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• Nikon D800 and Infrared Photography? I Have My Doubts It Works

  

  I had some single wavelength filters to test today on my D800. I read around infrared photography is still possible with D800, although all modern DSLR cameras... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Not All What Flies Has Feathers in the Masoala Rain Forest at Zurich Zoo,...

  

  … and not all what flies at Zurich Zoo is in the Masoala Rain Forest. Pay a visit to this Swiss wonderful rain forest if you pass by! And click each picture... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Nikon D800 Left AF Issue as May 2013: Good News?

  

  The pictures of this post have been sent to Nikon service. They reply me to send my D800 back for service for max 5 days. I read online horrible stories of abou... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What Beauty Lies in the Eyes of Elephants

  

  What beauty lies in youth yet ever so fleeting! Let him who wants to, be happy for there is no certainty in tomorrow. Lorenzo de’ Medici (1449-1492) Pictures... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Not Exactly the “perfect Storm” … but Some Lightnings Nevertheless!

  

  How clever would you feel in the middle of a storm holding a carbon tripod? The interval timer is a luxury, but setting up the proper exposure time was not easy. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The 1.Mai Fest in Zürich of David and Goliath

  

  It is seldom seeing so many red flags in the streets of Zurich. They gave an additional colour to this wonderfully sunny First of May 2013! Enjoy this post... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• How Good is the Lowepro Flipside 400 W with a D800 Set? A Review After 5 Months...

  

  Without a Lowepro flipside bag I would not know how to carry my D800, its lenses and the few accessories. The back side cannot be opened while carrying the... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 OUTDOORS

• All Eyes on Me! Or at Least on My Lenses …

  

  Only one of the owners of these eyes can fly. Guess which and click on the eyes to open the full picture. Animals shot at the Zurich Zoo, Switzerland, with a... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Learn the Soft Spot of Your Lens, Learn How to Use Your Lens! The Case of Nikon...

  

  Do you know what the “soft spot” of a lens is? If you google it you find odd sentences related to soft spot like: “OMG, my lens has a soft spot! I paid so much... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sticky Pictures from the Scene of the Crime

  

  Which weapon killed most of them? Toothed traps? Sticky mats? Glue drops? Find it by clicking on the pictures, shot with a Nikkor 16-35 mm f/4 that almost got... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Shopping List for “ambrosia” Bee-bread: a Photographic Recipe from the Experts!

  

  First some pollen … avoid pollen into eyes, it is painful … No bags needed, it sticks to body hairs! Then grab the nectar …  throw up some … mix it with pollen... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Alps REWIND: a D800 Interval-timer-shooting Point-of-view

  Interval timer shooting seems easy. Just fix the camera on a tripod, switch off all automatic setups, start the program and wait to fill up the card(s). Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Secret Life of Birds? Not with a 200 Mm Lens on a D800!

  

  Things are not always as they seem. Find it out by clicking on each picture. Filed under: photography of water, pictures of animals Tagged: artborghi birds,... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Of Sex and Birds: a 70-200 Mm f/2.8 VR II Photo-poem Made in Zürisee

  

  I was waiting for you my master … Under a curtain of white drops I will give myself to you, my love. And what you gifted me with your beak (on my neck) And... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• How Sharp is the Nikkor 16-35 Mm f/4G ED VR on the D800? The Papa Francisco Case

  

  Papa Francisco (in the picture below, adapted from the Vatican newspaper l’Osservatore Romano) was around 380 meters far away from my D800. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Barrel Distortion of the Nikon 16-35mm f/4G ED VR on D800: Picture Comparison

  

  When I bought the Nikon 16-35mm f/4 VR I read about the huge barrel distortion coming with it at 16 mm but I was not aware it was so … unnoticeable. Click on th... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Rome D800 Time-machine: 8 Minutes of Pictures Through 2000 Years of History!

  If you did not manage to go through the several pictures we shot in Rome, enjoy artborghi animated point of view instead: technical specifications and hi-res... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Artborghi’s Reportage on La Dolce Vita: a Tour in Rome with D800 and 16-35mm...

  

  What better occasion than a trip to Rome to test the 16-35mm f/4G, or was it the other way round ? Click on each post picture to open a flickr.com artborghi... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Artborghi Rank Flies Higher: a Very Good Opportunity for Guest Photography Posts!

  

  Just a week ago artborghi got a powerful review published on WordPress.com news page … thanks a lot, Michael! Today artborghi is elected blog of the day on the... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• How to Make Short Time Lapse Movies Longer and Smoother with Photoshop

  Let’s say you have only 8 sequential shoots but you need at least 40 otherwise the sequence is too short or not smooth enough. How could you fill the gaps? Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY