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Image Photography, Instagram and Popular Photography. How to do Surreal Digital Infrared Photography Without Expensive Gear or Camera Conversions. Photos made with invisible infrared light, rather than visible light, yield wildly strange and eerie photographs that always have the “WOW Factor.”

How to do Surreal Digital Infrared Photography Without Expensive Gear or Camera Conversions

For landscapes or scenic imagery, infrared (IR) photography is highly regarded as fine art. But back in the days of film photography, shooting infrared was complicated, expensive and the results were often not great. For those with determination though, that one image that did ‘work” was always worth the trouble. But now the complexity of capturing infrared photos has changed – digital cameras have made the technique almost foolproof, inexpensive, and a lot of fun! All you’ll need is a tripod, a special infrared filter, and any camera that is sensitive to infrared light. Visible Light Black and White Image Just know that anything that is alive will reflect a greater amount of infrared light than inanimate objects. Showing Histogram. You can show histograms of an image in the [ Image Viewer ] mode or [ Full Screen ] mode.

Showing Histogram

Also, you can show red (R), green (G) and blue (B) color channels respectively, or all color channels (RGB) at the same time. Downloading, Organizing, and Archiving Your Picture Files from Nikon D300s. In This Chapter Transferring pictures to your computer Using Nikon Transfer and ViewNX to download and organize photos Processing NEF (RAW) files Copying pictures between memory cards Keeping your picture files safe from harm For many novice digital photographers (and even some experienced ones), the task of moving pictures to the computer and then keeping track of all of those image files is one of the more confusing aspects of the art form.

Downloading, Organizing, and Archiving Your Picture Files from Nikon D300s

And frankly, writing about the downloading and organizing process isn’t all that easy, either. CREATED A CHEATSHEET FOR NEWBIE LIKE ME (NIKON D7000): Nikon DX SLR (D40-D90, D3000-D7200) Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review. Thanks to everyone for the inputs.

CREATED A CHEATSHEET FOR NEWBIE LIKE ME (NIKON D7000): Nikon DX SLR (D40-D90, D3000-D7200) Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review

I created a cheatsheet for myself from all the inputs and put it in one place for me which covers, camera setting, techniques, lens , editing software and books. Posting it here for benefit of someone like me who may be similar situation. Some posts were so detailed that I just kept the links instead of text. Here goes it: How to Use Every Nikon Digital SLR. There are a bunch of settings that you will want to set up once, and only once, with your Nikon digital SLR.

How to Use Every Nikon Digital SLR

As with everything else in this article, we'll make some enormous generalisations that will get you out there and shooting but don't hold true for everyone all the time. You can play with these things later, but for now, you want the basics out of the way. 1Set your camera to continuous shooting. By default, your camera might be set up for single-frame shooting, which meaning that you get one shot (and only one shot) for each press of the shutter button. You don't want this. 10 camera settings you need to learn to master your Nikon (and 10 you can manage without) Confused by the options on your Nikon camera?

10 camera settings you need to learn to master your Nikon (and 10 you can manage without)

The experts at the Nikon magazine N-Photo explain which camera settings you really need to get to grips with, and which you can manage without… The vast array of buttons, menus and other features available on even the most affordable Nikon DSLR can sometimes seem pretty daunting, especially if you’re just starting out. Understanding which features are worth exploring, and which are best left alone, is fundamental to getting the most from your camera. Michael Andrew Photography Blog. High magnification macro photography. This article on high magnification macro photography is written by Junaed Rahman (website | flickr): Quite sometime ago I wrote an article on macro photography, which explained how to modify a regular short zoom lens for macro photography.

High magnification macro photography

This time I'll explain how do I achieve high magnification. For most of my close-up work I use AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D lens. To me the benefits of using a 60mm instead of 105mm macro lens are: The Photoshop Elements 9 Book for Digital Photographers: Jonas Sees in Color: Color Correction Secrets. Home > Articles > Adobe Photoshop > Adobe Photoshop Elements This chapter is from the book  I’ve run into a lot of digital photographers that use the Remove Color function in Elements to convert from color to black and white.

