Nikon Lens Pen

Your camera, binocular or telescope uses highly precise optics. It's important to keep them as
clean as possible to assure the best performance. Nikon makes it really easy and simple with the Lens Pen Cleaning System.

The unique LensPen features a fully retractable ultra fine brush and a flexible chamois tip. It uses a proprietary carbon based cleaning compound thatwon't spill or dry out. There's nothing else like it on the market and the LensPen has won many awards for superior product design and usability. Contains a non-liquid compound that will not spill or dry out and its compact size fits into almost any pocket.

LensPen's revolutionary non-liquid compound is safe for all optical lenses and delicate lens coatings. While LensPen is highly effective, convenient and environmentally safe, it also leaves no trace of residue. Looking through any lens is made more enjoyable by using LensPen!

Features

Quickly cleans fingerprints, smudges, grease marks and dust off lens surface

Works with all types of cameras (digital and film), as well as binoculars, telescopes, and other optical products

Safe for all optical lenses including multicaoted surfaces

Small, pen-style design easily fits in any camera bag

Soft brush retracts into pen body to stay clean

Will not scratch or damage lenses

Outperforms all other lens cleaning devices

Unique LENS PEN tip is self replenishing

Cleaning compound will not spill or dry

Environmentlly Friendly

Non-Toxic

Awards

LensPen
was voted the "Accessory of the Year" in the Photo Trade News* Top
Product of the year Competiton. LensPen also won the "Design and
Engineering Award" at the 1994 Summer Consumer Electronics Show* and
the 1999 Laboratory Equipment magazine's Reader Choice Award.

You can buy these at amazon.co.uk/amazon.com

I personally have just bought one for half the price from ebay!

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Kim Høltermand Online Portfolio

An interesting online portfolio by Kim Høltermand and has been featured on the Estetica Design Forum. He also displays his work on Behance.

Technorati Tags: Kim Holtermand, photographer, architecture, colour, dark, black and white, image, Copenhagan, Design, Art direction

Some nice examples of HDR Photography from Flickr

by GTM (M. Alreshaid) on flickr.



by vgm8383 on flickr.



By Larthrows on flickr.

An Introduction to High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDR)

HDR, or High Dynamic Range Imaging seems to be all the rage these days. HDRI is described by Wikipedia as:

In image processing, computer graphics and photography, high dynamic range imaging (HDRI) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of exposures
(the range of values between light and dark areas) than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDRI is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to shadows. (from Wikipedia)

More accurately however, the images that are commonly seen and referred to as HDR or HDRI images are tone-mapped.

Tone mapping is a technique used in image processing and computer graphics to map a set of colours to another; often to approximate the appearance of high dynamic range images in media with a more limited dynamic range. Print-outs, CRT or LCD monitors, and projectors all have a limited dynamic range which is inadequate to reproduce the full range of light intensities present in natural scenes. Essentially, tone mapping addresses the problem of strong contrast reduction from the scene values (radiance) to the displayable range while preserving the image details and color appearance important to appreciate the original scene content.

Find more information here and here along with tutorials to create your own HDR photographs using Photoshop.

From the Estetica Design & Photography Forum

Underwater photography by David Doubilet

Some fascinating underwater photography by David Doubilet. His online portfolio shows fantastic shot after fantastic shot of his other worldly experiences under the water.

About the photographer.

Technorati Tags: David Doubilet, underwater, photography, marine, seascapes, wrecks, black and white, colour, images

Red, White, Black and Blue Collection by Chris Anthony

An interestingly different approach to conceptual photography by Chris Anthony with an interesting use of props. I like it a lot.

Unfortunately, there does not appear to be much about the photographer himself, but you can find more of his work here.