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DIY Fiber Optic Camera Flash Ring. For about $5 you can build your own DIY Fiber Optic Camera Flash Ring.

DIY Fiber Optic Camera Flash Ring

It allows you to extend the camera flash using fiber optic to illuminate your subject from many tiny points of light all around the camera lens. "This is a fibre-optic flash extension for your DSLR’s popup flash. Totally easy! Works great! Durable! Classifieds on Oodle Marketplace - StumbleUpon. Graduated Neutral-Density Filters (Grads) Home New Search Gallery How-To Books Links Workshops About Contact Graduated Neutral-Density Filters (Grads) © 2009 KenRockwell.com.

Graduated Neutral-Density Filters (Grads)

All rights reserved. Summary Intro Specs Performance Usage Recommendations Twin Lakes, 8AM, 19 October 2008. Contax G2, Tiffen grad, Zeiss 90mm, Velvia 50. April 2009 How to Make Great Photos Tiffen Multicoated HT Grad Filters Summary top Intro Specs Performance Usage Recommendations Used for: One of the most important filters for digital and film shooting, grads are used to tame harsh or contrasty light. Not for: Everyday use or use during the day. Our eyes and brains are very smart. Our eyes have the ability to alter their sensitivity by region. Grads are only used in extreme conditions where our eyes have to do this, like looking into a sunset.

Raw capture still needs grad filters. HDR is a pain, and looks awful. Example Roll your mouse over to see before and after. Tunnel View, Yosemite Valley, 19 October 2009, 4:07 PM. Introduction top Usage Recommendations. How to Shoot and Post-Process Professional HDR Photos in One Day. In this tutorial you will learn the simple secrets of crafting a shoot sequence for HDR and creating professional quality HDR images in both Photomatix and Photoshop (depending on your weapon of choice).

How to Shoot and Post-Process Professional HDR Photos in One Day

Not only will you learn an efficient workflow, but you'll also learn the theory behind Dynamic Range. This lesson is taught by Peter Tellone, a professional photographer specializing in HDR landscapes. When we refer to Dynamic Range we talk about the difference between extremes. As it relates to photography and exposure we talk about the difference between the lightest part of the scene and the darkest parts. Dynamic Range is expressed as a Ratio. So, in conventional photography, we have to make compromises. We could use a split Neutral Density filter, and half of the image would be one exposure and the other half would be 2 or 3 stops less depending on the filter. Before we begin, let me make one thing clear that people often get confused about. I recommend a wholly manual approach.

Creative Nature Photography Filters. Text and photography copyright Darwin Wiggett.

Creative Nature Photography Filters

All rights reserved. In this age of digital photography, camera filters have mostly gone the way of vinyl records. There simply is no need for warming or cooling filters when light temperature can be altered with in-camera white balance settings or in post-production. For b+w shooters, the red, orange or yellow filters commonly used in film days are no longer needed as most digital photographers shoot in color and then use photo software to convert to b+w emphasizing tones in any way they wish - see Great Black-n-White Photos From Colour Film. Even the venerable grad filter is often cast aside by digital shooters, many preferring to blend shadow and highlight exposures of the same scene into one photo using post-production software. The Polarizer One filter that is still necessary even for digital photographers is the polarizing filter. The Gold-N-Blue Polarizer With slide film the blue-yellow or Gold-n-Blue polarizers are easy to use.