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First of all, apologies for the long quiet spell. I’ve been busy at work and having lots of fun with my iPad and iPhone 4 as well.

The screen on the iPhone 4 is just absolutely, incredibly, indescribably beautiful. It’s compulsive viewing, well once you change the horrible default water drops wallpaper! I tried lots of minimalist graphics and wasn’t satisfied until I settled on The Grid.

Nice, no? The image above is 50% of the actual iPhone 4 resolution. Click on it to see the graphics at 100%.

For my iPad I’ve been cycling through a lot of wallpaper from 50ft shadows. Currently here are my lock and home screens.

As for my iMac I set my Desktop preferences to choose at random some of my favourites from 50ft shadows including this one.

Enjoy!

My good friend Tim suggested we take the kids and their bikes down to the River Lee this afternoon. I had my camera with me and managed to take a few photos. Spring has finally arrived. More photos here.

Meet our new neighbour. She spent 15 minutes or so looking around over the garden wall. More photos here.

Stunning timelapse video of New York. All the tilt-shift/depth of field effects were created in post using Frischluft Lenscare, a plug-in I must have.

The Big Picture does it again. Stunning photography of the journey of the Olympic Torch from Greece to Vancouver for the Winter Olympics. That site is going to become my home page.

Click for a larger view.

A photo of the spire of Christ Church in Crouch End. This is the view from our bedroom window.

Click for a full view.

Vibrant red chillis taken this afternoon in our kitchen. There are a few more photos on my Flickr stream.

Have a good bank holiday everyone!

The Big Picture is the Boston Globe’s photo blog and the content is usually stunning. The latest update is about the wet and dry 2009 Formula 1 season and has amazing photographs of the latest race in Bahrain, like the one above and this action shot of Hamilton.

Make sure you grab the RSS feed. Whenever the blog is updated, be prepared to lose a lot of time looking through the superb photography.

This month’s Esquire cover features the lovely Megan Fox. What’s unique about the photo is the camera used to take it: the Red ONE.

Greg Williams, the photographer, in his own words:

“It allowed her to act,” Williams says. “She could run scenes without being reminded by the sound of a shutter every four seconds that I was taking a picture. As in still photography, a lot of it is capturing unexpected moments. This takes that one step further.”

Is this crossover the start of something new? Will photographers be encouraged to use new digital cameras like Red? Isn’t it exciting when new technology crosses over old barriers, when these tools are used beyond what their creators intended?

There’s more on the Esquire site including a live cover photograph!