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Take all the help you can get
Like many I am a little intermediated by certain words and phrases: Fine Art Photography is one such phrase.Wiki tells us that Fine Art Photography (FAP) is photography created in accordance with the...
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Dorset: Long Exposure Trip
After several weeks of 'camera inactivity', this weekend was a chance to get away and ‘do some photography’: in particular Long Exposure photography with my new ND filter system. For the wide angle...
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Things have been busy for a while and photography has suffered. Nevertheless, I did find time to create a small script that some may find of value.All it does is provide an automatic way of moving the...
View ArticleAnother little tweak
For those that value getting the best out of your Canon ML enhanced camera, you may be interested in the latest version of my Auto HFD script: download it from the right.This version first optimizes...
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One of the UK's jewels
KWiki tells us that the Lake District National Park includes nearly all of the Lake District, though the town of Kendal and the Lakeland Peninsulas are currently outside the park boundary. The area,...
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A new technique for Super Resolution Photography...maybe?
As readers of my posts know, I try and get as much as I can out of the (Canon) camera technology; helped, of course, by Magic Lantern. So far, accounting for my bias towards landscapes, cityscapes and...
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How far can you push things?
As I prepare for a photography trip in Feb (more about this soon), I’ve used the Christmas break to reset my Magic Lantern configuration. Up until now I’ve been using the Canon 5D3-113 firmware, as, in...
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Further experiments in Super Resolution Photography
In a previous post I wrote about how to use a Magic Lantern Lua script (on the right) to create auto super resolution brackets. In this post, I offer some insight into why SR photography may be of...
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The Start of an Adventure
As I’m just under a month away from, what I hope, will become a ‘trip to remember’, over a week in Iceland with a group of photographers, I thought it was timely to start posting.From my perspective...
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A killer Combination
In preparation for my Icelandic trip, I’ve been honing my timelapse knowledge and skills. From a camera perspective I’ve decided to use my EOSMs (I have two) as my ‘dedicated’ timelapse platforms,...
View ArticleScript Update
Just a short post to say that I've updated the Auto Landscape Bracketing script: simplifying it; making a little bit more robust; and adding some error checking and user feedback.Download it from the...
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Plan Ahead
In previous posts I have spoken of the value of Apps in preparing for a photo trip. For example TPE and PlanIt!.Some time ago another great App slipped in under the radar and, I believe, all landscape...
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First reflections from Iceland
It’s now about a month since my return from Iceland and although the trip was a little disappointing at one level, ie the weather, which was wet, cloudy and warm, rather than dry, snowy and cold;...
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Further Explorations in Post Processing
As digital photographers know, as soon as you push the shutter button, you have lost control. What do I mean my that? Well as soon as you push the shutter the Camera manufacturer is in charge until the...
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Magic Lantern does it again!
Note: following further testing I've tweaked the report below, as (0%) ETTR seems to work fine with the 4K experimental FRSP.Last week, on April Fools’ Day, A1ex over on the Magic Lantern forum...
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I've started Tilting again!
Although I have a Canon TS-E 24mm ( http://www.canon.co.uk/lenses/ts-e-24mm-f-3-5l-ii-lens/ ), I don’t use it very often; despite being one of the best lenses I have from a quality, distortion and CA...
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False Colour IR: the Marmite view
OK, before getting to the photography, let's help out the non-British readers with one of the most wonderful spreads you can get: Marmite! For me, Marmite is best served, thinly spread on warm toast....
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LAB Channel Swap
As many are aware, to give an IR captured image a more realistic look, assuming you are processing for colour, it is sensible to get the sky looking 'right', ie has some blue in it.This can be achieved...
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My IR Post Processing Workflow
As many know, I’m lucky enough to have a Canon that can access Magic Lantern. This means I can maximise the quality of the captured photons through tools such as RAW Spotmeters and RAW-based ETTR. I...
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Getting the best out of Hyperfocal focusing
As I am about to release a new version of my Landscape Auto Bracketing Script (LABS), I thought I would write a piece on why hyperfocal focusing is not (sic) the best focusing strategy for landscape...
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