Category Archives: non-palaeo

EAVP 2016 at Haarlem’s Teylers Museum (2)

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Heinrich Mallison

In the first post of this series I gave a short introduction to the town of Haarlem (NL), because although it is not very dinosaurian or otherwise palaeontological, and thus should not get a post of its own, it does … Continue reading →

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EAVP 2016 at Haarlem’s Teylers Museum (1)

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Heinrich Mallison

After all the recent photogrammetry posts it is high time to get away from “stuff that somehow has to do with dinosaurs a little bit” and finally write again about dinosaurs themselves. Which is why I now will write about … Continue reading →

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Going to Tristan the T. rex’s dig site

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Heinrich Mallison

I guess it was kinda hard to miss that the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin is getting a real Tyrannosaurus rex. I’ll have much to say about the beast here on dinosaurpalaeo over the course of the next few years. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aves, Botany, Dinosauria, historical buildings etc., insects, landscapes, Mammal pic, Maniraptora, non-palaeo, photography, Theropoda, Travels, Tristan, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurus | 7 Comments

How to easily de-conflict event timings for conferences

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Heinrich Mallison

Today’s topic has nothing to do with dinosaurs, but it is something some of you may encounter every once in a while. Let’s say you’re planning a conference with many events – talk sessions, poster sessions, workshops, whatnot. Obviously, you’ll … Continue reading →

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a marina in winter

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. While trying to get some nice bird shots at the snowy Baltic Sea I took some photos of a deserted and frozen marina today. Some of them are kinda nice, so I’ll post them below. To … Continue reading →

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Zion National Park part 2

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Before I get this post about my Zion NP visit started let me first link a few very handy sites for the park. Here is the National Park Service homepage for Zion NP, on which you can find all you … Continue reading →

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On the way to Zion National Park

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Today, I am interrupting the irregular series of posts on the Posidonia Shale for a few photos from last summer’s work trip to Utah. For one thing I need a break from all the Urweltmuseum Hauff stuff. Another reason is … Continue reading →

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Using Hugin part 3: aligning and cropping only (medium difficulty)

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Sometimes, you want to align photos, and remove barrel distortion maybe, but you do not want to stitch them. I detailed one example before, aligning photos for HDR. Typically, this does not work too well in graphics programs if you … Continue reading →

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Using Hugin part 2: medium

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Last time, I told you how to use the fully-automatic mode of hugin, and how to make a few minor corrections to improve results. Today, we will look at more complex panoramas, and some more manual work in the program. … Continue reading →

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Using Hugin part 1: easy!

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

I’ve previously described how I use the panorama stitching program hugin – in my opinion the best program out there. It is free, it can be extremely easy to use, and it gives you the opportunity to do every step … Continue reading →

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Zion National Park preview

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Just a preview of many more posts to come: a sunset in Zion National Park (wiki). The weather was not optimal, as it was extremely hazy. Still, HDR allowed some nice pictures to come out of this 🙂 more on … Continue reading →

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Botany photo break

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Summer finally arrived in Germany, and I used yesterday’s sunny weather to take some photos of plants and insects in our garden. Mainly because I wanted to see if the many hints and tips on photographing these things I found … Continue reading →

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Theropod Thursday 26: more raven

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Just now I posted my recent shots of a wild raven, in Berlin of all places. Just for fun, here are my until-then only wild raven photos from Rügen.

Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, landscapes, Maniraptora, non-palaeo, plants, Theropoda | 3 Comments

Holiday post: S’more Baltic Sea impressions

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

I am currently on holiday at the Baltic sea, and only back in Berlin for one evening. Internet access is terribly slow on my USB stick, thus I wasn’t able to post the last few days. Before, I attended a … Continue reading →

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EAVP 2012 dinosaur track field trip

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Yesterday, I went on the 1st Field Trip to various dinosaur track sites. It was a very nicely organized trip, and I’d like to thank the organizers Alberto Cobos, Rafael Royo-Torres and Francisco ‘Paco’ Gascó (and anyone else I missed) … Continue reading →

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