The Photoshop Elements 9 Book for Digital Photographers: Jonas Sees in Color: Color Correction Secrets

Nearly every single one of them is disappointed with the results. That’s because Elements simply removes the color from the photo and leaves a very bland looking black-and-white image. How To Create A Steel Wool Light Painting Vortex. Our How I Took It Contest got an impressive number of steel wool light painting tutorials.

How To Create A Steel Wool Light Painting Vortex

I wanted to share this one from Mike Mikkelson as it introduces two new elements that we’ve never had on the blog before: a super smart steel wool cage (rather than the whisker that we usually use) and the creation of a vortex. Enjoy. I get a lot of comments on my Steel Wool Vortex image, and I have had many people ask me how I took it. Most people are surprised when I let them know that it is steel wool on the end of a cable, lit on fire, and then spun around very fast to create the sparks. Although the art of steel wool photography is not new or unique, I have constructed a re-usable rig that has helped me make some great fire wool images. Disclaimer: Nikon 70-200mm f/4G vs f/2.8G. In this article, I will do a comparison between the new Nikon 70-200mm f/4G VR and its bigger brother, the 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II.

Nikon 70-200mm f/4G vs f/2.8G

This comparison is expanded even further in my Nikon 70-200mm f/4G VR review. I have been using both lenses for the past month, along with two other similar lenses from Tamron and Sigma, so the review will include direct comparisons between all four lenses, along with bokeh and other lens feature comparisons. Let’s take a look at the detailed lens specifications, along with a side by side comparison to the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II: Lens Specifications and Comparison to Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II There are a couple of differences worth noting here.

Home. Photoshop Watermark: Step-by-Step Tutorial to Create a Watermark in Photoshop. To watermark or not to watermark: many a photographer has grappled with this question. Watermarked images look decidedly ugly, but in this age of plagiarism, is also a rock solid way to prevent unauthorized use. Fortunately, creating a watermark itself is pretty easy, as we will learn in this tutorial below. There are multiple ways of creating watermarks in Photoshop. Nikon D7100 In-Depth Review: Digital Photography Review. Review based on a production Nikon D7100 running firmware 1.0 The enthusiast-targeted Nikon D7100 becomes the company's latest APS-C DSLR to feature a 24MP sensor, joining the D3200 and D5200 models that were announced in 2012. As the eagerly anticipated successor to the very popular two-and-a-half year old D7000, the D7100 faces a sizeable task. In our in-depth review we found its predcessor to combine very good image quality, class-leading noise performance and great handling in a solidly-built body.

My technique for snowflakes shooting. This article on other languages: Фотографирование снежинок (russian version), Chinese version translated by Hung Li. My main hobby is taking closeup snowflake pictures. Real snow crystals are amazing objects for macro photography, thanks to their beauty, uniqueness and unlimited diversity. Even after eight winters of regular photo sessions, seeing thousands of snowflakes in all their details, i do not get tired to admire new crystals with amazing form or an incredible inner pattern.

Some people think that snowflake photography is a complex matter, and requires expensive equipment, but in fact it can be inexpensive, very interesting and quite easy, after some practice. Nikon Autofocus Guide: D600, D610, D7100 and D7000 (Phase Detection) Give a man a hammer and the whole world looks like a nail. Give him 20 hammers and he won't know where to begin. The human brain isn't naturally good at making quick decisions when given multiple options; it performs much better when the options are limited and. This is why it's so hard to decide on where to go to lunch when you have a large group of people and you ask everybody for a choice of venue. On paper, the Nikon autofocus system can look intimidating to a new user because of the high degree of variability.

