It won’t win any awards (hard to shoot through a window in the dim morning light hand holding the camera), but here were four of the 6 orioles that were on our deck this morning (much to our surprise).
It’s the little things some days that can make me smile.
Anything unexpected make you smile today?
A slight diversion from normal …
A Baltimore Oriole spotted next to our Oriole feeder (a special liquid feeder).
250mm, F/7.1, 1/200, ISO 200
Here’s a great resource if you’d like to better understand how to take pictures with a monopod.
Adobe claims they are finally going to release a DNG file viewer for Windows. I’ve been itching to try that format as a replacement for the NEF files that are produced by my Nikon … but I and my wife still use Windows Live Photo Gallery, which doesn’t have a freely available DNG viewer. (Very very lame Adobe… push a format that doesn’t even have a thumbnail viewer for XP or Vista).
On a side note, if you’re a Windows user and itching to set GPS coordinates into your photos (and ideally have a GPS with tracking data), check out the Microsoft Pro Photo Tools version 1 here. It’s a bit rough around the edges, but functional.
I don’t understand why it was written using Windows Forms (as it was claimed it was just recently written from scratch in less than 100 days). Why not WPF?
Warning though — it’s not 64 bit compatible yet. That may have something to do with the plug-ins from camera vendors not being 64 bit ready. I can’t for example find a 64 bit viewer for NEF files from Nikon … here’s the 32 bit version — I don’t see a 64 bit download.
Or you might regret it … like Allen. Our insurance covers the basics (including theft), but I think I’m going to add a rider to cover damage, etc.
Is your stuff adequately insured?
