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Street without Joy

In Street without Joy, Bernard Fall describes and analyses France’s failure in the First Indochina War, focusing on the second half (1950-1954). Based on his personal experiences and thorough research both in French and Vietnamese archives (he met and interviewed Ho Chi Minh during one of his visits to North […]


Ana Popovic live

[lang_nl]Foto’s van Ana Popovic & Band, Bluesroute Scyedam (Schiedam), 29 mei 2010. Genomen met Nikon D90 & Tamron 17-50 2.8, grotendeels met het diafragma bijna helemaal open op ISO800. Opvallend was dat veel fotografen een telelens, zoals de 55-200 of de 70-300, op hun camera hadden. Ik was heel blij dat ik de […]


American Deluxe Stratocaster

Fender introduces a revised version of its American Deluxe models. For the Stratocaster, Fender highlights four changes: Compound radius fretboard, 9.5″ to 14″ Staggered tuners New N3 noiseless pickups Reconfigured S1 switching The American Deluxe Stratocaster is also available as left-hand, HSS, V-Neck, and ash-bodied version. Color choices depend on […]


Pseudo HDR in Lightroom

An important limitation of digital cameras is their limited dynamic range – scenes with high contrast will either lead to lost detail in the highlights or in the shadows. This problem is made worse by the limited range offered by the JPG format. High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography tries to […]


American Special Stratocaster

New year, new guitars: Fender introduces the American Special Stratocaster. Designed as low-cost American-built guitar, it complements the Highway One series. Changes with respect to the Highway One Stratocaster are small: Gloss instead of flat finish and the popular Texas Special pickups, also used on the Road Worn series, but […]


Workshop natuurfotografie

Zaterdag was de dag van mijn vrijgezellenfeest. Onze hoofdactiviteit was een workshop natuurfotografie bij Yvonne van der Mey. Met prachtig weer hebben we uren door een schitterend bos gelopen. Ondanks dat er geen dieren (behalve een paar mieren dan) te zien waren, waren er meer dan genoeg mogelijkheiden om natuur […]


Mosquitoes to Wolves

The use of Forward Air Controllers is an interesting aspect of aerial and ground warfare. Mosquitoes to Wolves by G.R. Lester describes how airborne FACs matured during the Korean War. Flying the T-6, the “Mosquitoes”  directed close air support strikes and interdiction near the front line. Sadly, lessons learned in […]