Vouliagmeni Moon Photo with Point and Shoot Camera

Believe it or not, it is possible to shoot the Moon with an average point and shoot camera. In fact, for as long as you dispose of a reasonable optical zoom (300–400 mm equivalent) and the possibility to switch to manual settings, you should be able to catch some details of the surface of the moon. Of course there will be a lack of detail and sharpness, but at least you won’t end up with just a white spot on a black background.

As today the Moon is at it’s closest to the earth for this year, I did a test run last night and brought back the following shot:

This is about as good as it could get

The above was shot with the following

F-stop:                   f/6.3

Exposure time:    1/250

ISO-speed             ISO-400

Focal-length:        49 mm

35-mm focal length:  389

Exposure Program: Aperture Priority

The idea was to figure out different settings to catch at least some of the texture of the surface of the moon.

Tonight I found a nice spot, just above Vouliagmeni’s Limanaki to catch the moon rising above the Varkiza Bay.

Click to view the bigger version for more detail.

This time I went for Shutter Priority and ISO 200 which resulted in an Exposure Time of 0,77 sec. Also I used an Exposure Bias of +0.7 step.

Of course this is not the kind of quality you could expect from a professional picture, but it shows what you can do with most any point and shoot.

The temptation to pull such pictures through Photoshop is evident and I have not resisted just for the fun.

And a cooler version, filtering out some red which we usually see when the moon rises at the sea:

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Vouliagmeni Spring Flowers

After a rather cold winter, it’s now getting warmer and sprouting all over the place in Vouliagmeni. Time for a stroll at the beach; the bright colors of the spring flowers attract men and bees.

Here just a few images of what the beach is populated with these days:

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Hope you enjoy :-).

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Free Images from the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece

As I needed some pictures for my demo portfolio and photography site, I paid a visit to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens last Saturday. The idea was to come back with some photos of outstanding works from the permanent exhibition.

Mask 1500 BC found by Schliemann who thought it was Agamemnon’s Mask

A first Gallery of Images from my visit you will find on the Portfolio site by clicking on the below screenshot:

National Archaeological Museum Photo Gallery

For better viewing, I have put the objects on a black background. All images from that gallery will be available for free download and use on non-commercial websites shortly.

For those who prefer black and whites, there is also a B&W gallery and again, the images will become available for download shortly for free use on non-commercial websites.

B&W Image Gallery — Archaeological Museum Athens, Greece

While I like to take pictures, I like even more to share them. Not everybody has the privilege to live as close to so many artifacts as I do, nor do many have the possibility to travel to Greece. For this reason I make all images from my portfolio available for free usage and download for the use on non-commercial websites. If you are publishing or re-publishing my work, I would appreciate a mention and/or a link back.

If you would like to make commercial use or to print any image for commercial use, please contact me.

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Windows 8 Customers Preview Release Images

While in my earlier posts I have been shouting about the weird color scheme Windows 8 has been insulted with, you will find here below some screenshots focusing on personalization of the new Windows 8 UI. The main goal was to “neutralize” the desktop somewhat.

Ideal for touch screens, the bold yet minimalist design is user-friendly, namely for touch screens. In fact, Windows 8 is designed for (mobile) touch screens featuring the touch-friendly Metro interface and hot corners borrowed from the Mobile Win 7 Operating System.

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The Lock Screen is on display when you log-out of your account; the Windows 8 Interface suggests a few full size images or the option to load your own image as shown here below:

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Windows 8 offers 9 color schemes and 6 background patterns for the start screen. I could not find additional customization options in the Customer Preview release.

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As is previous Windows versions, you may add a picture or icon to personalize your account:

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Here we are really getting a typically mobile feature: Notifications can be brought to the Lock screen!

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More to come.

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Windows 8 Screenshots

Yesterday’s Windows 8 Customer Preview  release triggered my curiosity and of course I had to install that new software.

First I was shocked about the ugly look of the new Windows, the lack of creativity and care of graphic design. Microsoft has still a lot to learn from Apple in this respect.

