Qantas Airbus A380 does a low pass over Sydney
…ruins it.
At least if you have created a watermark of sufficient boldness to defeat the various semi-skilled image thief’s which inhabit the world wide web as it exists today. You only have to do a simple Google search to give an exhaustive list of tools and techniques to remove watermarks on images.
Flickrs New Look
After the “War and Peace
The new Flickr “Dark” mode
Adobe Lightroom 2
In my previous post on Digital Asset Management, I briefly outlined some of the entry level contenders for DAM software such as Google Picasa and Adobe Photoshop Elements. In the rest of this series, I will look at some of the heavy weights, the professional asset management systems. I will start with the one I use most — Adobe Lightroom. Not sure if this is a good idea as I it is the product that I am most intimate with, knowing its strengths and weaknesses. Let’s get started…
Jack L @ Dolans Warehouse
On October 17th, Jack L made a triumphant return with his new album “Burn On” to Dolans Warehouse in Limerick. Of course I was there 
to grab a few shots… […]
Careful where you point that! Medieval jousting in Carcassonne, France
I just posted a new gallery on Flickr of some shots from our recent weekend away to Carcassonne in the South West of France.
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Is this my best photo?
It is if you are to believe the hive mind of Flickr, but I am not sure. Rating your own photo’s, filtering out the good from the bad, is possibly the most difficult photographic skill in my opinion. Nowadays, with Digital Camera’s we can easily take more and more photo’s, we can store them, organise them, and manipulate them easier than ever. In order not to be overwhelmed (or to overwhelm others ) with this volume, we need to choose the best and discard the rest. Whittling them down to the best of the best is fraught with emotional baggage, what if’s, “I can fix that…”, and “safe it for later” moments. I really struggle with this, and I am guessing I am not alone… […]
I am Jonathan Bourke. Originally from Limerick, Ireland, I am now based in Sydney, Australia.
This web site will feature my travel, landscape, and fine art photography, which you will be able to purchase as high quality prints, greeting cards, or email as eCards. I occasionally muse on matters in general.