Intensifying the Ocean

Found this fantastic tutorial on Intensifying the Ocean, via Brent Pearson's excellent site. I only wish I was closer to Australia so I could take one of his seascape photography courses :) Of similar note is an eBook on Night Photography and Light Painting that I'm considering picking up.

A Mix of Assorted Links

Just a few quick links that have fallen on my lap in the last while that I figured I'd share.

• The blog that inspired this one, the K10D blog got a DA40mm, which is the lens that I've been looking hard at and will probably be my next purchase. Good look at both bokeh and ISO 1600 performance with that lens.
• Kelby Training released a getting started tutorial for Photoshop Express (in public beta apparently). Via Photoshop Insider.
• Here's another training video, this time on Studio Lighting. Total of 8 parts.
• If studio lighting is a bit daunting, Strobist has the excellent Lighting 101 series.
  

That's about it for today. The shot above is a stitch of three shots at 16mm on my DA16-45 taken on my *ist-D lastJanuary in port in Mexico.