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Street Photography Tip : Take Your Lens Cap Off

Months ago I came across a new comer who asked me what’s the best street photography tip I can give him, and my answer is Take Your Lens Cap Off. Continue Reading…

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Jul
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Jailbreaking for iPhone now legal.

Ruling Allows ‘Jailbreaking’ of iPhones.

Announced today Monday, July 26, 2010, owners of iPhone can now legally break electronic locks on their precious phone in order to download software apps from third party sources not approved Apple.

The decision to allow the practice commonly known as “jailbreaking” is one of a handful of new exemptions from a 1998 federal law that prohibits people from bypassing technical measures that companies put on their products to prevent unauthorized uses. The Library of Congress, which oversees the Copyright Office, reviews and authorizes exemptions every three years to ensure that the law does not prevent certain non-infringing use of copyright-protected material. Continue Reading…

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Statue of Pres. Abraham Lincoln Through the Columns

Located in the central hall of the Lincoln Memorial is the figure of Abraham Lincoln sitting in contemplation. The statue was created by leading sculptor Daniel Chester French and curved by the Piccirilli Brothers. The statue rest on top a pedestal Tennessee marble and it is bordered by two pilasters, on both sides.

The photo in the right : Satue of President Abraham Lincoln seen through the columns inside the Memorial. Taken from the south side.

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Jul
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Blue Hour Photo of the Lincoln Memorial Converted to Black and White

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Lincoln Memorial, originally uploaded by sweetspot@f8.

This is the black and white version of the photo from my previous post which you can see here.

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Jul
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Lens Hoods : Third Party VS. Manufacturer Made Lens Hoods

I’ve encountered this question many times, Third party made lens hoods(including those sold on ebay) vs manufacturer made. In my strongest opinion it is ok to get a third party made lens hood, in fact they work as well as the original. All of my lens hoods are from third party chinese manufacturers and were bought from amazon and ebay, most of them from ebay, except those for my Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM Lens and the Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8 SP XR Di II VC (Vibration Compensation) Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras which came with a manufacturer lens hoods. Continue Reading…

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Jul
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Lincoln Memorial during the blue hour

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Lincoln Memorial, originally uploaded by sweetspot@f8.

At the east side of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial during the blue hour on a late spring evening . Taken at ISO 100, F/14, 2 sec, with a Canon EF 28-90mm f/4-5.6 II USM Lens.

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Statue of President Abraham Lincoln

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Lincoln Memorial, originally uploaded by sweetspot@f8.

16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

This is a photo of the Statue of President Abraham Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial. Continue Reading…

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Jul
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Low Light Black and White Photo of the Linconln Memorial

Taken across the Lincoln Reflecting Pool from the World War II Memorial at around 10 pm at night. You can feel the silence of the surroundings just by looking at it.

Taken at 90mm, ISO 100, 10.0sec at F/11 using a EF 28-90mm F/4-5.6 lens

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