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2013-05-15 22:10:30 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 40 +1s)

just trying out the new features, and joined the seascape group, thanks for the invite. Here's one I prepared earlier ;-)

2013-01-18 20:47:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

If anyone still buys music CDs  you may find a bargains or two here! www.cdlists.co.uk

2012-12-13 00:13:25 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

The individual frames of a star trail shot on an Olympus OM-D put to the beat of a chillout song...with a bit of colour adjustment in Sony Vegas at the chorus. Each frame was a two minute exposure. The clouds appeared half way through the shoot and actually work well on individual shots but ruined my attempt at a full star trial photo.

2012-12-12 21:24:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Congratulations to three ePHOTOzine members who between them won the top three prizes in this year's UK Butterfly competition
 

2012-12-10 23:11:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-12-10 19:04:56 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

We've released another track on soundcloud. This one is Ally Rhodes River song remodelled by the sound of flak chillout process. Let me know what you think.  https://soundcloud.com/soundofflak/river-song-sof-remix

2012-12-07 11:45:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

One of my favourites from a trip this year to the Isle of Skye

2012-11-30 10:16:48 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I gave these ten macro photographs editor's choice awards over the last few years. What do you think?

2012-11-21 16:53:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The time approaches when we go into the Christmas frenzy and give away thousands of pounds worth of kit from our kind sponsors. Keep an eye on ePHOTOzine for the launch of the 2012 Christmas giveaway! 

2012-11-21 14:50:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Exclusive ePHOTOzine first test photos taken with new Tamron 90mm VC macro.
 

2012-11-21 09:51:11 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

PHOTOGRAPHY CIRCLE

Some fine  Photographers  in this circle.  Add and  Re-Share  then Comment below if you believe you should be included  in the next edition!

  #circleoftheday    #circleshare   #circlesharing   #circlesharingforthepeopleplc   #sharedcircles   #sharedpubliccircles    #sharedcircleoftheday   #sharedcircleday   #publiccirclesproject   #publiccircles   #publicsharedcircles   #sharedpublicircles   #circle   #circles   #awesomepeople   #awesomecircle     #sharedpoint     #sharewithyou  

2012-10-25 23:21:58 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

Another from Thorp Perrow Arboretum. Yellow Acer leaves with an out of focus red acer tree in the background
This was with an old Canon 35mm f/3.5 FD macro lens mounted on the Olympus OM-D  #fallcolors   #autumnleaves   #fallfriday  

2012-10-25 22:00:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Taken today at Thorp Perrow Arboretum. Natures autumn (fall) colours
This was with an old Canon 200mm f/2.8 FD lens mounted on the Olympus OM-D  #fallcolors #autumnleaves #leavesonthursday   +Marilou Aballe  +Ray Bilcliff  +Leaves On Thursday 

2012-10-22 13:13:32 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 27 +1s)

My favourite shot of fungi to date. Do you think it has a cinematic feel? It was taken using a really old Canon 50mm macro attached to my Olympus OM-D. The forest floor was in the shade so I used a Manfrotto Maxima LED light to illuminate the fungi. This is with a few tiny tweaks how it came out of the camera.

2012-10-11 09:04:15 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Fancy a super fast lens?
Yes you read right f/0.95!

2012-10-08 22:51:51 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 17 +1s)

a shot at Baslow edge from the weekend taken with the Olympus OM-D E-M5

2012-10-03 10:14:08 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Do you turn the camera on your pet or partner?

2012-10-02 11:42:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

This camera lets you refocus...after taking the photo! 

2012-09-27 09:46:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Interviews with some of ePHOTOzine's best insect photographers

2012-09-19 08:33:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Follow our Photokina hands-on tour of the show from this page. It has links to photos of kit taken from the stands / press events at the exhibition http://www.ephotozine.com/article/ephotozine-at-photokina-world-of-imaging-2012-20057

2012-09-14 15:30:31 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Photography has risen to the top as being the most expensive hobby. It certainly is in my house!

2012-09-13 10:34:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

And samples from the Sony 35mm f/1.8

2012-09-13 10:26:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

First photos with the new Sony 10-18mm super wide :-) http://www.ephotozine.com/article/sony-nex-e-10-18mm-f-4-oss-lens-sample-photos-20128

2012-09-13 10:25:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

A quick specification check on the D600 against the D800

2012-09-12 12:39:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Sample ISO photos from the Sony A99
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/sony-alpha-a99-dslr-sample-photos-20111

2012-09-12 10:09:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Just in from Josh who's currently with Sony

2012-09-07 11:29:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The write speed of the new Olympus Pen is phenomenal! ;-)
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/ephotozine-testing-new-olympus-pens-20056

2012-09-07 08:31:44 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Read our interview with Lucca - a fashion photographer who specialising in model shoots with a quirky twist 

2012-08-30 23:08:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Nikon shared news of the new Android based Coolpix a couple of days ago and now we have Samsung taking that concept a stage further with 3G and 4G also built in. Is this the ultimate. EPZ Josh takes a first look 

2012-08-29 16:52:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Tech Ed Josh gets his hands on the Samsung EX2F with f/1.4 lens!

