The Amazing Oasis Of Crescent Lake The Amazing Oasis Of Crescent Lake Posted on 22 January 2011 Crni It is a known thing that pilgrims and other travelers have traveled down the Silk Road for many many years. It is quite normal to think that they needed someplace to rest while walking for miles in the warm dessert. The Crescent Lake oasis is located right before the Gobi dessert, and six kilometers from the city of Dunhuang. Fortunately they have come up with some strict rules, called the Three Forbids; the first is saying that no wells are allowed, the second that no additional farmland is allowed, and the last that no more people can settle down in the area.
Slow Shutter Shoot-Out - 3 Slow Shutter Speed Techniques A Post By: Chas Elliott Experimenting with Slow Shutter Speeds can be a lot of fun. Today Charles Clawson from blog.chaselliot.com sums up three types of slow shutter techniques and invites you show off your attempts at doing them. There have been some great articles and interest lately on long exposures so I thought I would put together a hodgepodge of techniques and then turn it over to DPS readers to see what they can come up with. 1. Digital Photography School Forum member Sodaman420 couldn’t have done a better job introducing the technique of Light Painting. 2. Blur isn’t always a bad thing, especially when it captures the movement occurring in a photo. 3. I recently talked about this on my blog, but on a good moon lit night, it’s fun to create the illusion of photographs being taken in daylight but with the added effects that come with slow shutter speeds. Share Your Slow Shutter Speed Shots Have you played with slow shutter speeds? Further Reading on Shutter Speed
Created Equal... Photographer Mark Laita In America, the chasm between rich and poor is growing, the clash between conservatives and liberals is strengthening, and even good and evil seem more polarized than ever before. At the heart of this collection of portraits is my desire to remind us that we were all equal, until our environment, circumstances or fate molded and weathered us into whom we have become. Los Angeles- and New York-based photographer Mark Laita completed Created Equal over the course of eight years; his poignant words reflect the striking polarizations found in his photographs. Bodybuilder / Amish Farmer, 2006 / 2004 Young Boxer / Retired Boxer, 2002 / 2002 Beauty Salon Customer / Man with Curlers, 2005 / 2004 Lingerie Model / Woman in Girdle, 2006 / 2007 Catholic Nuns / Prostitutes, 2002 / 2002 Vegetarian / Butcher, 1999 / 2004 Fur Trapper / Woman with Dog, 2003 / 2004 Amish Adolescents / Teens punks, 2004 / 2004 Mariachis / Elvis Impersonators, 2000 / 2002 French Chef / Short Order Cook, 2006 / 1999 More photos!
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Andrea Olivotto's Home Page | Foto di matrimonio Ultimo aggiornamento: 19/02/2010 Introduzione Questo articolo nasce come sunto di tutta la mia (limitatissima) esperienza di fotografia di matrimonio, e da quanto ho letto e raccolto nell'immenso mare di Internet. In parte si tratta di pensieri e opinioni personali, assolutamente contestabili e non condivisibili. Però spero possa servire a tutti i fotografi amatoriali come me che si sentono chiedere "Mi faresti le foto al matrimonio?". L'articolo rimbalza tra consigli per il fotografo amatoriale e tecniche ed esempi dei professionisti. Le foto di questo articolo sono prese dai siti dei fotografi citati, e a loro appartengono tutti i diritti relativi. Come sempre, buona lettura. Disclaimer Provo a tradurre in inglese... Indice Le leggi divine della fotografia di matrimonio (secondo me) Cominciamo subito con le regole fondamentali, secondo la mia personale opinione e limitata esperienza. Mi faresti le foto al matrimonio? Quello che risponderei In che data si svolgerà il matrimonio? L'attrezzatura
Spring! It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day. April is a promise that May is bound to keep. Is it so small a thing To have enjoy'd the sun, To have lived light in the spring, To have loved, to have thought, to have done... An optimist is the human personification of spring. Sweet springtime is my time is your time is our time for springtime is love time and viva sweet love. A little Madness in the spring Is wholesome even for the King. Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year." All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
Nikon 24 mm f/3.5 PC-E Nikkor ED An In-Use Report and Overview Part of Nikon's resurgence during the past year was the announcement in January '08 of three new Perspective Control lenses, a 24mm f/3.5, 45mm and 85mm. The 24mm was the first of the three to ship, (and arguable the most useful for the landscape photographer), and is the subject of this report. I write "report" because this isn't in any way a formal lens test. Firstly, I should make the point that this lens is primarily usable with full frame (FX) and film cameras. For someone that has never shot with a large format technical camera a lens like the 24mm PC-E will be both enticing and intimidating. I've been using view cameras for decades. Sidebar: While some perspective control can be done digitally in Photoshop and similar programs, often with decent results, in the end if you can do them with a rising front on a tilt / shift lens the results will be superior. The Overview – it allows you to change the plane of focus, from near to far to any other axis.
