-
Tony’s Magic Cloth Technique – Long Exposure Photography
The Magic Cloth Technique involves controlling the amount of exposure to different parts of a scene during a slow shutter. The technique involves dodging and burning over a long exposure. Using a dark cloth (or card) you can reduce the exposure to the sky (or highlights) by covering the front of the lens for part of the exposure time
-
Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon South Iceland – Long Exposure Photography
A slow shutter can be achieved with a dark filter (often called an ND filter), or by taking the photograph in low light.
-
Goðafoss Waterfall Rainbow – Icelandic Summer Sunrise
In the Summer, I like to photograph Goðafoss waterfall in North Iceland at an un-godly hour!! The waterfall of the Gods is at the perfect angle for a Summer sunrise.
-
Dream of the Gods – Godafoss Waterfall
Godafoss the Waterfall of the Gods is a fine location for photographers, both Summer and Winter.
-
Kirkjufell Light – West Iceland Mountain
We checked out the Kirkjufellsfoss waterfall earlier in the day and there were 6 – 10 tourists walking through the scene at any one time.
-
Glacier Landscape – Vatnjokull Iceland
Glacier Landscape – Vatnjokull Iceland Kviárjökull This is Kviárjökull, one of the glacier tongues coming down from Örafæjökull Volcano. The volcano is the second largest in Europe and the glacier is the oldest. The area is a huge ancient glacier landscape with giant moraines from 1000s of years of glacier movement. Taken on July 22, […]
-
Magic Cloth & Northern Lights
The main requirement for using the Magic Cloth Technique is having a long exposure, so Northern Lights photography is an obvious choice.
-
Magic Cloth and Milky Way Photography
Milky way images are stunning, but what you see on the front page of 500px is usually the result of careful camera and lens choice…
-
Ansel Adams – magic card
In one of the last interviews with Ansel Adams he expressed excitement over the possibility of digital photography.
-
Suburban Northern Lights
I advise photographers to get out of the city and away from the city lights to get the best northern lights photographs. But, seeing as I am here, I thought I would give the challenging conditions a try.
-
Simple Magic Cloth Technique
This very simple technique is the basic for Magic Cloth photography and this video is actually a good starting point for the beginner.
-
20 second Reverse cloth technique
The reverse cloth technique is useful if the middle part of a scene is notably brighter than the top part of the scene.