The Small Wave.

In a previous post about Adobe and Apple, I mentioned that for all the money Adobe makes off the Mac they spend a lot of time ignoring it. Some examples I gave were:

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Robert Scoble posts “An ode to great photographers” and what they taught him.

The ode itself is short and sweet, yet says everything that needs to be said because it’s primarily about the pictures. What better way to show what you’ve learned then by showing it? The post includes great shots taken by Scoble — including the one above — taken on an evening walk.

Very nice, Robert. Well done.

In the previous installment we went through a new Event of photos to delete the bad ones, rate the better ones, hide the questionable ones, and leave the rest alone. Then we assigned keywords to them.Now we’ll move to the more “fun” stuff. That is, we’re going to compare the rated photos and pick out the cream of the crop for further enhancing.

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Those of you who read my review of the latest iPhoto know that I’m very pleased with this product. In my opinion It’s not only the best of the “free” photo organizers/editors on the Mac or PC — especially given its integration with other Apple applications — but it’s also a great program in its own right. While most of the attention to the update was given to Events, in my opinion the better enhancements were in keywords, and borrowing from Aperture for its revised editing tools.

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Today’s picture, and also a test. Posted via Flickr’s “email to blog” feature.

My camera is the well-received Canon PowerShot A620.

Are you “serious” hobbyists through laughing now? Fine, then we’ll continue.

Aside from the fact that it’s a bargain when you consider everything it offers (specific recommendations here, here, here, and here), what I really like about it is the great Macro mode for taking closeup shots. I like using this for foliage. Above is one of several such shots I’ll be posting.

I love taking pictures right after it rains (click for full size).