10 Easy Steps To Advanced Photography Skills | How-To | Smashing Advertisement By Trey Ratcliff (aka Stuck in Customs), one of the most famous and renowned HDR photographers on Flickr. In his article Trey describes some professional insights and useful photography tips that he collected over the years of his career. A camera does not work like an eye; film does not work like memory. And yes, it gets a bit touchy-feely here trying to determine if your work has crossed that line. The back of the Taj Mahal during a summer sunset. The good news is that divining your way to more beautiful photos does not require rune rites of scapulimancy. 1. I’ve always thought about photography differently. When you see out of one eye your whole life and then start using a camera in your mid-30s, something happens to you! Upon birth, you have legs, but it takes a few years for your legs to get along with your brain well enough to actually walk you around the savanna a bit. Fourth of July on Lake Austin: the first HDR photograph to hang in the Smithsonian. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
70 Photographs That Will Take Your Breath Away | Digital Photography Shots We here at DPShots believe that the easiest way to learn photography is to learn it by example. Every now and then we come up with some amazing photography examples that take your breath away. This post is no different. We have collected some of the most amazing, most awesome and THE most beautiful photography we could ever get our hands on. From wildlife to magic to a guy sleeping on the back of a buffalo, this post has photographs for all kinds of photographers to take inspiration from. We have collected over 70 majestic photographs that are simply to good to miss. We hope you like this post and endless others that you will get to checkout in future if you are subscribed to our RSS. The Fearless Cat Dael Giraffe says Hi!. Idealists…foolish enough to throw caution to the winds…have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. Kry Back Off! day forty two – trapped [Explored FP] A Lesson in Rockin’ Out Things never happen the same way twice Coffee Splash #2 Slow Motion Thirsty The Wrath Black Swan
Learning about Exposure – The Exposure Triangle A Post By: Darren Rowse Bryan Peterson has written a book titled Understanding Exposure which is a highly recommended read if you’re wanting to venture out of the Auto mode on your digital camera and experiment with it’s manual settings. In it Bryan illustrates the three main elements that need to be considered when playing around with exposure by calling them ‘the exposure triangle’. Each of the three aspects of the triangle relate to light and how it enters and interacts with the camera. The three elements are: ISO – the measure of a digital camera sensor’s sensitivity to lightAperture – the size of the opening in the lens when a picture is takenShutter Speed – the amount of time that the shutter is open It is at the intersection of these three elements that an image’s exposure is worked out. Most importantly – a change in one of the elements will impact the others. 3 Metaphors for understanding the digital photography exposure triangle: The Window Aperture is the size of the window.
Creepy, Crusty, Crumbling: Illegal Tour of Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans [75 Pics] Hurricane Katrina killed this clown. According to the photographer, “An abandoned Six Flags amusement park, someone spray painted ‘Six Flags 2012 coming soon’ on the wall above the downed head. But they were clownin.’ Welcome to Zombie Land kids! Chained dreams of fun at Six Flags New Orleans, abandoned Jazzland – that’s what Six Flags opened as “Jazzland” in 2000. Some photographers can see past the lifeless amusement park’s decay and desolation, showing us that there is still a chance the place could be cheery and not cheerless. Like a Bad Dream. Just in case you don’t know the scoop on what Hurricane Katrina did to New Orleans and Six Flags, this photo is of New Orleans, LA, on Sept. 14, 2005. Unlike the bleak amusement-less park above, some photographers can still see and share with us the echo of magic in the abandoned theme park Six Flags – even 6 years later in 2011. Once upon a time, Six Flags was filled with children’s laughter – but now it’s sad, silent, and surreal.
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