On some systems or ISPs there are problems with photo uploads. Creating an album goes as planned, but when you try to upload a photo, a 500 internal server error is raised. On some systems an Exception of type 'System.Web.HttpUnhandledException' is thrown.

To fix this problem, download the hotfix.

BEgallery 2.0
I’m planning a new release in the new future. If you have request, please let me know and I will look into it.

Updated to the new version of the blog engine. Most minor problems which you may have noticed in the last few days are now fixed. I will push some other patches this weekend.

To all BEgallery users. I will start working on a new version. To correct problems reported by some users I will change the datastore and used the default one, instead of the BEgallery store. Stay tuned in, more info coming soon.

To further explore HDR photography I combined it with some urban exploring in a abandoned coal mine, washing plant and coking plant. This massive complex is called Zollverein located in Essen Germany. Well in fact it’s not really abandoned since it is now home of the Ruhr Museum.

The museum is located in the former washing plant, with many of the machinery still in place. The huge coking plant ceased operation in 1993 and didn’t change since. Nature is slowly retaking the plant, a great photo opportunity!

Staircase in Kohlenwäsche designed by Rem Koolhaas

Schacht 1/2/8

railroad switch

Coal train in front of cooling tower

Kokerei

Druckmaschine

Druckmaschine

Löschwagen

Entstaubung Koksausstoß

Schacht XII

Schacht 1/2/8

Finally, after testing in the real world for several months, BEgallery is ready for download.

BEgallery is a gallery extension (duh) for Blogengine.net 1.4 and up. It integrates the excellent Highslide JS thumbnail viewer, by Torstein Hønsi, seamless in Blogengine.net.

For all the info and download of the extension open the BEgallery extension for BlogEngine.net page.

To see what the extension can do, check this example.

Frustrated by the gallery solutions available for BlogEngine.net I decided to develop one of my own. Most of the project available are crap, especially on the presentation side and lots of other project died on the way.

I started programming on Saturday and I’m pleased to say the 1.0 version is almost ready for testing. (finished the whole project in less than two days, that’s a new record for me )

When the project is tested and production ready I will publish the source so you can use it in your own blog (non commercial only). The extension shows thumbnails in the post, which can be clicked to view a larger version. A popup (with the use of the latest AJAX technology) is shown. The project’s main features are:

And now .. see it at work!

A HDR enhanced photo of Venice, Italy

Royal Netherlands Air Force demo F-16 seen at the 2009 Air Force days @ Volkel AB, Netherlands