After days of editing and spending hours on end deciding which
images to use for updating my Main Web Gallery we are done!

We finished last night (or was it early morning, thanks also to Arj) and updated the Main Web Site, added new buttons on the Top Bar with new categories (countries). As you know my main site features only a selected few images (14 only) all others are found in my PhotoShelter Archives and Galleries. (Sri Lanka is complete already in PhotoShelter)

To view the updated pages and new addition you can click on the screenshots below or use these LINKS:

Nepal (some new images) - India 2 - India 3 (Central India) & Sri Lanka.
(two additional Buttons have been added also namely Bhutan and S.E. Asia 4 but these will be updated at a later date)

PLEASE NOTE: You might have to refresh your Browser or even individual pages and maybe have to empty your cache since this was a major update on the site, with new Buttons and photos however this issue will take care of its self in due time.

Changed some photos in Nepal

All photos have been processed using only Aperture 3 for the website and the high-resolution images in my archives for PhotoShelter. No Photoshop or any other software has been used and /or the images have been manipulated in any way.

New India 2

However some color temperature corrections have been performed on some of the new photos from Central India (Cave images only) India 3 Gallery, due to the complexity and extremely difficult light conditions of mixed light which varied from Day light to tungsten to fluorescent plus what ever else there was… a total mix of all sorts of lights mixed together real bad.
Aperture 3 I might add did an excellent job dealing with these corrections and I never felt the need to use any other software.

New India 3 Gallery

In this particular case I was also not allowed to use any strobes/or for that matter any other light source, to make it worse even the use of a tripod was strictly forbidden using only 250 to max. 800 ISO, indeed a very challenging shoot to say the least.
The reason for this is very simple; most of these caves containing paintings on the walls which some of them dating back to a century BC.
They are in excellent condition and to avoid any more damage no additional lights are allowed except for what is provided, which in some case is very little or almost non-existing.

Very soon a lot more from this amazing location and the story behind the photos on this Blog.

New Sri Lanka.

The latest and complete selection from Sri Lanka is already uploaded on my PhotoShelter site; the complete selection from Central India, Varanasi, Delhi and Nepal will follow soon.

In the meantime check out the new editions (small selection of 14 photos per Country) on my updated main website.
GD

Special Easter Report from the Philippines…

Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use:
© Gunther Deichmann - www.deichmann-photo.com

Warning!
Some of the photos from this event can be very disturbing due to their graphic nature, I advise to view them at your own discretion.

If you like to view the images at your own discretion please go to my PhotoShelter Archives and Galleries and click this LINK or the image above.

A quick change from India and Nepal… I have posted today photos, a few hours after the event from the Easter “celebration” this Friday in Pamapanga about an hours drive from Manila. (Provided there is no traffic)

It was an interesting trip to say the least, another Idea, which came about in our good old Cave Wine Bar a few days ago. My good friends Hubert, Arj, Pierre and myself set of for Pampanga early this morning, just in time for this all day event.

But after a few hours I had some mixed feelings when I saw very young children taken part in this long traditional event, I don’t like to go into more details now, but this was one of the things I found very disturbing.

Please Note: Non of the Photos have been manipulated in Photoshop or other software in any way or form, using only Aperture 3 for the processing.

GD

New make up and changes to my PhotoShelter site...
plus overhauled my Bio & added some
publications on my Main Website.

New Home page look and the new Portfolio button (see red square top left)
once you click on the Portfolio a drop down menu appears with the categories.
Click on this LINK or the Image above and go direct to my PS site.

Like with anything sometimes we have to make some changes, small or big, PhotoShelter announced the other week some additional functions and improvements. I had a good look and decided to implement a very nice new edition, called the Portfolios,
I also changed the look of my PhotoShelter Home page completely.

Portfolios will give me now the option in displaying some Galleries in a different way, this is also very useful in showcasing some new material now and then or specific projects from time to time, instead going trough thousands of Gallery Images.
Plus you have the option to check on the Info and Captions as well, of course these are only selected photos if you looking for something specific just go to the Galleries or select the search options which is found on the top bar.

Screenshot of the new Portfolio option, showing one of the photos,
check it out its pretty slick.
The navigation arrows will appear once you move your Mouse

The search and all other function including the main Galleries are still the same and work just like before, I have already put up three Portfolios (marked with a red square on the new looking Home page screenshot) there is the Main Portfolio of about 160 Photos a selections from all the Countries I have visited.

Screenshot from the Mumbai Portfolio, from the car window selection.

Then there is a small collection of rare and historical images from Australia, some of those are in B&W, and finally another small Portfolio, show casing Images taken from the car window in Mumbai India a couple of years ago. I might add all photos from Mumbai are taken in one day without ever leaving the car.

Screenshot from the Rare Historical & Tribal Images, first images of
galloping fresh Water Crocs ever taken, etc., etc. in the Australian Portfolio.

