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Our Pilgrimage to Tibet
260 page pages
By Michael Erlewine
Published on Oct 9, 2012What happens when a Western businessman asks his dharma teacher a simple question and is told that to get the answer to that question he is to go to Tibet that very summer and find His Holiness the 17th Karmapa,
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Close-Up and DSLR: Volumes 1 &
Hi-Res Images
50 pages
By Michael Erlewine
Published on Aug 7, 2016This is Volume 1 and 2 of a short series that offers images at various apertures for a group of very fine lenses for close-up work. These are large images, so you can see what happens at each of the various apertures for some special lenses.
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Karmapa at KTD – 2008
208 Page pages
By Michael Erlewine
Published on Aug 8, 2011In May of 2008 I was asked to be part of a video crew to film the first visit to the U.S. by His Holiness, Orgyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa and the head of the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
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154-Year Lunar Day Ephemeris
Daily Tithies
100 pages
By Michael Erlewine
Published on Dec 1, 2020Lunar Day (Tithies 1-30) Weekday, Date, EST (Eastern Standard Time) KM (Tsurphu Calendar), DM (Gelugpa Calendar), Eclipse, K (Losar Tsurphu), D (Losar Gelugpa), TF (combined Tidal Force). Compiled by Michael Erlewine
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2015 Camera Lens Blogs
Technical Musings
130 pages
By Michael Erlewine
Published on Jun 6, 2016This free e-book is a collection of blogs posted here and there on the Internet via various photography websites on what I happen to be working on at the time. I make no claims about fine finishing this text, but just offer it to those who might enjoy rea
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Tithies and Karanas
Lunar Days
2 pages
By Michael Erlewine
Published on Dec 1, 2020These are a series of notes and articles on the Tibetan Lunar Days (Tithies), the thirty lunar days as used in the Tibetan astrological system. Compiled by Michael Erlewine.
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Handbook of Close-Up and Macro Photography
Illustrated
134 pages
By Michael Erlewine
Published on Mar 6, 2015This is an extensive and fully-illustrated handbook to close0up and macro photography, including panoramas and focus-stacking, with photographer Michael Erlewine. NOTE: You will get a LINK to download this PDF, which may require you to enter the word “Handbook” in a search box to get the final PDF.
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The New Zeiss Otus APO Lenses for Close-Up
THe Zeiss APO Lenses
11 pages
By Michael Erlewine
Published on Feb 17, 2015Well, we all know that these three new APO lenses were not designed for close-up work, much less macro photography. And since I have a score or more of great macro lenses, why would I spend time working with these lenses that are by definition telephotos? The answer is very simple. They are that damn good!
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Small Worlds: Various Close-Up and Macro Images, Vol. 3
Macro and Close-up Photography
53 pages
By Michael Erlewine
Published on Mar 1, 2015A variety of close-ups and macro photography images, including focus-stacking, by photography Michael Erlewine.
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Small Worlds: Various Close-Up and Macro Images, Vol. 2
Close3-Up and Macro Photography
44 pages
By Michael Erlewine
Published on Feb 23, 2015A variety of close-ups and macro photography images, including focus-stacking, by photography Michael Erlewine. The link to the PDF is here:
