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More Than A Snapshot provides online photography education.
This is the blog for More Than A Snapshot's Online Photography Classes. In these blog posts I will give photography tips, tutorials, and show images.
by Gary Detonnancourt
I had just entered a wildlife refuge and saw a deer off in the distance and thought OK not too exciting, but I'll shoot her. Then I set up on a path she came out of the tall grass. OK, still not too exciting, then I see the fawn stumble out of the tall grass and I flipped. I got video too, but the heat waves distorted it.
Every week you may post 2 of your best images for our photo challenge. To Enter please upload the images in the comment section below by clicking on the Landscape icon or if you use an image host like Flickr by pasting the embed link in the comment bar. Please post each image in a separate comment for voting purposes. You may earn bragging rights and maybe even some cool prizes.
I will post a new subject on Thursday of each week. The previous week's contest will end Thursday at 5 pm EST. The winner will be selected from the number of likes an image has acquired over the week and ties will be settled by the number of comments or by me.
Voting: Please remember to visit often and to like (click the up arrow) then comment on your favorite image (with "My Vote"). Please vote before 5 pm on Thursday and only one time. Good Luck!
Please remember to vote for a winner in this weeks photo contest.
by Gary Detonnancourt
Every week you may post 2 of your best images for our photo challenge. To Enter please upload the images in the comment section below by clicking on the Landscape icon or if you use an image host like Flickr by pasting the embed link in the comment bar. Please post each image in a separate comment for voting purposes. You may earn bragging rights and maybe even some cool prizes.
I will post a new subject on Thursday of each week. The previous week's contest will end Thursday at 5 pm EST. The winner will be selected from the number of likes an image has acquired over the week and ties will be settled by the number of comments or by me.
Voting: Please remember to visit often and to like (click the up arrow) then comment on your favorite image (with "My Vote"). Please vote before 5 pm on Thursday and only one time. Good Luck!
Guest Blog Post by Marion Faria
Landscape photographers are dreamers, artists and visionaries. I believe this. When the landscape painter, Joseph Mallord Turner, was on his deathbed, his last words were, "The sun is god"...he was correct. For landscape photography, especially for the grand landscape, which happens to be my favorite style, the light is god. You must always be aware of the color of light, the time of day to shoot and your composition; however, for me it all comes down to feeling...an image must feel right on many levels.
Ok, so you have decided to photograph the grand landscape... you feel it... you want to be one with the earth and its cycle of light and dark; but what equipment do you need?
If you have never used any of these filters, you will have to read and practice until you are proficient: it is critical to control the light and dynamic range when shooting landscapes, you cannot rely on Photoshop to fix things, remember, the longer the light hits the sensor, the better will be the color and saturation.
I almost always shoot in Aperture Priority, the best landscape photographers in the world shoot in Aperture priority so don't go screwing around with Manual. The only time I use manual is when the sun is down and I am making long exposures, greater than 30 seconds.
I almost always use an f-stop of 20 or 22: it will give you great depth of field, people will tell you about diffraction at those apertures, and it can happen, but you have to test your lens..if it happens, then use 16 or 18, my 17-40 mm F/4 is excellent at f/22, it is my favorite aperture.
ISO needs to be 100 or 200, whatever is the native lowest ISO for your camera, you definitely don't want noise.
Let your camera set the shutter speed based upon your f-stop and ISO.
You have all the stuff, you feel adept with the filters; but when do you shoot?
The Golden hour:
These are the times of day when the sun is low and the blue wavelengths do not penetrate the sky, thus, the sky becomes magic with amazing color.
Landscape photography is all about celebrating the earth. I don't often photograph people or animals, but I love this planet and its moods, if you do too, try photographing the majesty of Earth.
About Marion Faria
I am a quirky and passionate landscape photographer, concentrating primarily but not exclusively, on landscape photography. I have been published in NANPA "Expressions" magazine, won many photography awards, images have been Bing and Shutterfly Images of the day, Earthshot photo of the day, finalist in Outdoor and Popular Photography magazine competitions, book cover for Lonely Planet; my stock work is represented by Getty Images, my photography is the best part of who I am and ever will be...
Website: http://marionfariaphotography.com/
Ever wonder what kind of bird you just saw or photographed?
Every now and then a really cool app. comes out that is worth giving a try and I think the Merlin Bird ID app. is one of them. This app. is free and can be downloaded for IOS and Android or can be used right from the Cornell Lab website. Simply upload the image, crop in on the bird, pinpoint certain spots on the bird and Merlin will tell you what kind of bird it is. If you don't have any bird images you may download the images below to give it a try.
If you would like to learn how to get started with the hobby of birding, check out this great article called, "The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Bird Watching".
Please post a comment below letting know how it worked for you.
Every week you may post 2 of your best images for our photo challenge. To Enter please upload the images in the comment section below by clicking on the Landscape icon or if you use an image host like Flickr by pasting the embed link in the comment bar. Please post each image in a separate comment for voting purposes. You may earn bragging rights and maybe even some cool prizes.
I will post a new subject on Thursday of each week. The previous week's contest will end Thursday at 5 pm EST. The winner will be selected from the number of likes an image has acquired over the week and ties will be settled by the number of comments or by me.
Voting: Please remember to visit often and to like (click the up arrow) then comment on your favorite image (with "My Vote"). Please vote before 5 pm on Thursday and only one time. Good Luck!