At the same time we updated also my Main Website added some New Publications and overhauled the Bio completely.

See the above screenshots with the new PS Home Page look and samples of the new Portfolio options, or click on the links and check it out.

GD

GD Photo Workshop site

Oh my I can't leave it alone...applied some new make up on my Blog. Overall new look, changed the images and moved things from the right to the left, etc. and more uniform with my GD Photo Workshop site. http://www.deichmann-photo.com/gdphotoworkshop/

It started like this:
Early this evening I sat down with my Partner and Webmaster Arj to discuss some other issues when I had this crazy idea...
Arj what do you think? Lets change the look of my Blog...are you kidding me, you like to do this now?
Yes, I am deadly serious... ha, ha. Oh come on...GD.

That how it all started... a few hours later it was done, we did encounter some glitches but otherwise it went smooth, if you find something not working properly please let me know so we can fix it.

Another surprise is waiting already within the next few days...I just finished a nice Multimedia presentation of course using Aperture 3, GarageBand and my new found "Girlfriend called Motion". This one is promising to be very cool and slick, I have it uploaded by latest on Monday...need to get it done prior my departure for San Francisco on Tuesday.

I hope you like the new look of the Blog, if you don't see any changes right away please refresh your Browser.
GD

Manila Day... & Fireworks over Manila Bay..

A quick shot with my small Leica D-Lux 4 from my window,
then into Aperture 3 and it was done, about 5 min. ago.

From Jurassic Park to the Future...

It was a big day yesterday for Juergen Warnke Chairman of Club Paradise and El Rio y Mar...he decided to make the switch from PC to Mac. During my recent visit in Palawan I had a lot of chats with Juergen about the efficiency on the Mac and a week later we went together to the Power Mac Center to check out the units.

Juergen Warnke is all smiles at the Power Mac Center
Greenbelt 3 during his first test drive.

Being a Business man who travels a lot Juergen decided on the new Mac Book Pro 13 inch, I certainly going to help him with the initial setup and get him up and running in no time. He is also looking into an additional iMac for the Resort and a Cinema Screen for his office, the perfect combination. He now has all the Battery Power on the road and the luxury for the office.

After we left the Power Mac Center we switched for a Glass of Wine at my favorite Wine Bar the "Cave" and just in time for the World Cup Soccer game between Switzerland and Spain. Wow the win by the Swiss over Spain was just awesome.

Happy Switchers...Othmar Frei and Juergen Warnke at the
Cave Wine Bar at Werdenberg in Yakal street Makati.

Othmar Frei the GM of Werdenberg Corp. a good friend who switched also just recently to a Mac greeted us, it was only a couple of weeks ago that we both went to the Power Mac Center to get his Mac Book Pro i7.
So there you have it, two new-bees and happy switchers. Othmar I ask, how is your new Mac? Oh boy I should have made the switch a lot earlier, it is just so cool...just love it. Great... after that we had a few Glasses of wine and watched the soccer game.

Tomorrow I continue with my adventures from Palawan... "and then came the rain"...but that should never stop you from taken photos...almost like making the switch from a Pc to a Mac...it is never to late.
Until tomorrow,
GD

NEW look for the GD Photo Workshop site in 2010...
Adventure Travel with your Digital Camera.

Screenshot: The NEW Home page

It has been long overdue but this morning at 4AM we had it pretty much licked.
Thanks to my good friend and web guru Arnold for hanging in there with me until the early hours in the morning.
http://www.gdphotoworkshop.com

My old and rusty GD Photo Workshop site is gone and a new one took shape by 4 AM.
Now directly wired to my Blog (press the button GD Photo Workshops) plus on my main site, nicely integrated, ha, ha how I love this word and YES it was all done on a MacBook Pro. No need for many words, it is all self-explanatory.
This one is easier to update and has already all the PhotoWorkshop dates for 2010, India being the first, starting in February and the participants getting very excited already.
A lot of rambling the other day on tech issues, so I keep this one brief plus I have to catch up with some more sleep, so I am not sure on that one either since my good Buddy Dirk from the Dugong Dive Center in Palawan is on the way to me.
Take a moment and check out the NEW site and if you feel up to it join me on one of my Photo Workshops in 2010 or 2011.
Enjoy, I hope you like it.
GD

© Gunther Deichmann - Typhoon Huaning in 1997, shot with my X700 Minolta in
an old Hugyfot Underwater Housing right on Roxas Boulevard,

Apple announced today the RAW Support for the New Nikon D3X

Apple today released the latest Digital RAW Compatibility Update, adding the Epson R-D1x and the Nikon D3X to the extensive list of digital camera bodies and backs supported by Aperture 2, iPhoto ’08, and iPhoto ’09. You can obtain the Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.5 by selecting Software Update in the Apple menu or from the Apple support site.
http://support.apple.com/downloads/Digital_Camera_
RAW_Compatibility_Update_2_5?sr=hotnews