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Geocaching Swiss Army Knife

I have always relied on the excellent Magellan Mapsend Lite software to manage and keep track of my Geocaches but if you do not have this software or if you need something more database orientated to keep track of a huge number of caches then the GSAK is for you.

This software is very useful for keeping track of any kind of coordinates but is especially useful for geocachers since it plugs right in to Google Maps, Geocaching.com and other such sites. It makes it easier to build local filters showing only caches you are interested in for the moment.

I can recommend this software wholeheartedly.

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Upgrade your Magellan eXplorist

ExploristIf you have not done so already, get the firmware files here to upgrade your favourite GPS unit. This upgrade adds several new features and modes, correct several well known problems and generally makes things much more stable.

And while you are at it, download and install Mapsend Lite if you have not done so already. Great software for planning your trips on the computer before you go outdoors.

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Skogskyrkogården / The Woodland Cemetery

This was my fourth  attempt to reach the Woodland Cemetery in Stockholm, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the famous must-sees in Stockholm, especially if you are interested in architecture.

The previous times things have come up that have prevented me to go, and now I set out without telling anyone else and just went there. Of course I had some bad luck and killed one of my flashes so that one needs to go to the repair shop :( Always something. However the trip resulted in some pictures from a blistering cold January day in the south end of Stockholm at the woodland cemetery.

Woodland chapel
The wood chapel
The chapel of the holy cross
Chapel of the holy cross.
Cross
The famous cross.
Steps to the Remembrance Garden
Remembrance Garden
Rememberance Garden
Remembrance garden
Seven wells path
Path to the chapel of resurrection
Greta
Greta Garbo
Entrance to chapel
Chapel of Resurrection
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Symmetry in Motion

Symmetry in motion
Nikon D300 using AF-S VR 70-300G ED-IF. Touchup in Lightroom and CS3. Symmetry created by sitching a mirrored right side to the left. Then using touch-up to make small changes between left and right to avoid it looking too artificial.
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Memory leak in Adobe Lightroom 2.2?

I have recently upgraded to Adobe Lightroom 2.2 as my primary software for keeping track of and doing quick adjustments to my pictures.  Recently I shot a studio session where I used 14 bit RAW files with maximum quality saved with lossless compression by the camera. The files comes out on the north side of 15 MB each which is a lot but I have equipped my computer with 4 GB of RAM and it should not be a problem to handle it.

But it is, particularly when doing the following things:

  • Exporting a large number of large pictures.
  • Working with the adjustment brush extensively.

There are other people who have experienced similar problems I am considering downgrading to 2.1 until they have fixed this problem. I just hope the library files are compatible back to 2.1… don’t want to lose all the adjustments and settings.

There are discussions about this on the Lightroom forum.

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Images in comments

Finally it is fixed, not as nicely as I would have liked it but here it is. Under the comment box there is a link you may click to add a new image. Then just enter the URL to the image itself and it should work. Do not enter the URL to the Flickr page the image is displayed on, your URL should end in a ”.jpg” ending. When you see an image you want to post the link to, right-click and then select ”copy link location” or similar, that’s the URL you should enter here.

Hope that makes life easier for commenting on the photo challenges!

Have fun!

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Cooliris 1.9

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This is a wonderful way of browsing photographic sites such as Flickr and others. It transforms your web browser into a sort of cinematic way to discover the photos and scroll through them.

Although I am not certain exactly what it is good for it is at least impressively fast and very nicely done and it plugs in with Flickr greatly. When checking out someones photo stream it is a lovely little tool.

Get it here.

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Photo Challenge: Transportation

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There are many means of transportation in this world and this weeks photo challenge is about describing or picturing a means of transportation that you feel for in some way.

You are allowed to interpret transportation in a very open fashion, i.e. walking is a means of transporting yourself. Transporting people, goods or inanimate objects makes no difference here, so there really should not be any problems finding something creative to picture.

As usual post a link to your photo in the comments section. I know that there is still a problem with using the proper img tag but I will edit the comments to include your picture when I look at them.

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Nikon lens hood acronyms

Here is what they mean folks:

Code Type Notes
HB Bayonet hood The most common one today. Usually has a flower-petal design.
HE Extension for already existing hood on long lenses Not very common
HK Slips on the lens, locks with a knob. Older lenses seems to have this sometimes for long telephoto lenses
HN Screw mount hood Never seen this one myself.
HR Rubber hood Great for prime lenses especially if you need to shoot through a glass pane. Keeps the reflexes out so the glass is hardly not visible.
HS Snaps on Like a lens cap. Never seen this one myself.

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