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Road trip to Hungary, part 4
ByGarfThrough the Austrian Alps > Kufstein I managed to get sunstroke driving through the Austrian Alps. So we stopped at the strange but beautiful little town of Kufstein so I could take on some fluids and recover for the next leg of the journey. Other days Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 You are here:…
Make your own “monostick”
ByGarfThe subject of monopods was raised recently in a photographic forum to which I belong. As it happens, I was already flirting with the idea of using a walking stick as a monopod, to avoid the need to carry two sticks. I’m a lazy so-and-so at the best of times. I also have a habit…
Merry Christmas 2020
ByGarfSeems we had to put up with Donald Trump, Brexit and Coronavirus all in one year! Here in Havant on the south coast of England, we are now in what our Government describes as a coronavirus Tier 4 area. Personally I don’t mind staying at home. I have enough food, half a bottle of decent-is…
Trying to buy a PC without Windows part 5 – Acer, the most shameful response so far
ByGarfOn 2009-11-26, I wrote to Acer UK to establish what its policy was regarding the Microsoft Tax. This was its response:- Hello, Thank you for contacting Acer. Regarding your enquiry, The value would be £33.95 for vista home premium. This can only be refunded within 30 days of purchase and to get it refunded you…
Solar eclipse
ByGarfWent to try to photograph today’s solar eclipse. I have to say I’m not 100% happy with the results. The mix of a somewhat unsophisticated lens, and a crude homemade filter resulted in lots of unwanted artefacts on the images. I cleaned up the worst ones in GIMP, but everything else is pretty much SooC…
Image processing using FOSS
ByGarfI belong to several online photography fora. One of the questions that repeatedly pops up is “what image editing software do you use?” and “what alternatives are there to Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom?” In this article, I hope to demonstrate that high quality image processing is perfectly possible using FOSS (free open source software). I will also…