Windows 8 Start Screen with Tiles

Then I started playing with it and the more I saw and experienced, the more I liked the idea of getting a Mobile Type of Operating System and Interface here.

On this first image you see the new layout of the start screen with all these Tiles for easy access. On top of the right column you notice some tiles I have added to the screen. In fact, similar to a mobile surface, you can organize your Tiles (icons in Apple language) according to your needs and taste.

Note that many tiles refer to online features, like Gaming, Communication, Sharing features.

Windows 8 uses Mobile Terminology: we don’t get a list of Programs, but a display of Apps!

Windows 8 Apps

Note the ugly background color and then the load of icons …. horizontal scrolling will reveal all your Apps. This display replaces the “All Programs display on your Windows 7 Start Menu.

By the way: the good old Start Button does not exist anymore, just a link back to the Start Screen (image 1 above) and a right-click menu giving fast access to some basic functions:

Windows 8 Start right-click menu

The new settings screens are clean and easy to use:

Admin Settings on Windows 8

When searching an image from admin settings, the display is smashing, media gallery like, just … better. Unfortunately, there is still this ugly background :-).

Surf an Image Folder

Microsoft recommends not to use Win 8 on your main computer. Right they are, as this is a Customer Preview release.

However, as the base is Win 7, most hard and soft you are using with Win 7 works. In as much as I am concerned, I had just to delete Security Essentials. All other programs run smoothly. Also for my DVD drive I needed to install ne drivers.

I am writing this post from Windows 8 and I will report here about issues encountered as they will appear. Also I will explore all the goodies from Win 8, namely connectivity issues, mobile web, interactivity and touch screen behaviors.

A second step will then be to look at the new SDK to develop Apps and to test them on Win 8. Let’s enjoy a nice journey with Win 8 and hope I will be able to change those ugly interface colors if the rest of the design cannot be modified :-).

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Semiomantics EVO Developer Theme

2 years ago, about at the same time of the year, we have built Evo, an Action script driven Flash photo and portfolio website.

This time we will make use of HTML5, CSS3 and Java Script to customize Semiomantics EVO, a Semiomantics development for Developers.

Flash is not anymore a smart option for development for as long as Apple mobile devices are as popular as they are and for as long as mobile Apple devices will not display Flash. Therefore we have been looking for an alternative to produce smashing and eye-catching sites based on HTML5.

Of course the good old Evo Flash driven sites still look great. As a lot of work has been put into them we will try to use namely all the edited images and footage in the new EVO version.

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Semiomantics Evo Flash Version 2009

The biggest changes are:

• EVO is now powered by WordPress
• EVO does not use any Flash but is a responsive HTML5, CSS3 and Java script theme.

The new EVO assembles the ultimate in WordPress design and features for modern media display. Ideal for photographers, EVO features not less than 6 different Gallery Types. Galleries can be displayed most anywhere and the number is unlimited.

EVO can also display EXIF and location data.

The high resolution background slider will assure clean display also beyond resolutions of 2500 px equivalent.

Custom sidebars for pages and categories.

Finally: the script is eCommerce ready!

Semiomantics EVO 2012 Developer Edition

Semiomantics EVO 2012 Developer Edition Light

Become familiar with a new generation WordPress Theme and develop on the given bases a personal template for further customization.

Learn how to replace the existing Evo sites with the WordPress based responsive EVO.

(More to come.)

Licensed Software is provided.

To build the new site, add a sub-domain to your main site (author blog) and call it for example media, photo or portfolio or similar. (We will discuss this at the pre-seminar call on Tuesday February 21, 2012.

Ticket price $85, the usual discounts for Ycademy Pros apply. Please ask Bianca for the discount code: bianca(at)ycademy.com.

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Let’s profit from the warm Light and go out to take some shots. Nature is particularly beautiful now. Here in Vouliagmeni, we see again clouds once in a while after a beautiful summer.

The clouds as spectacular event namely at 8 p.m. The below picture was shot last night.

Vouliagmeni Sunset

This is for you Bianca, as you like the colors, shapes and atmosphere :-).

Please post links to your autumn pictures.

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Vouliagmeni: Back to School

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