Just as the monkey photography story was dying down, a new twist emerges: on Monday tech blog TechDirt received an email from Caters News, the agency representing wildlife photographer David Slater, whose camera was hijacked by a monkey and used to shoot a number of self-portraits.
While on vacation in Ohio, Flickr user Greg Smith spotted and photographed something neat: the water, rust and grime had created an accidental Western scene on the side of the pier! It's a cowboy on a horse, in a field, at sunset, with tree silhouettes in the horizon and wispy clouds in the sky.
Editor's note: This is the second interview we've done with Haje. The first was back in 2010 regarding his blog Photocritic.org …
Nikon has a support page for people who wonder why the company hasn't added sensor-shift image stabilization to its DSLRs. The first point is that stabilizing the image before it enters the camera allows the user to see exactly what the sensor "sees" through the viewfinder, and allows the autofocus and metering sensors to take advantage of this stabilized image as well. Secondly, they state that they can optimize the system for each lens to achieve finely tuned stabilization that gains extra …
Back in 2006, Flickr user André Rabelo submitted the above photograph to the group pool of DeleteMe!, a group whose members vote on photos to weed out any photos that aren't "incredible pictures, amazing, astonishing, perfect". Sadly, the photograph was very quickly removed by popular vote.
Here's a short video that gives a small glimpse into how Google's stealthy Photovine photo-sharing app works. Like we reported yesterday, it's an app that's focused around sharing photos based on a theme with both friends and strangers.
If you're a professional photographer taking your camera into extreme environments, the cheap plastic body cap that comes with your DSLR might not cut it. That's where LockCircle comes in -- it's a solid billett aluminum body cap designed to seal your camera from the elements while providing a special grip for removal even if you're wearing thick gloves. They're available for Canon EF mount cameras in silver, titanium, and black, and will soon be available for Nikon's F mount as well.
Government officials have been caught in a number of Photoshop flubs recently, from the Egyptian president being edited to be walking at the head of a pack of world leaders to a badly Photoshopped photo of Chinese officials that went recently went viral. Now the Syrian government may be the latest culprit -- the country just released an image of its president swearing in a newly appointed governor, and something doesn't quite look right...
Tina Roth Eisenberg, AKA swissmiss, has just launched an online temporary tattoo store called Tattly. Of the small selection currently offered, two of them are designed for photo geeks: Aperture and Instant Camera. You can pick up a pair of either tatt for $5 with free shipping in the US. Hopefully the prices will come down a bit if the store becomes popular.
