My web browsers in order of usage. I was just noticing how good they all look now, so I thought I get them all together.
If you’ve decided to participate in Project 365 this year, you might start to find it difficult to keep track of which number day it is in the year once you get out of January – I know I did when I did my Project 365 last year.
Last year I made a special Project 365 Calendar with all the days of the year on it and after a few requests, I’ve updated it for 2010.
The PDF contains three A4 pages (all vector graphics, so it’s no problem to larger or at a different size). Page one is the full colour calendar. Page two is a black and white version. Page three is a simplified version – just black text on a white background.
Project 365 Calendar 2010 – (PDF ~34kb)
I’ve also updated Tagr for 2010 to help you tag your Project 365 photos with the correct date, number, etc.
The project is complete! I took one photo every day in 2009 and the above mosaic is the result. Definitely a worthwhile experience and it’s very satisfying to complete such a long running project.
Photos taken with the lens detached from the camera but held in place and moved around to focus. This also lets extra light in sometimes causing light leaks and giving a vintage look and feel.
Freelensing can also:
If you just want the tilt-shift effect, you can detach the lens, but hold it in place against the camera. Slightly move the lens left, right, up or down.
It’s easier if your camera has a “live view” so you can see what it looks like, but it’s not too much harder with the view finder.
You only need to move the lens a few millimetres (fractions of an inch), and doing it this way, there’s not much risk of dust getting in to the sensor.
If you want lightleaks or the super-macro kind of effect, you will need to hold the lens a little bit further away (probably no more than a finger width, though). This is a bit more risky if you’re worried about dust, so try not to hold the lens away from the camera for too long and only do it in a dust-free environment.
For light leaks, I’ve found it’s best to be in a fairly dark room, with a big window in front of you. This lets the outside light get in to the camera (i.e. not through the lens, but just going straight in to the gap between the lens and the camera) but limits the ambient light getting in (which makes the photos less defined).
Canon – Yes
Nikon – Yes – You have to put the camera into manual mode (thanks Eddie Barksdale)
Sony – Yes – In your camera’s menus, look for the “Release w/o Lens” option, and make sure it is enabled. You might also need to make something that will hold the aperture lever on the back of the lens in the open position (thanks ted @ndes)
If you’ve had success with your camera and it’s not on the list, let us know in the comments here or on the freelensing forum on Flickr.
See more on the Flickr Freelensing pool.
Edit: Oops – there’s actually a much simpler way. Right click on the tab area > Customize > Enable thumbnails in tabs
The Opera 10 beta has introduced a new tab feature that lets you resize tabs and expand them to show a full thumbnail. You can either click and drag it down, or middle click on it to expand the thumbnails.
While it’s an attractive feature and some people might find it useful, I’m not one of them. Since I use the middle mouse button click to open and close tabs, it actually gets in the way. I’ve been accidentally middle clicking a bit to low and opening the tab view quite often.
Follow these settings
Luckily, there’s an easy way to disable it. Just type “opera:config” into the address bar. Then type Tab into the search box. You should see “Use Thumbnails Inside Tabs” – untick this, click save, then restart Opera. Fixed.