the time?" "How do you stand it?"

Despite the temptation to tell a few creative fibs about pet polar bears and igloos, all of these are legitimate questions. The most important thing to understand is that Alaska is huge. Gigantic. Massive. So, these aren't easy questions to answer. Alaska is nearly two thirds of the landmass of the continental United States. It is the most northern, western and eastern state (thanks to the Aleutian Chain). From south to north, Alaska encompasses 97 percent of latitudinal stretch of the rest of the United States, combined.

What this means to the cartographically challenged is that the variance is huge. But, let's shoot for the middle. Boring science aside, many of the questions about light in Alaska miss the point. Like much of life, it's not about the quantity; it's about the quality. The quantity questions are easy. In the summer there is a ton. There is a whole day of play available after your whole day of work. Sleep in October. Your energy is high and you don't need it until then anyway.

In the winter, there isn't a lot. At the darkest point of the year (Dec. 21), there is about 5.5 hours of daylight in Southcentral Alaska. After solstice, we start gaining light rapidly. As of now, we are gaining nearly five minutes per day. By the time we start heli-skiing in mid-February, there is nearly 11 hours of daylight. By April, the days seem endless, which from a snow sports perspective is perfect.

Here's what nobody talks about: the quality of the light. Alaska light is mesmerizing, instilling a hypnotic love for the "Last Frontier." The quality of light in Alaska is sublime. At this time of year, Alaska offers a horizontal golden, pink light that makes filmmakers shudder with glee and helps residents remember why they moved here in the first place. Even if it's a short day, basking in the glow here makes you feel like you are in on a secret that few can possibly comprehend.

Summer or winter, it's the quality of light here that permeates life and makes Alaskans understand the surreal environment to which they've chosen to commit themselves. In a place where the vistas regularly make you suck in an appreciative breath, it's the dynamic light that punctuates the experience. The light here is always changing and often makes even jaded locals feel as if they are seeing Alaska for the first time.

Let's hear it for the light in Alaska. These photos illustrate some of the stunning moments that are often appreciated by Alaskans as they work and live here.

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How to Remove Duplicates in Adobe Bridge

How to Remove Duplicates in Adobe Bridge:

Adobe Bridge CS5 is an organizational tool that is bundled with Adobe Creative Suite to help organize images on your computer. It can be used in conjunction with any number of Adobe software, or as a stand-alone organizer. Though it does not sort automatically through duplicate images, the tools available on Adobe Bridge can be used to search for duplicate images and delete them much quicker than doing so manually.

1. Open Adobe Bridge. On the left panel, select which folder you would like to remove duplicates from. In the main window click on one of the images, select "Edit" from the top menu and "Select All."

2. Click "Tools," "Batch Rename," which will open the rename window. Under "New Filename" select "Date/Time." Select "MMDDYYYY" from the drop-down menu. Underneath this, select "Date/Time," "HHMMSS."

3. Select "Metadata" as your final New filename rename field. Select "Resolution" from the drop-down menu to the right. Click "Rename." This will rename all of your files and organize them according to the date they were created and file resolution. Duplicate images that were created at the same time will be placed next to one another.

4. Select "Edit," "Find." Under the "Contains" menu enter "(1)" and hit "Find." This will display all duplicate photos that are at a lower resolution than the original. Now you can select "Edit," "Select All." Right-click on one of the images and select "Move to Trash." This will delete your duplicate photos.

5. Repeat Step 4 if there are still duplicates. This time in the "Find" text box enter "(2)", "(3)", etc. if you still have some duplicates remaining.

DIY Lighting Hacks for Digital Photographers

DIY Lighting Hacks for Digital Photographers:

Lighting can be the difference between a good shot and a great one.

Walk into most professional photographer’s studios and you’ll be confronted with truckloads of lighting equipment. To the average hobby photographer it’s enough to make your mind boggle – and for your stomach to turn as you think about the cost of it all.

Most of us can’t afford a full lighting rig – however what if there was a way to experiment with the type of lighting gear that pro photographers use without spending too much money? What if you could make it yourself.

In this post I’ve found 10 DIY Flash and Lighting Hacks that put some of these lighting techniques within the grasp of the rest of us. Some are more involved than others but all are fun and will provide you with some new lighting gear to experiment with.

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Yearlong Time-Lapse Video of a Bike Locked to a Post in Manhattan

Last year, the Red Peak branding agency locked a bicycle to a post in Manhattan and photographed it every day for a year in order to see what would happen.

via The Village Voice & EV Grieve

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Kodak Is In Bankruptcy

Eastman Kodak Co, the photography icon that invented the hand-held camera, has filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to shrink significantly, capping a prolonged plunge for one of America's best-known companies.
The Chapter 11 filing makes Kodak one of the biggest corporate casualties of the digital age, after it failed to quickly embrace more modern technologies such as the digital camera -- ironically, a product it invented.

The bankruptcy may give Kodak, which traces its roots to 1880, the ability to find buyers for some of its 1,100 digital patents, a major portion of its value. Kodak now employs 17,000 people worldwide, down from 63,900 just nine years ago.

Had it not been for this company I doubt that we'd have the quality of photographs we have today. Kodak set the bar high both for print and slide photos that many companies still strive to meet today. I've little doubt that this is the first of many companies that will falter in the " immediate demanding" word in which we live.

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Original Page: http://yeoldefalseflag.com/thread-kodak-is-in-bankruptcy

Italian Oil Spill

The oil and vinegar appetizer with lunch today makes me think of an oil spill.