Category Archives: raves

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 →

Posted in "fish", Conferences, historical buildings etc., history of science, ichthyosaur, lower vertebrates, Mammal pic, Mammalia, non-palaeo, raves, Reptilia (non-archosaur), Travels | 5 Comments

Photogrammetry with a macro lens

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Heinrich Mallison

So far, most of my photogrammetry efforts have dealt with specimens in the several centimetre to meter range. Bones, skulls, entire skeletons. The smallest models I created were of ammonites – more on that currently on-hold project later – with … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D modeling, Conferences, DigitalSpecimen 2014, Digitizing, photogrammetry, photography, plants, raves | 11 Comments

The place is a zoo – the Tiergarten Berlin debate

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Recently, some journalists and politicians in Berlin started a big debate about the Tierpark Berlin: should it be closed, or what else should be done about it losing money? Does Berlin need the Tierpark, and can … Continue reading →

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My absolutely wonderful Christmas presents from Claudia Hahn

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Claudia Hahn is a great artist (you find her on Facebook or twitter @Claudia_Hahn). Out of the blue she sent Christmas presents for the kids and me. The ones for the children are already on Facebook. Here’s what I got, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, raves, spineless stuff (invertebrates), Theropoda | Leave a comment

what a difference three days make!

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

remember my beautiful-fall-colors photos? Three days later I took these: goes to show that even if you get sub-zero temps and solid cloud cover there are tons of photo opportunities out there! Fall rules!

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Fall & sun – ideal photography conditions

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

A sunny day in fall – that’s the best you can have for just walking around with your camera. Or even staying at home…. Just sayin’. Looking out our living room window. The yellow leaves shine like gold. View from … Continue reading →

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An ode to TXL

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Tomorrow in a week I will leave Berlin for Teruel in Spain, to attend the 2012 10th Annual meeting of the EAVP (European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists). I’ll surely blog about the meeting later, for now I would like to … Continue reading →

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