tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58214542009-02-21T16:35:29.057+01:00My Zen for Everyone's LifeBaldaZenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335398500337835302noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821454.post-21139503399497826152008-11-19T19:21:00.003+01:002008-11-19T19:26:14.211+01:00

Ai pochi lettori di questo blog, ho spostato tutto su Wordpress:baldazen.wordpress.comperchè mi piace di più l'interfaccia, perchè le statistiche sono davvero belle, perchè è più attraente, perchè si.Cercherò di mantenere il blog più vivo di quanto abbia fatto ultimamente: ho intenzione di scrivere recensioni di libri fotografici, annunci di mostre fotografiche (e non), commenti su obiettivi,

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Riporto per intero l'articolo di Guido Barbujani comparso su "Il Sole 24 Ore" del 29 settmbre 2008 (p. 47), perchè ripropone in chiave diretta e chiara il problema del taglio ai finanziamenti per l'Università proposto dal Ministro Tremonti e in questi giorni in fase di approvazione al parlamento.Il pane per la ricercaDa qui al 2012 il taglio delle risorse scoraggerà gli studiosi più meritevoli e

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Alcuni miglioramenti nelle tecniche di identificazione di migliaia di proteine hanno scatenato ipotesi di far partire progetti per la scoperta di tutte le proteine presenti in un dato campione di tessuto. Il costo dell'impresa potrebbe essere troppo elevato.Riusciranno i ricercatori a sviluppare dei biomarkers proteici affidabili? I biomarkers proteici sono quelle proteine che sono presenti in

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I Geni dell'Anno 2008. La Fondazione MacArthur premia 10 scienziati per il loro contributo (passato, presente e potenziale) alla ricerca scientifica nei loro campi. Il premio consiste in 500.000 dollari (si, cinquecentomila!) da spendere come vogliono. Tra i premiati di quest'anno:Adam Riess, 38 anni, studia la geometria dell'universoAndrea Ghez, 43 anni, studia la formazione delle galassie e dei

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Il 23 settembre i consumi dell'umanita' hanno superato le risorse che il nostro Pianeta produce in un anno. Per i prossimi mesi bruceremo le riserve, contribuendo al declino ecologico della Terra.

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Cos'e' la memoria storica?I politici italiani probabilmente pensano che sia una memoria fluida, da rimodellare a proprio piacimento, a scapito della serieta' delle ricerche storiche.Altrimenti come spiegare le dichiarazioni del sindaco di Roma Alemanno e del ministro La Russa? Questi, e altri, politici dal passato (neo-)fascista stanno conducendo una campagna propagandistica per cercare di

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Ho fotografato questa coppia di Pulcinelle di Mare (Fratercula arctica) sull'isola di Lunga, nelle Treshnish Isles, Scozia. Mi sono appostato davanti a questa roccia dove arrivavano di continuo i buffi uccelli. Volevo catturare l'istante dell'atterraggio. Sono stato fortunato, una pulcinella stava per atterrare in testa ad un'altra, che e' scappata via in modo rocambolesco.E' possibile acquistare

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In English:The Big Sort: The Economist on Homophily in the USEthan Zuckerman on HomophilyDavid Weinberg on esterophily now and the "Ninja Gap"In Italian:Kwame Anthony Appiah sul CosmopolitismoEthan Zuckerman sull'OmofiliaDavid Weinberg sull'Esterofilia e il "Ninja gap"P.S. spero di ampliare questo post appena tornato dalle Tre Cime di Lavaredo

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Mi perdonino i non interessati.Ho iniziato un progetto fotografico su Corte Lambruschini a Genova.E' un complesso di due grattacieli abbastanza recente che ha trasformato la zona Brignole.Sto cercando di indagare fotograficamente il senso di spazio che si e' venuto a creare tra questi giganti e come viene percepito dalle persone che lo attraversano. Mi interesserebbe confrontare le fotografie

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MordorI am proud to announce my first limited edition print sale.This photograph is called Mordor, because when I was there, with the clouds closing on this high altitude pasture in the Gran Paradiso National Park, I felt I had entered the evil-crippled land of Sauron. I tried to impress this feeling by converting the original color slide to black and white and emphasizing the dark tones.There

