Photography Notes
Last updated: Man-O-War, 21 Nov 2010
Bokeh
  Bokeh in Pictures, Mike Johnston
Composition
  Photographic Composition, John Paul Caponigro
Contrast, Resolution, Sharpness
  Do Sensors “Outresolve” Lenses?, Osuna and García
MTF and SQF, Bob Atkins
Physical Limits in Digital Photography, David B. Goldstein
Resolution measurements on different DLSR cameras and lenses, Stephen Burch
Understanding Local Contrast Enhancement, Michael Reichmann - USM(20%,50,0)
Depth of Field
  Out of Focus - On Purpose, Jim Richardson
Macro
  Macro extension tubes and close-up lenses
Samples
  2010 National Wildlife Photo Contest
Audio slideshow: Human Planet - wonderful "pop" in these images
cinemagraphs (blurb) - very eerie stuff .. somewhere between a photograph and video
A bug's life - BTW, the photographer says he uses Zerene stacker
Technical and Technique
  Clarkvision Articles
DSLRs, Alexa and RED - DSLRs as "game changers", discussion here
obvious:photography
The Great Camera Shootout 2010 - 35mm film vs 1D4, 5D2, 7D, T2i(8:09 into 3rd episode), 3DS, GH1
The Sunday Morning Photographer
Tutorials
  get creative tutorials from Canon
Time-lapse
  Tutorial: How to create a HDR time lapse
timescapes.org, Tom Lowe - Stary nights in the desert
The Mountain, Terje Sorgjerd - Milky Way from El Teide, Spain´s highest mountain @(3718m)
One Year in 90 seconds, Eirik Solheim
Time Lapse Tutorial, Timothy Allen
Final Cut Express
  Free Final Cut Express/Pro - Effects
Equipment - Reviews, Locator
 
photonotes.org  - good Canon lens FAQ    
dxomark  - compare sensors, lenses dpreview  - good
photozone  - good lens reviews fredmiranda  - OK
tomshardware  - SDHC Cards From 8GB To 16GB lensrentals  - Lens Repair Data 4.0
NowInStock  - locate new/hard to find stuff reallyrightstuff  - ballheads & lens/camera plates

 T2i
Saylorsburg, 11 Sep 2010
I just got a new Canon T2i.  One of the new features (first time on an EOS body) is the "Movie Crop" mode.  Here is the description from Canon's T2i press release:
  Another feature debuting in the Rebel T2i is Canon's new Movie Crop mode, where the user can achieve 7x magnification when shooting SD [640x480] video for a significantly increased "telephoto" effect. Unlike the digital zoom feature found in many compact digital cameras, Canon's new Movie Crop mode actually crops the image directly from the CMOS sensor at full SD resolution to preserve maximum image quality and provide additional zoom power.  

Here is a depiction of what I believe is going on:
 
Below is a quick test of the Movie Crop mode using the Canon 180mm f/3.5L Macro lens.  This was also using the T2i builtin mic.  Please see my note above about selecting 720p mode.  BTW, I managed to get in the video (the reflection in the frog's eye :-).
 

Saylorsburg, 21 Sep 2010
I've been wanting to get a couple lenses - a wide-angle lens and a Lensbaby.  Here is my review of some wide-angle lens tests I found on photozone.de.  After mulling it over a while, I bought the Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 - mainly I think because of what I hope is better piece-by-piece-off-the-production-line quality control and (based on this article) it appearing that the initial design/production bugs having been well worked out by now.  I also bought the simpler Lensbaby - the Muse with the double glass optic.
 
Here is a look at the sweet spots (that is, the f stops with the maximum image resolution) for the lenses that I currently own.  Again, I'm using the lens test data from photozone.de.
 
And here are some photos from the T2i, mainly with the Lensbaby (truely an addicting lens, just as I'd read) and the Canon 10-22mm.
 
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