"Another Dragonfly" Fine Art Print by Gregg Williams - Captured this in my back yard today, hope you enjoy. Tags delicate, nature, detail, macro, insect, bug, antenna, dragonfly, wings, damselfly desktop tablet-landscape content-width tablet-portrait workstream-4-across phone-landscape phone-portrait 10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits How do you take Portraits that have the ‘Wow’ factor? Today and tomorrow I want to talk about taking Portraits that are a little out of the box. You see it’s all very well and good to have a portrait that follows all the rules – but it hit me as I was surfing on Flickr today that often the most striking portraits are those that break all the rules. I want to look at some ways to break out of the mold and take striking portraits by breaking (or at least bending) the rules and adding a little randomness into your portrait photography. I’ll share ten of these tips today and a further ten tomorrow (update: you can see the 2nd part here). 1. Most portraits are taken with the camera at (or around) the eye level of the subject. Get up high and shoot down on your subject or get as close to the ground as you can and shoot up. 2. It is amazing how much the direction of your subject’s eyes can impact an image. A. B. 3. 4. Using techniques like slow synch flash can create an impressive wow factor. 5.
20 Illusional Droste Effect Images that will Twist Your Mind December 31st, 2009 at 11:12 am - First, I want to greet all the readers of Pixzii a Happy New Year, I hope you all have a prosperous new year. In today’s post I’m going to show you some really cool images done in “Droste effect.” “Droste effect,” is named after a 1904 package of Droste brand cocoa. A perfect example of the Droste effect can be simply produced by placing two mirrors in front of each other. Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source
"Tiger Swallowtail 2" Fine Art Print by Gregg Williams Chased him around in my backyard for awhile, until he finally settled down to pose for me. Tags delicate, summer, nature, butterfly, outdoors, feeding, macro, spring, wildlife, insect, bug, tiger, insects, butterflies, bugs, nectar, missouri, swallowtail desktop tablet-landscape content-width tablet-portrait workstream-4-across phone-landscape phone-portrait
Beautiful Black and White Photography Advertisement If you’ve been following Smashing Magazine for a while, you know that almost all posts from the Monday Inspiration series1 are pretty colorful and eye-catching. This post is an exception. Compared to colorful designs where catchy colors help the design to stand out, in black-and-white designs the ability to stand out depends only on its ability to communicate rather than on its appealing visual presentation. Indeed, beautiful black and white photography doesn’t attract with its play of colors. Notice: this post isn’t supposed to showcase the best black-and-white-photos of world’s best photographers; please see it as a modest attempt to inspire designers for experimenting with black and white instead of using a variety of vibrant colors all the time. You may want to take a look at our related posts All photos belong to the respective owners. Beautiful Black-And-White-Photography Alin Ciortea6Alin Ciortea presents examples of modern street photography. Patrick Figaj21Ceremony.
55 incredible examples of photo manipulation We present collection of 55 incredible examples of photo manipulation. Some of them... you may know already, but another ones... could be new for you. What I'm sure about... all of them are simply worth of your attention. "OLD BARN,GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NP." Fine Art Print by Tags fine art, landscapes, scenics, barns, cades cove, forests, trees, farms, national parks, tennessee desktop tablet-landscape content-width tablet-portrait workstream-4-across phone-landscape phone-portrait 50 Stunning Examples Of Reflective Photography Using reflections in photography can lead to some amazing effects and beautiful images. Using water, windows, mirrors or any sort of reflective surface can change an image into a work of art. The wonderful thing about using reflections when taking photos is that they can completely alter the image from something fairly straightforward to something richer or abstract or otherwise more artistic. Also, using reflected light can vastly improve the quality of lighting available. Whether you choose to use reflection in an artistic way or as a source of lightning, learning to use reflections in photography will help take your photographic skills to the next level. Below we present over 50 beautiful examples of reflective photography. You may also want to take a look at the following related showcases: Showcase Of Photos With Reflections: Philippe Sainte-Laudy9168357 merriewells10 Mik13 François Raimbaud15 Antti-Jussi Liikala17 Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir19 Azzam Merchant10521 Barbara Jones25 Julio Salinas27
70 Photos That Will Take Your Breath Away 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
"BLUE HORIZON,GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NP, N.C. 1997" Fin Tags fine art, landscapes, scenics, smoky mountains, mountainsforests, trees, nature, seasonal, north carolina, national parks, clingmans dome desktop tablet-landscape content-width tablet-portrait workstream-4-across phone-landscape phone-portrait Articles - Lighting iStockphoto Photography Standards: Lighting Lighting is probably the single most important aspect of photography, and is a huge topic. Every picture you take depends on good light. Mastering the basics of photographing a well-lit subject will help make your images useful for designers in everyday applications. When you know the basics, you can begin to explore the more dramatic possibilities of light: how the angle, power, and warmth of light effects your subject, stimulates emotions, and expresses your creativity. Understanding light is a lifelong project. Proper exposureUsing and adapting to different light sources (natural and artificial)White balanceUnexpected problems: Lens flares, reflections, and chromatic abberation Let's explore these topics by looking at a few examples that aren't acceptable for our standards: shots that cannot find their warm home at iStock and need more technical improvement before being accepted into collection. Exposure Exposure is controlled by 3 variables:
Caedes Desktop Wallpaper - Photography, Abstract, 3D - Caedes Desktop Wallpaper 15 Stunning Images Using Blur to Portray Movement Photo by Mr Bones – No exposure settings supplied Today, as a followup to our post earlier in the week A Beginners Guide to Capturing Motion in Your Photography I want to post a series of posts from Flickr that all illustrate a variation on the same theme – movement. The following shots are all of moving subjects where the photographer has made the choice to set their camera to capture the movement as blur rather than freezing it. This is in all cases by choosing (or letting the camera choose) a ‘slow’ shutter speed (although by slow you’ll see that the speeds (noted under each image) vary from anything from 1/30 second to up to 40 minutes). Photo by Ben McLeod – Shutter Speed – 8 seconds Photo by zane&inzane – Exposure Time – 10 minutes Photo by PhotoToasty – Composition of 3 images at shutter speeds of between 1.6 seconds and 25 seconds Photo by Heidi Morton – Taken with a Blackberry! Photo by Sara Heinrichs – Exposure Time: 20 seconds Photo by Mace2000 – 50 second exposure time