Tips For Improving Your Landscape Photography Luck
Take enough photos and, statistically speaking, one of them must end up on the front cover of National Geographic Magazine. The trouble is that without some way of increasing the probability of that event manifesting, it may take more photos than you have seconds remaining in your life to land the gig.
How to create a Starburst
The starburst effect, otherwise branded the Star Effect, Sun Star, or Sun Flare, is an optical anomaly produced by the influence of the aperture blades on the light entering a lens. The starburst effect can be a spectacular addition to a photograph when used appropriately.
The Objective of HDR
This is the second instalment in a series of articles dealing with the matter of HDR, but it is probably better thought of as Episode 1. In this post, I will try to unpack the question of ‘the objective’. May the force be with you!
HDR – Part One
Fortunately, it is in the area of adjustment flexibility that this particular HDR method shines and is hence the reason why I think it is such a fine point from which to begin a foray into the subject. High Dynamic Range systems can, very quickly, become complicated, something that doesn’t lend itself to grasping an underlying philosophy
Polarising Filters
In this final part of a series of articles dealing with filters, I look at what is perhaps the most complicated of the lot – the polarising filter. The overarching aim of such a filter is to allow light of one polarity to pass and not the other.
Back Button Focus
But, despite these disadvantages and sacrifices, I remain a fervent supporter of the back-button focus system. The technique is not for everybody, but I certainly suggest giving it a go on your next landscape excursion.
UV & ND-Filters
Have you ever wondered what filters are and precisely how they can improve the quality of your photographs? In short, filters are pieces of glass that one places in front of a camera to manipulate the incoming light before it even has a chance to reach the optics of the lens.
Long Lens Landscapes
Now I'm not suggesting that capturing an 'intimate landscape' is easier than obtaining one of the wide-angled variety, but it is much simpler to find a sliver of land with attributes that make it eye-catching when compared to finding a whole panorama with similar characteristics.