Backlog processing

Currently I have quite a few thousand pictures lying unprocessed stretching back to fall 2007. The good thing with postponing the processing is that you get more critical towards the photos and this hopefully results in better culling. Here's one of my latest from the archives. Check out my PBase gallery for more.

New butterfly gallery

I did quite a bit of butterfly chasing over the summer and I've finally found time to process some of the pictures. I've got a new gallery dedicated to these flutterbugs up on PBase and will hopefully be posting regularly to it as autumn progresses.

Norway has approximately 100 species of "true" butterflies - in my area you can expect somewhere between 25 and 40 separate species. Some are really common, some very rare. With such a relatively low number of species available, there is always the temptation to "collect" pictures of each species. I will try to avoid this and hopefully only post pictures that I deem up to a certain standard. This might result in a greater number of shots of the more common species, but I hope that you won't get bored.

You'll find the gallery here.

Faux tilt-shift

Most of us have probably come across the expression "Tilt-shift" in relation to architectural photography. Tilt-shift lenses are used to correct perspective errors one gets with (most often) wide lenses combined with a low viewpoint. Tilt-shift lenses can also be used to distort perspective in a way that makes people and objects look like miniatures and, not being an architectural photographer, it's this effect that appeals the most to me. For real and fake tilt-shift photography, see: 50 Beautiful Examples Of Tilt-Shift Photography or Tilt Shift Miniature Model Effect Photography

The great thing is that you don't need ridiculously expensive optics to achieve the latter effect. The "miniature" tilt-shift can easily be faked in a photo-editor like Gimp or Photoshop using blur and masks. A quick search on Google will render a number of tutorials on this subject.

If you want something a little less time-consuming, try the TiltShiftMaker website for instant results.

Just remember: The end result depends on your choice of picture. Shots from an elevated viewpoint usually work best.

So... I've got a blog...

Never thought this day would come. Rest assured I will not descend into ramblings and drunken talk about all or nothing, but rather post once in a while when I upload new photos and galleries to my PBase gallery, or when I feel like sharing a few thoughts on photography and related issues.

Best, Petter