by Jay Hemdal | Nov 11, 2011 | AMAZONAS - Jay Hemdal, CORAL - Jay Hemdal, Freshwater, Marine, New Products
In my constant attempt to produce better images through technology, (rather than trying to improve any talent I might have!) I purchased a Nikon AW100 Coolpix camera. This replaces my Pentax Optio that I wrote about a few years ago. The Nikon is waterproof to 10...
by Jay Hemdal | Apr 3, 2011 | AMAZONAS - Jay Hemdal, CORAL - Jay Hemdal, Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
I recently re-visited the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago while in town for a meeting. Our group was given a VIP tour of the facility by their staff. It was very interesting for me to return, as I worked at the Shedd from 1985 until 1989. Although I’ve been back...
by Jay Hemdal | Dec 3, 2010 | AMAZONAS - Jay Hemdal, CORAL - Jay Hemdal, Freshwater, Marine
Making the rounds of the interwebs last week was the video from a Charlie Chaplin film from 1928 apparently showing an elderly women walking along talking into a cell phone: Dubbed the “time traveler cell phone”, people seriously feel that this clip shows something...
by Jay Hemdal | Dec 4, 2009 | AMAZONAS - Jay Hemdal, CORAL - Jay Hemdal, Freshwater, Marine
I have been active in various hobbyist forums since I was a Sysop for Compuserve’s FISHNET back in the mid-1980’s. While my posts from that era have evaporated into the ether, some of my more recent posts, (aside from hopefully being more accurate than 25...
by Jay Hemdal | Jul 17, 2009 | AMAZONAS - Jay Hemdal, CORAL - Jay Hemdal, Freshwater, Marine
This installment informally ties together three previous blog entries: photography, fish size estimation and the HLLE project. Much public aquarium work operates in this fashion, many different small topics and projects may be tightly woven together: While attending a...
by Jay Hemdal | May 16, 2009 | AMAZONAS - Jay Hemdal, CORAL - Jay Hemdal, Freshwater, Marine
Public aquarists often have difficulty photographing their exhibits. Not only do they have the same problems as home aquarists (flash reflection off the glass, issues with white balance, fast moving fish, etc.) they have the added distortion caused by thicker viewing...
