Aperture 2.0 review
Hi folks After a day spent working with the updated Aperture I have to say “I like it” The new interface is much improved and even more intuitive than the old but the biggest change has been out and out speed. Apple has re-engineered the database and now it runs as it should, with fast [...]
Aperture 2.0 released
After much speculation and bated breath Apple has finally released the long awaited update to Aperture as version 2.0 I have just downloaded a copy and had a quick run through some features on a small sample of images before importing my old library and my first feeling is one of immense relief. At last [...]
Red Knot in danger of extiction
Some of my recent photographs have featured Red Knots that are currently migrating north to their summer breeding grounds. I was shocked to learn today that this species is threatened with possible extinction due to the overharvesting of horseshoe crabs, particularly from Deleware bay. While the Red Knot makes one of the longest migrations every [...]
World nature and environmental news – 11 February
This weeks news items: Scientists narrow down areas most at risk to climate change – a team of climate experts has ranked the most fragile and vulnerable regions on the planet, and warned they are in danger of sudden and catastrophic collapse before the end of the century. Click here for full story European children [...]
World nature and environmental news – 3 February
This will become a regular weekly feature on the blog where I will give details of news from the nature and environmental. This weeks news items: European Union to take Malta to court over illegal hunting of migratory species – despite many attempts to put pressure on the Maltese govenment to cub the illegal hunting [...]