Photography

http://ir-ingr.livejournal.com/861089.html

http://ir-ingr.livejournal.com/861089.html The shot was taken in 1839, at Boulevard du Temple, Paris. Exposure time is about 10 mins. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_photography

http://www.cracktwo.com/2011/04/25-abandoned-soviet-monuments-that-look.html “These structures were commissioned by former Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960s and 70s to commemorate sites where WWII battles took place” .

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4405/ottenki-serogo.9d/0_65c00_8988031e_orig.jpg (this is biker season opening in Moscow, 2011 ) , other photos are here http://ottenki-serogo.livejournal.com/217344.html

http://www.alavrentyev.com/gallery_spb.html creative pictures of Spb, B/W

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikortek.htm from Ken Rockwell: History and Technology behind Nikkor Lenses

http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/09/27/199251/Software-To-Flatten-a-Photographed-Book?art_pos=5 scanner post-processing software

http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/blackframe.htm page talks about how to remove “hot pixels” ( http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/hotpixels.htm ) from a shot.

http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/ awesome pictures of skys and clouds

http://www.kantor.com/blog/2005/12/legal_rights_of_photographers.shtml Another guide for legal aspects of photography (there is a link to .pdf)