Russ McBee

Here it is, the birthday present I really, really want (even though my birthday is nearly five months away): When we first saw the [Nikon] D3 before it was officially launched I'll admit there were some raised eyebrows, and the first question was 'is this a replacement for the D2Hs, the D2X, both or neither?'. The truth of course is ...

I spent most of the day at the 2008 Rossini Festival in downtown Knoxville. It was a blast, and I'm exhausted. Just like last year, rain threatened this year's street party. Unlike last year, the rain stopped right before the street festival started. Although I haven't seen an official head count, I would guess the crowd at around ...

Whoa: A 16 billion pixel image of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper has been posted on the internet, giving art lovers a detailed view of the 15th Century work. [...] ''You can see how Leonardo made the cups transparent, something you can't ordinarily see,'' [art curator Alberto Artioli] said. ''You can also note the state of degradation the ...

This morning's torrential downpour threatened to scrap this year's Rossini Festival. Last year's crowd numbered around 65,000 or so, and this year's would have been bigger had it not been for uncooperative weather. By 1:30 or so, the rain had tapered to a sprinkle, so I decided to brave the elements and trek downtown. Because of the weather, I ...

I had such high ambitions for today. The weather's gorgeous, so I thought I'd go shoot some photos of Old Gray Cemetery here in Knoxville. I loaded up all my photo equipment, extra batteries, extra memory cards, and my trusty external battery pack. I hopped in the car, opened the sunroof, cranked up XM, and hit the road. The battery life on my ...