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With the introduction of WordPress 2.7 upgrade capabilities for local installations are available right out of the box without the need of 3rd party plugins or manual update process.

While this is cool, can also be a tricky, not so straight forward process. If your blog is hosted by WordPress, you do not have to worry about anything as the upgrade is done automatically for everybody. If you host your own blog and use only standard themes an no additional 3rd party plugins, upgrade is also safe for you, as no compatibility issues can occur between versions upgrade. On the other hand, what’s the point of having your WordPress blog self hosted if you do not need the added value of 3rd party plugins?

You’ll need this guide if you host your own WordPress instance, you are using 3rd Party plugins and you are planning for an upgrade. I decided to write this guide after Aperture.ro was not available after upgrading from WordPress 2.7 to WordPress 2.8 via build in upgrade feature. Server displayed HTTP 500 error while loading the main page. Problem was fixed in 5 minutes. Here is how.

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Like any true wild life photographer, you will like to enter the “bird hunters” league, “the big guys”. But, birds move fast, so you can’t just go out with the camera and shoot birds, because, like I said, they move fast.

Anyhow there is a certain learning curve in everything. This also applies to “bird hunting”. So, if you plan to shoot birds, start with birds which are not that fast as the rest of the birds. One example are ducks. Why not start with ducks?

I’ve decided to write this guide after extensively searching on the internet for similar guides. There is none, so welcome to the “Definitive Guide to Duck Photography“, the guide that will cover all aspects of duck photography, required equipments, techniques and Tips & Tricks from the master (yes, that will be me )

There is clearly something about ducks. You just have to admit it. Something that makes you shoot one the moment you see it. Ok, so let us leave aside the bla-blas and get right into juicy part.

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