Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH
Glass (c) Dale Chihuly, Photo (c) Jim Doty, Jr.
Chihuly at the Conservatory
A significant exhibit of the glass art of Dale Chihuly is on display at the Franklin Park Conservatory. If you will be anywhere near Columbus, Ohio between now and July 4, I suggest you come and see this exhibit. The works by Chichuly are scattered throught the various bontanical displays. This is so much more effective than seeing Chihuly's work in a museum. The glass grows out of the vegation like new, exotic species of plants.
Bring your camera. Photography is encouraged but only for personal, educational, and non-commercial uses only. You can't take pictures of the art work and sell the prints later.
The exhibit was crowded this past weekend. There was an hour wait to get in Saturday afternoon, but that is because most people were expecting the exhibit to leave town in a couple of weeks. Arrangments were made just a few days ago to continue the exhibit through early July.
You can see more at these websites: Franklin Park Conservatory and Dale Chihuly.
Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH
Glass (c) Dale Chihuly, Photo (c) Jim Doty, Jr.
Friday, March 05, 2004
Bog, West Lake Nature Preserve, Michigan
- Photo (c) Jim Doty, Jr.
WILDFLOWER SEASON HAS STARTED
Nature photographers look forward to the first wildflowers of spring. The wildflower season is already in full swing in some parts of the country. You can read California flowers reports here.
Based on recent rainfall, they are expecting a good year at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
You can find more wildflower links on the bottom left side of my LINKS page.
It was wishful thinking I know, but I was checking out West Lake Nature Preserve in Portage, Michigan earlier this week. Some of the early moss looks good out in the bog, and there were some nice, crimson colored pitcher plant leaves. Early spring flowers are a few weeks away, depending on the weather. The tulips are just poking above the ground around the Portage library.
In central Ohio, some early flowers are just pushing through the ground. Can you tell I am anxious? It is going to be a while yet. You can always go to Franklin Park Conservatory to get your indoor flower fix until the outside flowers are ready. Don't miss the Chihuly exhibit at the Conservatory.
Wildflowers will be coming, maybe soon, to a location near you.
Photo by Carole, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Tuesday, March 02, 2004
Canon Digital Rebel Review
DP Review has published an updated version of the complete review of the Digital Rebel (300D).
Monday, March 01, 2004
Photo by Harold Edgerton
Edgerton on the Cheap
Harold Edgerton is famous for his high speed, stroboscopic photography. Some fellows have created a way to duplicate some of his photography on the cheap.
Three MIT students built the DOOMBOLT for $40 during a winter break and took photos of exploding fruit. Maybe not so elegant as Edgerton, but great fun.
Photo by Isaac, Damon, and Reid
PHOTOBLOGS
There are a lot of photoblogs on the internet. You can find many of them here.
Monday, February 23, 2004
Photo of the day, February 23, 2004. Photo (c) Duncan Lang, Stirling, Scotland.
A Day in the Life
One photo is posted every day. A photographer is selected to submit one photograph per day for a week. Each posted photo must be taken in the last 24 hours. Well worth a look. Be sure and browse through the archives. Forbes named this the best photo blog on the internet. Go here.
Monday, February 16, 2004
Firefox 0.8
Good news from Mozilla!
Mozilla.org released Firefox 0.8 on February 9. It is a renamed upgrade to the popular Mozilla Firebird web browser. Firefox is faster, safer, and better than Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE). The speed difference is very obvious with a cable connection. With a dial-up connection, Internet Exporer crawls in comparison to Firefox.
Mozilla's web browsers have not been plagued by the security problems that have been such a problem with IE.
I really like tabbed browsing. You can CTRL click or right click on links and open them in new tabs. It is quick and fast to go back and forth between pages by clicking the tabs at the top of the page. While you are reading one page, another can be opening in the background. You still have the option of opening links in a new window.
Firefox is free. More info is at the Mozilla website. Download it and try it out. If you prefer it to IE, you can make it your default browser.
|
