Enhanced post-processing control
In previous posts I have spoken highly of Tony Kuyper’s TKActions, which now includes infinity mask construction. TKActions is a true engine room for advanced post processing:...
View ArticleSimulating Composition and Lighting in Landscape Photography
In previous post I have talked about various Apps that help you simulate or plan for a photography expedition. To day, thanks to a YouTube video by Yuri Fineart, I came across another technique:...
View ArticleFurther explorations with IR
In previous posts I have talked about infra red photography, which for me means my EOS 50D converted camera. In this post I thought I would talk a little about the post processing. The starting image...
View ArticlePre-Christmas Presents!
As some readers are aware, my life has been rather complex over the last six months and there has been little time for photography. However, with the Christmas break now starting, I have managed to...
View ArticleMagical auto landscape bracketing
In previous posts I have spoken about the power of Magic Lantern to take a Canon EOS system to 'another level'. For example, using the diffraction corrected Depth of Field feedback, one can manually...
View ArticleIn-Camera Focus Stacking Helper
I hope this post and script helps others who are learning/struggling to become Magic Lantern 'scripters'.I couldn't have got this far without the help of David Milligan and others, who have provide...
View ArticleIntegrated Exposure & Focus Bracketing Helper Script
As some may have been following in my previous posts, I’ve been trying to write a Lua script to help with both focus and exposure bracketing in my Magic Lantern enhanced Canon. My goal remains to write...
View ArticleMini Magic
As readers of my posts know, I tend to lean towards the technical side of photography and am a passionate Magic Lantern user. Having said that, about a year ago I took an excursion into the Sony...
View ArticleEOS-M for the Landscape Photographers
Many are drawn to the EOS-M because of the ML-enhanced videography: I am not one of those. As a photographer I was attracted to the EOS-M, because I missed ML when I brought my first mirrorless, an...
View ArticleSilent Toggler
The following script, an update from the previous versions, has been written to work on all ML enabled cameras, including the EOSM. The functionality pivots around a simple idea, that many...
View ArticleThe ultimate bracketing tool: but only for Canon EOS users
Although I haven’t posted here for a while, because of home and work pressures, I’m pleased to be able to publish the latest (and greatest?) tool for Canon (non-macro) still photographers. I could only...
View ArticleRevision 2
A short post today to simply publish the latest version of my auto focus and exposure script for Magic Lantern users.This one is as automated as I can get it. As with previous versions, this one has...
View ArticleField Report on Auto Focus/Exposure Stacking
Although I was confident I'd proved out my ML Lua Auto Bracketing Script at home, tonight was my first chance to explore this new in-camera tool in the field. We are lucky to have a lovely church a...
View ArticleSUV? Who needs an SUV when you have a tank collection
Great weather for our 9-day fortnight Friday off, and a chance to grab some images care of a friend of a friend: who happens to have a small military vehicle collection.For me it was a chances to try...
View ArticleChrist Church, Ramsdell, Hampshire
We are very fortunate to have some lovely churches within a few miles of us, and this evening was a chance to pop along to one just up the road in Ramsdell.Christ Church was built by John Colson in...
View ArticleSt Nonna's Church in Altarnun Cornwall
One of the advantages of having an IR converted Canon 50D is that I can make full use of Magic Lantern to capture the best data. These three images are from the village of Altarnun (meaning: "altar of...
View ArticleLong Exposure Simulation in Lightroom
One technique that many photographers ‘ignore’ is long exposure photography. The reasons are simple: if shooting in bright conditions then getting to long exposures is near impossible without the use...
View ArticleAnother Update towards the Ultimate Bracketing In-camera Script
As readers of my blog are aware, I have been putting some effort into writing a bracketing script for (non-macro) focus bracketing. In this post I offer my latest version for testing and feedback.I...
View ArticleYou can never have enough batteries
This is a short post as I'm off work today for the late spring bank holiday in the UK, which originally was the Monday after Pentecost. This is also known as Whitsun or Whit Monday here in the UK, or...
View ArticleToggler Update
A simple post today, to let you know that my Toggler ML script has been refactored and tidied up.All the Toggler does is allow you to switch on/off certain ML menus, in a cyclic way:OFF -- All the...
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