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	<title>Happy Snapper</title>
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	<description>Photography tips for the Flickr Generation</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Digital InfraRed Photography</title>
		<link>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/tips-for-infrared-shooting-on-a-d-slr/</link>
		<comments>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/tips-for-infrared-shooting-on-a-d-slr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevencastle</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[flickr]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[visible light]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[technique]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I recently bought an Infrared filter for my new Canon 40D in order to try out some non-visible light photography. In this first article I will attempt to explain how to capture IR shots and then in the next post we&#8217;ll look at processing methods.

The filter I bought is by Kood and is an R72 [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Summer at the Lakes II</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Black Sea Skiff</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Chepstow Castle from the River Wye</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">WhiteBalance</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">WhiteBalanceHisto</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">SetWhiteBalance</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Viewfinder Blocked</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Summer at the Lakes I</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Wye Valley Infrared</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">St Marys Church</media:title>
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		<title>Canon 300D sub mirror pin failure - Another Story</title>
		<link>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/canon-300d-sub-mirror-pin-failure-another-story/</link>
		<comments>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/canon-300d-sub-mirror-pin-failure-another-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevencastle</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[auto focus failure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[auto focus problem]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[broken pin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Canon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[disassembly]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[repair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sub mirror]]></category>

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As a Canon 300D owner I recently fell foul to the common problem of a failure of the autofocus system. The lens would rotate fully in either direction but never to a point of focus. I did some searching and discovered that it was a problem with the secondary mirror underneath the main mirror that [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">stevencastle</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Canon Disassemble</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/2260127146_ca370ab521.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">S.O.D (Screen of Death)</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Sub mirror</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Lab Update..</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Canon Broken</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">discharge points</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Canon Broken</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">G A M E O V E R</media:title>
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		<title>Where in the World? - Geotagging on Flickr</title>
		<link>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/where-in-the-world-geotagging-on-flickr/</link>
		<comments>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/where-in-the-world-geotagging-on-flickr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevencastle</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[flickr]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Geotagging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[google maps]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[localise]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[localize]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[location]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[maps]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[metadata]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[photos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tagging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/where-in-the-world-geotagging-on-flickr/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
One of the best things about Flickr is the ability to give detailed information about a shot contained in the Exif data as well as the date and time it was taken. But what about where it was taken? 
Here&#8217;s a quick guide to Geotagging. It also deals with a case study involving a recent [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">stevencastle</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Google Map Location Found</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Flickr Maps Built in</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://static.flickr.com/2079/2205446617_093087095b_m.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Hybrid Missing Map</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2281/2206242668_d3eea7f63f.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Bookmarklet Install</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Google Map Search</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/2206258516_5b7a8511e9.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Google Map Location Found</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2341/2205471601_61bffc3433.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Location Saved</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2361/2205567483_800460049e_m.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">WFC Group Map</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Final Map for photomeet</media:title>
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		<title>Take a look at my Monkey&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/take-a-look-at-my-monkey/</link>
		<comments>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/take-a-look-at-my-monkey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevencastle</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[addons]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[firefox]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[greasemonkey]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/take-a-look-at-my-monkey/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now. Don&#8217;t hate me. I&#8217;m still typing this on my MacBook. I still want an iPod Touch.
I still dig Apple.
But I switched browser. Safari is no longer my default browser. 
Firefox has a small furry secret for all of us in the Flickr Fraternity&#8230;.

This small slippery primate is Greasemonkey and is a plugin for Firefox [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">stevencastle</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">FlickrPM</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Post a Photo</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Interesting &#38; Rank</media:title>
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		<title>Have a Bokeh Christmas!</title>
		<link>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/have-a-bokeh-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/have-a-bokeh-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevencastle</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[aperture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bokeh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DOF]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shapes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I&#8217;m not going to claim to have invented this at all.. There is a very good article that explains how to get different shapes for the circle of confusion when doing extreme DOF effects like the above.

Using a Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens, some card, scissors and some Blue Peter style creativity, as at DIYPhotography.net, you [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">stevencastle</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Love Christmas?</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Been Good?</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Light snow..</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2214/2109557584_2d18786f30_m.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Starry Stairs</media:title>
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		<title>Off to the Wind Farm!</title>
		<link>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/off-to-the-wind-farm/</link>
		<comments>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/off-to-the-wind-farm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevencastle</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Flickr trip]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[long exposure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[night]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[strobism]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[turbines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Rob Hudson and I take a trip to the Wind Turbine Farm just outside Cardiff. In the dark. With a video camera. Hmm&#8230;

The Turbines have been on the location checklist for quite a while now.. I had the initial thought that they might be an good location after our night trip to Maen Llia in [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">stevencastle</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Taff Ely Wind Farm Night Trip</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Maen Llia Standing Stone</media:title>
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		<title>Time Lapse Orchids</title>
		<link>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/time-lapse-orchids/</link>
		<comments>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/time-lapse-orchids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevencastle</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[blossom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DV]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[flower]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[interval record]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[orchid]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[time lapse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had this sat on my HD for about two years and never knew what to do with it.. so its going up here!

This is a timelapse filmed on a mini DV video camera in interval mode - one second shot every minute for about 36 hours..  (although I&#8217;ve sped it up and edited [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">stevencastle</media:title>
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		<title>Abstractions in Smoke</title>
		<link>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/abstractions-in-smoke/</link>
		<comments>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/abstractions-in-smoke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevencastle</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[smoke]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[still life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[strobist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/abstractions-in-smoke/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Smoking is now Art. It&#8217;s official.
Ok. Reality check. I&#8217;m not advocating the use of the evil weed as some sort of culturally important device but rather as a photo technique for rainy days.

With the intro sorted, now onto confessions. Whilst I have a method for achieving the effect shown above, it&#8217;s not the technically correct [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">stevencastle</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">abitblue..</media:title>
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		<title>Removing Streetlamp Casts from Night Shots</title>
		<link>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/removing-streetlamp-casts-from-night-shots/</link>
		<comments>http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/removing-streetlamp-casts-from-night-shots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevencastle</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[light trails]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[long exposure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[night]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[urban]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[white balance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stevencastle.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/removing-streetlamp-casts-from-night-shots/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing a lot of night shots lately and after a lot of long exposures in light polluted areas, you get used to seeing that orange glow brought about by the street lighting.
Whilst out on a night shoot lately I used a function on the Canon EOS 300D to help combat the effects of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time Lapse Fireworks</title>
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I fancied trying to use the startrails technique to capture something a bit different, so since November the 5th is the day us Brits celebrate terrorism plots (!) - I thought I’d try fireworks.

Here’s a vid of a few frames I managed to catch.

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