Photographic Blog: May 2018

Sunday, 27 May 2018

Stunning Photographs Of Wildlife

Be Patient

There’s one quality you’ll need when photographing wildlife, and that’s patience. Be prepared to wait, and wait, it takes a long time to get good wildlife shots, even longer to make great ones.

And, as is true of all kinds of photography, the more time you spend with your subjects, the more likely your images will be intimate and revealing. You know them better, and it will show.

Below are some stunning photographs of wildlife from all over the world.

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Saturday, 26 May 2018

Red Planet Photography: Photos from Mars

Ever since the first Mars rover touched down and began sending digital photos back to Earth, many people around the planet have been amazed by the views. Below is a look at some of the more interesting and noteworthy photos taken from planet Mars. There are literally thousands upon thousands of photos now available, but we thought these all showed something a little special.

The above series of three photos shows the larger of Mars’ two moons, Phobos, passing in front of the sun on Aug. 20, 2013. The photos were taken about three seconds apart, which is important to understand how fast the eclipse happened.

“This event occurred near noon at Curiosity’s location, which put Phobos at its closest point to the rover, appearing larger against the sun than it would at other times of day,” Mark Lemmon of Texas A&M University, a co-investigator for Curiosity’s Mastcam instrument, said in a statement. “This is the closest to a total eclipse of the sun that you can have from Mars.”

The above photo is a much smaller version of a mosaic from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity that contains 1.3 billion pixels in the full-resolution version. The photo shows Curiosity at the “Rocknest” site. This is where the rover scooped up samples of dust and sand. You can check out the full size version of this image here.

“It gives a sense of place and really shows off the cameras’ capabilities,” Bob Deen, of the Multi-Mission Image Processing Laboratory at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., said in a statement. “You can see the context and also zoom in to see very fine details.”

In this cool photo you get to see some of the actual rover. An interesting thing to note is that the wheels of the rover spell out JPL in morse code as it moves across the Martian landscape. Only some of the photos being sent back actually show the rover in the picture, making this one rare.

Interacting with rocks? You bet. The gray area in the center of the martian rock is where Mars rover Curiosity used its Dust Removal Tool on a rock target called “Wernecke.” Image released March 18, 2013.

Three different versions of the same image taken by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity show some of the different choices that scientists have when taking photos. Image released March 18, 2013.

Check out this bluish-black rock with white ‘crystals’ that was found on Mars. The photo was taken during the 27th Martian day, or sol, of the rover’s work on Mars (Sept. 2, 2012 in Earth time).

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Steven wanted to buy a photo booth online and ended up spending four hours straight looking at the amazing photos of Mars that the rovers have taken. He thought it would be nice to share some of the better ones with people who don’t have as much free time as him!

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Tuesday, 22 May 2018

.jpeg vs .raw

Shooting with RAW or JPEG is a dilemma that a photographer will face sooner or later. There are a lot of texts explaining the pros and cons of using either of the two but most dabble in technicalities and confusing jargon. I tell you this now there is no right or wrong answer. Ultimately, whatever you choose depends on your shooting and post-processing style.

JPEG

Switzerland vs. Canada by s.yume

JPEG files are processed right within the camera. This differs from various camera models. You can set your white balance and exposure but the camera will also process the image and add blacks, contrast, brightness, noise reduction, sharpening, etc. The output of this is the JPEG file. This file can be viewed and printed immediately after the shot. However, since the images are compressed and saved to JPEG, a “lossy” file format, much of the initial image data are discarded and impossible to recover. In a way, shooting JPEG is like shooting Polariods. What you get out of the camera is a finished digital image that can be used as-is.

Event photographers might choose JPEG so they can deliver images faster during the event itself. Some photojournalist might use this file format so they can wire captured images as soon as possible. No need to play around with various settings to get a decent image. A word of warning though, mistakes in JPEG files are quite hard to fix. Exposure and white balance must be checked accordingly to ensure good output.

RAW

Night Watchmen by Libertinus

On the other hand, RAW files are unprocessed data of what the camera sensor captured. Because the files are unprocessed, they look flat and unappealing to most people. You’ll need proprietary software to view and edit RAW files. Adobe Lightroom and Aperture are just some of the applications you can use.

RAW files are used for its flexibility in the photographer’s post-processing stage. Unlike JPEGs lossy format, RAW files carry all the information that the camera captures during the shot. With this, you can change your white balance and adjust your exposure more easily. This gives the photographer the ability to control how the image is processed.

The problem with RAW files is that they require some processing before viewing and have a much larger file size the JPEGs.

Both formats have their benefits and their problems. Whether you use one over the other should be determined by your own needs and demands and not which format is used by the most people. In the end, it’s not the format you use that dictates your photography. Nobody won’t even notice what file format you are using unless you tell them. It’s your vision and how you choose to follow it that will define you as a photographer not JPEG or RAW files.

JPEG

Pros	Cons
Smaller file size	Less control over the final image
Easier to view and edit	Lossy format
Easier to email and upload online	Harder to correct color and exposure mistakes

RAW

Pros	Cons
No image data is lost	Large files
More flexible in post-processing	Need third party application to convert into JPG
Much easier to correct certain mistakes	Needs a decent computer to handle file
	Requires more time and effort to get finished output

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Monday, 21 May 2018

Summertime Photographs

Summertime

Summertime seems to be well and truly with us (well here in the UK it is!) It’s great to just grab your camera and roam about in your shorts and sandals, catching the suns rays and looking for some interesting subjects to photograph…..and that’s exactly what some people have been doing below. Here’s a few summer shots taken from Flickr’s ‘creative commons’. Thanks to all those who allowed their photos to be shared.

Alfonso Salgueiro Lora

Tony

wishwasdeep srivastav

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Sunday, 20 May 2018

Reflections in Photography

Reflections

Using reflections in photography can lead to some interesting compositions; reflective surfaces such as water or glass, can transform your images into something more artistic and abstract.

Photographing reflections is quite a simple technique and easy to master once you’ve got your eye in. If you look around you, you will see some potentially great shots to be had if you know where to look; some of the more obvious places would be ponds, lakes, rivers and the sea, also look for reflections on mirrors, windows, sunglasses, the list is as long as your creative ideas.

Mother nature can create some of the best subjects to work with, take a still lake for example, with mountains or hills reflected on the surface, capture a shot here at the right time of the day and the result can be really impressive.

Below are some amazing images from various photographers taken from the creative commons on Flickr, all with the same theme; reflections.