2012-08-29 16:02:13 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Don't forget to enter the latest competition to win a fabulous Olympus E-PL3 - the theme is colour so that's a pretty easy one.

2012-08-22 11:17:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Today's announcement of the Android powered Nikon compact - the S800C - is an interesting development. I hope it filters through into the compact system camera market pretty soon. An Olympus Pen with a Hipstamatic style processing app would be well cool!  http://www.ephotozine.com/article/nikon-coolpix-s800c-android-digital-compact-camera-19929

2012-08-16 20:55:42 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

A weekend going back in time - it made a difference from my usually landscape / floral photography

2012-08-09 23:23:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

10 of ePHOTOzine's best flower photographers share a few tips
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/top-flower-photographers-on-ephotozine-19819

2012-08-07 08:41:07 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

I just gave this photo my editor's choice award...what a shot!! Do you agree? 

2012-08-04 07:49:14 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 14 +1s)

Stanage Edge trig point taken on wide angle and low viewpoint to dramatically alter scale

2012-08-02 23:52:02 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 28 +1s)

First outing with my new camera - the Olympus OM-D - to Baslow Edge. And minutes after I arrived it started to rain!

2012-07-27 11:29:42 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I just uploaded a timelapse of a poppy using a Hahnel Giga T Pro II I've been testing. It's interesting to see how the flower appears and follows the natural light. Anyone else shoot timelapse photographs?

2012-07-26 12:55:58 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The Pentax K-30 reviewed.
 

2012-07-09 10:58:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

We've just added some initial photos taken using the new Pentax K30 Digital http://www.ephotozine.com/article/pentax-k-30-digital-slr-sample-photos-19668

2012-06-28 12:14:58 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

The frustration of social networks

I have been running a photography network site for 11 years ePHOTOzine.com. One of the main grumbles is the activity of the clickers and cliques. This is a name given to those who vote on each others pictures not always because they are good photos, but because the person they are voting on is a friend / followed person. I was hoping Google + may have found the answer, but a year on and it's just like all the other sites of this kind - if anything, because of circle sharing, it's worse.

I'd never really understood how the clique phenomenon could be so irritating to photographers, but here on G+ it can be really infectious. All the "check out this brilliant circle" or "look at this great photographer" posts. If you're not included, and you feel the photographers included are not as good as you it's easy to feel... more »

2012-06-22 15:50:48 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 20 +1s)

I've not seen too many butterflies so far this year - possibly due to the extreme changes in weather we seem to be having. Here's one I just spotted in my collection while keywording a back catalogue of photos using Lightroom.

2012-06-20 10:23:26 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 38 +1s)

The coast at Elgol with the Cuillins in the background

2012-06-20 08:10:56 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

If like me you post photos up as posts you may have, at some point, wanted to group the photos in themed albums and realised you couldn't. Well now you can. Here's how:

Click on the photos link on the side menu.
Click on From posts tab above your photos.
Click on and open the photo you want to move (they are in date order - with the date displayed as the album tltle)
Click on the More tab to the top right of the opened photo
Choose Organise album
Click on the photo you want to move (a red border appears around it)
Click on the Move tab
Click on the album you want to move it to (Or enter a new album title)
Click Move
Click done organising.

A slow process but the only way I could find to do it. If anyone has a better option please let me know :-)

2012-06-20 07:52:16 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 32 +1s)

Now photos can be moved around in albums I will reorganize my posts so they are in themed albums. Here's new landscape album. 

2012-06-20 07:34:35 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 43 +1s)

I took a trip to the Isle of Skye two weeks ago and stayed in Elgol. The beach overlooks the magical Cuillin mountain range, and this is a popular viewpoint for photographers. Although I've not seen this interpretation before :-)

2012-06-16 08:10:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Interesting stats showing the rise of the phone as a photo taking device

2012-05-31 20:52:32 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

One from Yorkshire Sculpture Park - a great place to visit if you've never been...just off the M1 near Wakefield

2012-05-31 00:13:35 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

my submission to Plus One Magazine, Issue 1
#PlusOneIssue1

2012-05-30 21:16:42 (8 comments, 2 reshares, 30 +1s)

Lens wacking - you take the lens off and hold it just in front of the lens mount to introduce extra flare. I'm quite pleased with this result