Nature and Wildlife Photography Tips 15 - Under Water Without Getting Wet
Being under water can be a good thing. Maybe not financially, but in the wildlife imaging forum, it can provide a host of opportunities. Just think. You are out in the wilds and the mud and slop is oozing from the recesses of your boots, camera gear is covered in plastic and you have been swatting the various invertebrates who have joined you in your outdoor foray by having breakfast at your expense. I positively love that kind of stuff, minus the invertebrate part, but there
Wildlife and Nature Photography Tips 14 - Stacking – Nothing is Ever Perfect
When I am shooting images, there are instances when I have this “Ah, that’s the one.” moment. How does this happen? It is usually by patience, timing, studying the subject, lighting adjustments, focusing, camera angle, and the myriad of other possibilities that make the image just right. But here is the thing that was puzzling me. Once I have the image on disk, I migrate to the Post Processing (PP) part of the work to actually pull off the magic and have something I enjoy as
Wildlife and Nature Photography Tips 13 "Bigger Than Life"
I was recently “Post Processing”(PP) some of my images from my latest desert trip. Rating, developing, and culling as I went, when I noticed I have to be much better at throwing away the unusable images. But upon further inspection, some of the images I was marking as “throwaways” should have been “takeaways”. So why was that? The first time through, they struck me as the perfect subjects for the digital garbage bin, but on second thought, they were usable in many other ways.
