Qtpfsgui

Like many linux applications Qtpfsgui has a stupid name – it isn’t catchy or memorable for any other reason than being daft. It seems like a bit of a waste because Qtpfsgui is a great little app for creating HDR images. It is completely free, available from the Ubuntu repositories and will accept most image files.

Results are a bit hit & miss and I must admit, I should get around to reading the manual (here -

…but you can’t really go wrong for free! Best of all, it’ll even allow you to Tone-map your images too.

Bearded Tit

Bearded Tit

Originally uploaded by gavomatic57 / Gavin Lewis

The birdwatchers around here have been going nuts over the arrival of a Beared Tit at the local nature reserve. After a few largely unsuccessful visits I’ve managed to get a couple of decent shots of it. It has been hiding in a bed of tall grasses and is rarely in a good position to pose for a photo.

As luck would have it, it climbed to the top of a particularly sturdy reed and sat there so I could take it’s picture!

It was taken with a Nikon D80, a 70-300mm Sigma AP0 DG Macro lens. The camera was on “manual” mode, aperature of f5.6, shutter speed of 1/250.