Monday Missive — August 8, 2016

Quotes

Cicadas buzzing in stillness…listen! Drilling in the summer sun…” — Basho

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” – Henry Ward Beecher

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgments simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.” — Edward de Bono

Links

– Free Adobe Phone Ap for vector images
– Avoiding Boring Mountain Pictures
– Different approach to composition: Visual Rhetoric Interesting stuff although many new concepts and terms presented.
– Is photography story-telling?
– Ultra-wide angle lenses
– Monochrome Therapy
– Your images could be illegally available for sale on Amazon
– Better Autofocus
– A brief but interesting history of photoshop

In-camera spin, using a lens with a foot attached to a tripod, so the spin is even and centered.

In-camera spin, using a lens with a foot attached to a tripod, so the spin is even and centered. f/22, 0.5 sec.

Using spin blur (Filter>Spin Gallery>Spin Blur) and moving the center of the spin off to the lower left.

Using spin blur (Filter>Spin Gallery>Spin Blur) and moving the center of the spin off to the lower left. f/16, 1/6 sec.

Which do you like better and why? Comments are welcome.

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