21 Incredibly Simple Photoshop Hacks Everyone Should Know. D7000_Setup_Guide. Advanced Tips for Tack Sharp Images. 13 Things Your Camera Wishes You Knew - Your sad, old camera will start to treat you better if you learn to take care of it. Every time I go to my nephews’ soccer games and see all the parents with their cameras on “green mode”, or attend a sporting event and see spectators using their flash from a quarter mile away, it makes me grit my teeth. It’s all I can do to stop from walking up to them and fixing their camera for them. This morning, I got to thinking. If it is painful for ME to see these cameras being mistreated, imagine how the camera feels! Canons have feelings too, ya know? The readers of this site tend to be a bit more knowledgeable about photography than your average shutter snapper, so I wrote this one with the more advanced photographer in mind.

Photo transfer. (beware: lots of photos) I have been busy the last 2 days creating these, Fotografia. Nikon d7100. How To Use the Nikon D7100. Getting Started with your Nikon DSLR Camera. CREATED A CHEATSHEET FOR NEWBIE LIKE ME (NIKON D7000): Nikon DX SLR (D40-D90, D3000-D7100) Talk Forum. Photography cheat sheet - Digital Camera World. In this quick tutorial we’ll show you how to choose the right AF points and weigh the pros and cons of single point vs area selection. Many people dream of turning their passion for photography into a full-time job, and in his brilliant infographic professional photographer Robert Sail guides you through some of the key steps and lessons you’ll learn from newbie to pro.

Often we talk about the reasons why you should upgrade your camera, but rarely do we examine the reasons why you shouldn’t buy a new camera. Pinterest. Doodled Patterns Transform Magazine Photos Into Psychedelic Meditations - Beautiful. Alana Dee Haynes has taken the doodles that most of us do while we’re talking on the phone to new heights. Creating detailed repetitive patterns on top of photographs for a wide assortment of magazines, Haynes has transformed these striking photographs into psychedelic and psychological images that haunt and intrigue.

It would be interesting to see how this work progresses in the future as setting up her own shoots and fully creating a new world for her images surely would be the next logical evolution . We’re excited to see where Alana Dee Haynes goes next! Discussing So, Which Ones Are Legendary...? in The Nikon E-series (Nikon EM, E-serie lenses, MD-E, SB-E) Nikkor Lens Assessment by Thom Hogan. More than you want to know about lenses, updated... This article originally appeared in the Nikon DSLR Report, issue #6. MIGRANT MOTHER. Migrant Mother From shorpy.com The Library of Congress caption for the above photograph reads: "Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. DSLR Autofocus Modes Explained. Most modern digital SLR cameras are equipped with advanced autofocus systems that are often hard to understand. Michaels Photography School Home. D7000_AF_Explained. Composition: From Snapshots to Great… Best Nikon Lenses for Wildlife Photography. The Definitive Lens Buyer’s Guide for DSLR Enthusiasts – Twin-Pixels.com.

Nikon D7100 vs D600. Nikon DX vs FX. Optical Metric Scores. Optical Metric Scores. Lens Hotspot Performance Database. Best Lenses for Nikon D7100. Free macro photography cheat sheet. How to read a histogram: photography cheat sheet. Histogram: photography cheat sheets for achieving perfect exposure. Nikon D7100 review. Studio shot comparison. Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 SP Di VC USD. Nikon low-light tutorial: set up your DSLR to paint with light. Nikon SLR Camera and Lens Compatibility. Surreal Long Exposure Photos of Glowing Fireflies in Japan. Digital Camera, DVD And Electronics Lot, 7+ Pieces. The Best Free Apps From Adobe. The Best Mid-range DSLR is the Nikon D7100.

Nikon Digital SLR Cameras. Nikon D7000 Lenses that have a f/2.8 or faster aperture. Magnified Photography Contest by Tamron. Shorpy Fine Art Prints by Juniper Gallery. Lens And Nikon. What is Image Tricks? Introduction to Image Tricks Free Pixel-Based Image Editor for Mac. 30+ Genuinely Useful Mac Apps for Designers. How to Create Kaleidoscope Patterns from Your Photos. Art Dolls by Du Buh Du Designs - Gift Idea: Photo Coasters. Top 20 Photography Pinterest Boards.

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