Luxembourg vs Kozani

for #12photoproject  with +Dimitris Giannopoulos 
taken in Luxembourg, edited in Kozani (Greece)
timestamp: 12/12/12 12:12:50 :)
see more here https://www.facebook.com/events/386863428069482/

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Burj Khalifa

// My contribution for  #LongExposureThursday  
Shot from the top of the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai :)

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Starting-out photography tips

+Heather Buckley shares her wisdom, here are my favorites: 
1) Think about the environment surrounding your subject – what do you include? What do you leave out?
2) Watch the backgrounds, they can work for or against your subject, try depth of field to isolate subjects or emphasise their surroundings.
_3) Work fast, don’t miss the moment. _

Much more and examples here http://bit.ly/QhjV51

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Pirates aren't cool any more

I hope these agents don't use waterboarding... :)

Rolling Photography

Interested in taking a photo like the one below with just your iPhone (probably works on most digital cameras, at least mobile phone ones)?
If your answer is yes, read this article http://bit.ly/xI3UT4 by +Takahiro Yamamoto

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JPEGmini: Less bytes, same quality on your photos

Here is a way for making your website faster: #JPEGmini http://bit.ly/zb7QdM is a new service that compresses a JPEG file without any change in the quality. I tried some random tests with pretty good results.
a) Flower photo by +Thomas Hawk : 2048x2048px at 964KB turned to 721KB (1.3x compression)
b) "Bird" photo by +Elena Kalis : 754x700px at 369KB turned to 100KB (3.7x compression)
c) Stadium photo : 1024x768px at 602KB turned to 260KB (2.3x compression)

I didn't have #Photoshop handy to compare this with the "Save for web" feature but the beauty of JPEGmini is that doesn't seem to alter the quality of the photo at all, where as on "Save for web" you have to experiment between different compression ratios.

Currently a free web service is offered (also allowing you to upload entire folders) as well as a Photo Server for big clients. A cloud service and a desktop app (that would be more convenient in a web development workflow) are on the way.
Hat tip to +Robert Scoble

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The Glorious End

Leslie in Barcelona

OMG WE'RE OUT OF TAXIS

The wing home

Luxembourg

Escaping Flickr

I previously http://bit.ly/x0KSf0 wrote about my troubles with Flickr: my Pro account expired (Flickr cared so much about keeping me as a client that it sent me a total 1 (one) mail about it) and according to Flickr policy I could only access only the 200 most recents og my photos. The solution (according to #Flickr was easy: pay them for another year).

Thankfully, I had most of my photos in my iPhoto library. So for most of the photos I could just export them again to Picasa and then delete them from Flickr. As soon as I deleted some photos, Flickr would release a few more, always holding me on the 200 limit.

So I ended up with about 100 photos I didn't have elsewhere. To the rescue came #Migatr http://bit.ly/xTGzjE . Migatr, a Windows-only application, allows you to migrate from many web platforms to another. The following are supported:
- 23HQ
- Aol Pictures (Import Only) (CLOSING)
- Faces.com
- Flickr
- Menalto Gallery (Self-Hosted)
- Picasa Web
- Phanfare
- Photobucket
- SmugMug
- Zenfolio
- Zooomr

The process was quite pain-free (I was only troubled having to find the .NET Framework that is required not the actual migration). Your photos are first downloaded locally and then uploaded on the service of your choice. Unfortunately titles from Flickr are not saved, but titles embedded in EXIF data will of course be read on the other end (e.g. Picasa in my case). I'd like it the photos were also separated in folders when they are downloaded, as it is they are all dumped in a single folder. Still, it's free and worked without issues, and I'm free from Flickr now :)

See the liberated photos here http://bit.ly/ygyScu

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Amazing

Impressive #photography by +Elena Kalis
http://bit.ly/xpxJ9K

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Around the World in 5 Minutes

An awesome #time-lapse video by photographer, Kein Lam. Each two-second scene is comprised of about 40 to 60 photographs. More on his site http://kienlam.net/around-the-world (currently down due to heavy load :))

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I'm a Flickr hostage

I had seen the notification by #Flickr that my Pro account was expiring. The single mail of notification linked to a FAQ page http://www.flickr.com/help/limits/#73 mentioned that photos above the 200 free limit would be hidden. I made the mistake to believe that that meant that the extra photos would simply be hidden from public view.

Instead, when your account expires, not only the public but also you lose access to any photos over the 200 limit. This means your photos are now hostage to Flickr, which gives you a supposedly funny notice when you login, informing that your photos are "safe & sound". You just have to pay to see them again.

I can't seem to avoid thinking there was a reason why they only send a single notification mail about the account expiration...

So what are my options now (if any?) except from paying Flickr #extortion money?

[update]
1) +michael arrington describes the situation also here (nice photo :)) http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/08/i-wont-use-flickr-until-they-release-my-photo-hostages/
2) It seems that if you delete some of the most recent photos, Flickr will show you some of the older ones... An still no official way to massively download your photos. Thankfully most of my photos are also stored locally but I don't have them properly categorized in all cases.

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Merry Christmas! :)

Merry Christmas! :)

In album Munich, Dec/2011 (24 photos)

SIXT ad, Munich airport

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Apparently if you have a DSLR you take more time taking photos

So only compact cameras allowed in the London Transport Museum

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"Tight schedule" forced ban on DSLRs, says London Transport Museum [update] - British Journal of Photography
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Check the link in the original post for massive amount of imagery providing the base...

Check the link in the original post for massive amount of imagery providing the base of the question :)

See also http://thehairpin.com/2011/01/women-laughing-alone-with-salad :)

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Why do women struggle with drinking water?

Careful research into stock photos reveals that women can't drink water out of a bottle without spilling it all over, for some reason.

http://thehairpin.com/2011/11/women-struggling-to-drink-water

Props to +Fraser Smith

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