PhotoBlog
This site also documents my return to photography, one image a day, one story at a time.
News - MoU to raise £20 million for elephant corridors
Some good news came recently, when 5 major conservation organisations (WTI, IFAW, IUCN NL, World Land Trust & Elephant Family) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to raise £20-million for the construction of 100 key elephant corridors.
News - Nikon release new 500mm and 600mm lenses
Nikon announces new 500mm and 600mm f/4 lenses (and a smaller one too)....
Great news for the Nikon wildlife shooters out there... :) Jared Polin (aka FroKnowsPhoto) gives you the low-down!
News - Inside an Elephant Capture
A disturbing story by Kalyan Varma : "When we read of man-elephant conflict , we agree that “capture” is the most logical solution. But do we know what capturing a wild elephant actually means, what it looks like, what it feels like?"
News - Surviving Climate Change
Which countries are most vulnerable to climate change, and which ones are most likely to survive? This is a global issue we should all be working on. India, my current home, is at great risk, among many other developing countries.
News - IUCN Red List up-date!
The IUCN RED LIST list has recently been updated, encompassing 77,345 assessed species, 22,784 of which are sadly threatened with extinction. But it is not all bad news, with an insurgence in the Iberian Lynx population!
Photos - Stephen McMennamy likes to combine photos
I am a strong advocate that an idea is way more important than gear, as well as getting the shot right in camera first! This is exactly how Stephen McMennamy created a fantastic series of images......
News - Adobe CC LR and PS updates
Some great photography updates to the adobe creative cloud Lightroom and Photoshop programs.
A recent update to Adobe CC has added new functions to both Lightroom and Photoshop! In particular, the new 'dehaze' function should provide a great new tool that will allow you to "remove and/or creatively add haze into your image" in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC (through Camera RAW)..........