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PDML Photo Annual 2013

Every year the members of the Pentax-Discuss Mail List get together and create a book of photography to show off their work. You can buy a print copy or an electronic version (ebook) and all the profits are donated to the Global Health Initiative, a program started by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital to bring modern health care, particularly cancer treatment, to developing nations.

Grandfather Mountain gallery updated
My gallery of GFM shots has been sadly neglected for a long time so I've given it a bit of a freshen up. A lot of the shots are from my regular outings to the Nature Photography Weekend, but I've made enough other trips to provide plenty of seasonal variety.

• See the full gallery here.

New Photoblog image: Tuckerman Ravine in Snowstorm
Hiking up Mount Washington in February is incredibly difficult. So difficult, in fact, that we didn't do it! We did, however, hike up as far as the base of Tuckerman Ravine on the southwest side of Washington. Snowshoes were the order of the day as the ascent wouldn't have been possible without them. What you see herre is the view from the base of the ravice, where there's a shelter and a store of emergency supplies. What appear to be mountain peaks are in factparts of the mountain that aren't either covered in show or hidden by falling snow — the mountain itself extends up far beyond them.

• See the full-size photo here.

Free Software page updated
It's been a long time (too long) since I updated my recommended free software page. I've just updated my top picks, added a few new items and deleted some that no longer made the cut (or have just disappeared from the web). They're mostly oriented towards photography and image-related applications, but there are a couple of general purpose apps here that everyone should have.

• See the free software page here.