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http://www.lizkuball.com/blog/2008/05/now-is-time.htmlhttp://www.robertwrightphoto.com/writing/?p=233http://davidalanharvey.typepad.com/road_trip/2008/06/f8-and-be-there.htmlhttp://aphotoeditor.com/2008/06/13/an-endless-stream-of-photography/

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The Pope will come to Genoa Saturday afternoon and Sunday.Everywhere there are frenzy preparations for such an event.The Pope will speak in front of the masses in Piazza della Vittoria. For the occasion, the authorities have thought right to cut around twenty trees in the end of the square, because they would have occluded the humongous white (throne) stage. Several crews are installing big

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A quieter day. Not so much time spent photographing and not so much going on in the streets.I remember one episode of BBC's "Genius of Photography", where one young photographer just arrived in NYC to document the streets, wrote in his notebook: "Don't take boring pictures".I try to follow his advice, but often times I can't see much happening in the streets of Genoa.Genoa is the main city of

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Day 2 has been less intense than the starting day. I had less time to dedicate to photographing. I tried to be more daring, I even asked a stall vendor at the local market if I could take his picture and got it. I think the market, with its colorful stalls and bizarre people and the hustle and bustle of the shopper will be a main focus of the project.I also had a problem with one of my compact

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Yesterday I started my SoFoMoBo, the Solo Photographic Book Month. In 31 days I will try to shoot, edit, compose and print a finished photographic book.We, amateur photographer, hold in mind that a photographic book is a very important photographic achievement, but always procrastinate committing to one because we feel our photos are not good enough, we don't have a precise project and we think

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"An artist is a man who seeks new structures in which to order and simplify his sense of the reality of life."John Szarkowski, The Photographer's Eye

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Siamo un popolo di ignoranti!Tratto da un articolo di Tullio de Mauro per Internazionale:"Solo il 20 per cento degli adulti italiani sa veramente leggere, scrivere e contare.Cinque italiani su cento tra i 14 e i 65 anni non sanno distinguere una lettera da un'altra, una cifra dall'altra. Trentotto lo sanno fare, ma riescono solo a leggere con difficoltà una scritta e a decifrare qualche cifra.

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Short video from Scientific AmericanArticle by Krauss and Sherrer in Scientific AmericanFade to Black: The Night Sky of the Future [slideshow]

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Today I want to show you how I can improve yesterday JPG by applying some sharpening within Lightroom. I used some of the techniques outlines in this article (which I still have to read in depth, though. Therefore the sharpening could improve further). The main point is to hold down the Alt (options for mac) key while dragging the sliders.I used these settings in the Details - Sharpening subpanel

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Penso che ci sia molto da imparare da Silvano Agosti, regista.Oltre ai video qui sotto, potete ascoltare le puntate di Damasco (Radio 3) in cui Agosti si racconta attraverso i libri che hanno segnato la sua vita.

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Following the previous post about Ken Rockwell's article, "I avoid shooting Raw", I decided to make some tests with my Nikon D70. I wanted to check for myself his claims on the equivalence between the two formats.I took some photos from my home windows with my sharpest lens, a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro. The in-camera settings were as follow (the ones I usually use for my Raw shooting workflow):

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hmmm ooh hooo hoooIt's a mistery to mewe have a greedwith which we have agreedYou think you have to wantmore than you needuntil you have it all you won't be freesociety, you're a crazy breedI hope you're not lonely without meWhen you want more than you haveyou think you needand when you think more than you wantyour thoughts begin to bleedI think I need to find a bigger place'cos when you have

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Today I read (thank to Annalisa), this pragmatic article in favour of JPEG shooting, by Ken Rockwell.I must admit I was, and still are, deeply touched by the Ken's arguments. I always assumed that the quality of the RAW files produced by a DSLR were undoubtedly superior to the JPGs. Now I must reconsider my beliefs, because they were just so: beliefs without pragmatic proof.How often are we

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The highest jump ever (I think).Some other ski jumps (including the one above).This is a ski jump on a MTB!

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