Pixiq published this diverse collection of photography-related links from the past week. Read the post
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Adding a border to your images
When images are viewed on a computer screen or when projected, the screen around the image appears black, or near-black. If your image does not completely fill the screen and has large dark areas running to the edge of the image these tend to blend into the background and viewers’ eyes can wander out ofContinue reading “Adding a border to your images”
HDR and Beyond – Seeing is Believing!
On the Digital Photography School blog, Gavin Phillips writes, What is High Dynamic Range Imaging? (HDR) HDR is when you take 3-5 or 7 photos at different exposure settings, and then merge them into a single image using speciality software. What you get are beautiful photos with incredible detail, controlled lighting and accurate colour. YouContinue reading “HDR and Beyond – Seeing is Believing!”
Cold and spellbinding: An alignment of planets in the sunset sky
This might be a good time to turn your cameras towards the night sky, with Jupiter, Venus and the moon converging on one another. Here’s a photo I took of a previous convergence, or conjunction as I believe the phenomenon is also known. Dr. Tony Phillips writes on physorg.com, The brightest planets in the solarContinue reading “Cold and spellbinding: An alignment of planets in the sunset sky”
Every World Press Photo Winner From 1955-2011
No text on this page, just a collection of excellent photographs, many of them iconic ones that you will recognise. View the photos
How Do I Calibrate My Computer’s Monitor for the Best Picture?
Calibrating our monitors and printers is something that we, as photographers, should be particularly concerned with. Lifehacker recently made a blog post that talks about this, covering some of the options available. Read the article
Great race car photos, and more
On her blog, our member Noleen has posted about Stephan Cooper, accomplished car photographer. There are a number of photographs covering motor racing as well as some more personal work in the form of landscapes and portraits. She begins, Famed photographer and author Scott Kelby listed Stephan Cooper as one of “The Best five photographersContinue reading “Great race car photos, and more”
Time lapse video of the Milky Way
Chris, one of our members, sent me this link to a beautiful time lapse video of the Milky Way. The picture about is a grab of one frame and gives some idea of what the video is like. Terje Sorgjerd, the photographer behind the viral video The Aurora, has done it again. Here, Sogjerd capturesContinue reading “Time lapse video of the Milky Way”
F-Stop Blues
Florian, one of our members, sent in this article that he thought others might find interesting. It begins, For years, lens makers have fought hard to market lenses of wider and wider aperture. Wide apertures (e.g., f /1.4 instead of f /2) but a series of measurement published on dxomark.com cast some doubts on theContinue reading “F-Stop Blues”
5 Ways To Truly Explore a Single Photographic Subject
From Lightstalking, When you start to get serious about photography, something becomes very apparent to you – that getting different effects while photographing the same subject doesn’t need to be particularly difficult. It is actually quite easy to render totally different effects on a single subject using a few tried and tested tactics. What youContinue reading “5 Ways To Truly Explore a Single Photographic Subject”
Helderberg Photographic Society 