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Magic Cloth Trouble shooting

Though this technique produces some beautiful images for me, it is not without itโs issues.
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eBook review – Grant Collier’s guide to Night Photography in the great outdoors

Grant takes us through the ins and outs of modern night photography with comprehensive coverage of equipment and preparation, settings and calculations,…
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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…
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Aurora and foreground? Northern Lights Photography

The Northern lights in Iceland can yield wonderful displays for your camera, but if you can include some of the landscape you…
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Aurora photography – Northern Lights Panoramas

Combining the panorama technique with the Northern Lights can only ever be interesting. Let’s explore which conditions suit a Northern lights panorama…
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Northern Lights – aurora colours

Photographing Northern lights with a camera reveals colours that can’t be seen with the naked eye.
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Northern light photography – Controlling noise

One of the big issues with Northern Lights photos is noise. This technical article discusses photography techniques and camera settings that can…
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Ansel Adams – magic card

In one of the last interviews with Ansel Adams he expressed excitement over the possibility of digital photography.
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TripodSnake – DIY Tripod Protectors

The tripod snake is an accessory to help protect your tripod from the sea. This is a DIY guide to make a…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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Video Tutorial: Icelandic Waterfall Skutafoss

This tutorial is a demonstration of the Magic Cloth Technique to add drama to a dull sky at the SKutafoss waterfall in…
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The perfect lens for star-scapes

Star-scape Lenses This article tracks an email conversation between me and Chip Porter of www.chipporteralaska.com. I thought it was useful to share because…
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Night Photography 2 – overcoming the darkness

Night photography is a challenging hobby. You are taking a picture in conditions where you can barely see your camera. You have…
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Long Exposure Photography Techniques – Silky Water

Love them or your hate them, long exposure photos are a good way to understand shutter speed. this article looks at ways…