SOLER'S TRAVEL PHOTO GALLERY
I have made tens of thousands of digital photos and have placed the best on this site. You are welcome to keep copies of the files.
All photos were taken with a Panasonic Lumix, Canon 30D, 40D or Ixus. This page is my first water photography gallery.
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Images
More water photos:
Sydney 1
Sydney 2
Coastal 8
Venice
Croatia
Tahiti
Patagonia
Annecy 1
Annecy 2
Webshots
Australia:
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Sydney coastline:
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Switzerland 2009:
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New
France 2009:
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Chamonix 2009:
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Italy 2009:
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Buenos Aires 2009:
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Patagonia 2009:
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New Zealand 2008:
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Tahiti 2008:
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Japan 2008:
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Croatia 2007:
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Slovenia 2007:
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Italy 2007:
Bergamo
Lake Garda
Above Malcesine
Venice
Reflected Venice
Venice
The Friuli
Ixus shots
Alps 2007:
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Galapagos 2007:
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Ecuador 2007:
Quito
Pichincha
Iliniza 1
Iliniza 2
Cotopaxi National Park
Cotopaxi climb
Chugchilan & Lake Quilotoa Cloud forest birds 1 Cloud forest birds 2 Cloud forest Mainly cloud forest Lake Cuicocha Quito da noche
Greece 2005:
Rodos Island
Rodos & Symi
Mainly Symi
Medley
Athens
Italy 2005:
Alps
Alps & Varese
Fungi & Villa Taranto
Genova
Portofino & Lucca
Rome
France 2004:
Various
Uzes
Gordes
Spain 2004:
Gaudi
Barcelona
The Alhambra
Andalusia
Mainly Seville
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Articles
What is better, Digital or Film?
I spent a lot of time and effort learning Photoshop, here are my easy instructions for using Photoshop
Three class-leading digital cameras, the Ixus, Lumix FZ18 and Canon 40D. Which is best?
How did my Lumix compact super-zoom compare against a friend's Nikon D70 SLR: Crop-duster vs Fighter Jet?
This is not a manual of photography but one or two of these tips may help improve your hit rate.
High Quality Links
This site is outstanding. fotoopa features sharp photos of insects in flight plus ephemeral water sculptures that defy explanation.
Another site that shows incredible water sculptures.
Wonderful photos of snowflakes plus anything you ever wanted to know about the subject.
A very fine site is that of Phil Douglis. He presents many insights into taking expressive pictures, for which he has framed three criteria: human values, abstraction and incongruity.
There are some excellent articles on aspects of photography at the end of this page.
This site has excellent insect macro photography.
Travel Photographers Network - TPN is an online resource for professional and aspiring travel photographers.
Another good travel site is Travellers Point.
Yet another good travel site is Beautiful Tellus.
Canon Gripe
I bought a Canon 30D camera in early August 2006. Since this is a high-end model, I expected it to be a high-quality machine. Unfortunately, the photos had
a pronounced blue cast, especially in shadow areas. I gave it in to Canon, who admitted the fault and took three weeks to fix it. I tested it again but
found that, though it was somewhat better, a blue cast was still present, unlike the other DSLRs that I have used. I gave it in to Canon again but was told
by their technician that the camera was working according to specifications. He tried to convince me that it was a problem with my monitor, ignoring the
fact that I had photographed a neutral grey card and analysed the RGB values of the resulting image. I wrote to the manager of the repair shop but received
no reply. To make matters worse, when I finally took possession of the zoom lens I had ordered four months earlier, the Canon 30D became unusable after a
few days, though it was quickly fixed. Overall, I am very unhappy with the reliability and quality control at Canon. Nor am I happy with their service. The
so-called Customer Satisfaction Officer was only concerned that the correct steps as laid down in the Canon procedure manual had been followed. The fact
that I still had a defective camera did not concern him.
Warning
I had a lot of trouble with my Canon Ixus camera when I used a no-name brand memory card. I ended up losing some of my shots. To make it less likely that
you experience card failures I suggest you do two things. Firstly, fork out the extra dough to buy a well-known brand, such as Kingston, Transcend, Lexar
or Sandisk. The second precaution is to format the card in your camera before using it for the first time.
Please send feedback, complaints, questions, suggestions to "tad@soler 7.com" - this email address has an extra space - please remove it if you want to email me. I have used this little trick to avoid being targeted by automated spammers, as opposed to nice people like you.
If you have a photographic website and would like to exchange links then please send me your URL. In most cases I will be happy to link to your site.
This site was created on 15 Mar 2006, last updated 31 December 2009.