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| Digital Photography Review — Here you will find all the latest digital photography and imaging news, reviews of the latest digital cameras and accessories, the most active discussion forums, a large selection of sample galleries, a digital camera database and buyers guide and the most comprehensive database of digital camera features and specifications. | 
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| Outdoor Photographer is the premier magazine about outdoor photography. Our photography technique articles are geared to helping you capture the best wildlife, travel and outdoor sports photography. Review photography tips and keep up with digital photography as applied to nature photography; stay current with the latest in photography equipment. You can also explore our readers' favorite places that offer the best in photography locations. |
Photographers
| Nature | |
| AstroPics.com "America the Beautiful At Night" Wally Pacholka (Long Beach, CA) |
| Timescapes Timelapse Tom Lowe (American Southwest) blog |
| Tony Rowell (Berkeley, CA) "strives to show the beauty of the earth [and night sky] through photography" |
| Norman Koren Photography (Boulder, CO) website has several "Tutorials on Photography" |
| Cathy Gregg Photography (Santa Maria, CA) |
| Robin Lorenson Photography (Wichita, KS) |
| Luc Perrot Photographies (Reunion Island, Indian Ocean) |
| People | |
| Lissa Anglin Photography (Lubbock, TX) |
Printing
no recommendations implied
Art Quality
- Imagekind — primarily for photographers/artists to sell prints (up to 44x60) online, but you can buy your own
- Mpix.com
- Reed Photo-Imaging
Prints and Photo Books
Posters and Odd-sized Prints
- Perfect Posters — "Quality far beyond what you'd expect from a company with 'posters' in its name. Pricing just what you'd expect from a company with 'posters' in its name."
Selling Online
General Articles / Tips
Image Editing/Enhancing Software
Free 
Free 
The GIMP
- GIMP home page
- GIMP for Windows
- GIMP User Manual
- Grokking the GIMP — understand image manipulation concepts, know which GIMP tools are most effective, and learn savvy use of these tools
- GIMPguru.org — a resource for those using the GIMP to edit photographs
- GimpHelp.org — brushes, scripts and information for the GIMP
- Handy Tweaks to Make GIMP Replace Photoshop
ImageMagick
- ImageMagick home page
- Command line tools (documentation)
- Examples of ImageMagick Usage (Version 6)
- Fred's ImageMagick Tidbits
- Fred's ImageMagick Scripts
- Rubblewebs ImageMagick Section
Netpbm
Other
Free
- darktable (have not tried it)
- JPEG Pixel Interpolator — cleans up dead pixels
- UFRaw (stand-alone and GIMP plug-in for RAW image files)
Blogs / Articles about Photography on Linux
- Linux Photography (blog)
- Processing RAW image files on Linux
- Decoding RAW digital photos in Linux
- HDR and Linux • Script to make HDRs with Linux
Not Free 
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Specific Algorithms
Color Spaces
- Color Space Conversions
- Color Science
- Blackbody Color Data File
- A Standard Default Colorspace for the Internet, sRGB
Miscellaneous
Time-lapse
Photographers
- Timescapes Timelapse awesome
Equipment / Tips
- Timescapes Digital Timelapse Discussion (forum)
- Suction Cup Camera Mount (attach a piece of thick plexiglass to dash to mount suction cup to)
- DIY Dash Camera "Mount" (using a large car wash sponge)
Software
- dvd-slideshow (usable; command-line and input file only, no GUI)
- VideoMach (free version displays a 1 sec banner)
- PhotoLapse 3
- GBtimelapse & GBdeflicker (each $79)
Photo Slideshow
Free Software
- DVD Slideshow GUI
- VideoMach (free version displays a 1 sec banner)
- dvd-slideshow (usable; command-line and input file only, no GUI)
- Mistelix (have not tried it)
- 2ManDVD (have not tried it)
- ManDVD (have not tried it)
- ManSlide (have not tried it)
HDR
- HDR and Linux • Script to make HDRs with Linux
- LuminanceHDR (formerly Qtpfsgui) (Linux/Windows, free)
- Best Free HDR Software
- HDR Done Naturally (Outdoor Photographer magazine)
- Photomatix (Windows, Pro $99, Light $39)
- HDR Darkroom (Windows/Mac, $99)
Equipment
- The Lightning Trigger (~$400 w/ camera-specific cable)
DSLR Cameras I'm Considering
- Canon EOS 7D
- Canon EOS 500D (aka EOS Rebel T1i)
- Canon EOS 550D (aka EOS Rebel T2i)
- Pentax K-7
HD Video Cameras I'm Considering
- Panasonic HDC-HS700K • at B & H $1400
- Panasonic HDC-HS300K • review • another review • customer reviews • At B & H $1200 (Amazon is $1260)
- Sony HDR-XR350V at B & H $1000
- Sony HDR-XR550V at B & H $1400
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