Innehållsförteckning för No. 566 från Photography Week

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SHOOT AT F/8! Tom M says… Tom was using Manual exposure mode, but for landscape photography shutter speeds are incidental as you’re using a tripod, so I prefer Aperture Priority mode, as it means you have one less thing to worry about. My go-to aperture is f/8, as this gives the optimum sharpness on most lenses. CHECK THE HISTOGRAM Tom M says… I encouraged Tom to check the histogram on the back of his camera after each and every shot to ensure he wasn’t blowing the highlights in the clouds or on the horizon. It’s a very quick job to then dial in a little exposure compensation if necessary to bring the exposure back within an acceptable range. AUTO/MANUAL FOCUS Tom M says… Tom was focusing manually, but my eyes…

RED SQUIRREL GEORGE HART “I photographed this red squirrel in Carnie Woods, near my home in Aberdeen, Scotland.” https://bit.ly/3CSP6oH SUMMER GREETINGS HUBERT SIGL “I liked the shape of barley and the deep blue of the cornflowers. Taken with my Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens.” https://bit.ly/3paOOGE NORTHERN CALM BRIAN FERRIS “This is Tynemouth Lighthouse at South Shields in north-east England. I took this with my Pixel 4a phone and edited it with the Snapseed app.” https://bit.ly/3DeG4T8 POSSIBILITIES CHRISTINE JACOBSON “Our photography club spent a weekend on a farm in the Wairarapa on New Zealand’s North Island. The wool shed and the late afternoon light provided lots of inspiration.” http://bit.ly/2TKs1yF FACEBOOK http://bit.ly/39py9lg FLICKR http://bit.ly/2VIgsJO PHOTOGRAPHY WEEK WANTS YOUR PHOTOS! Taken a portrait you’re particularly proud…

The Skin Smoothing Filter is part of Adobe’s Neural Filters workspace, which features a selection of filters that employ artificial intelligence to analyse image content and determine which areas adjustments will be applied to. Skin Smoothing can automatically recognise people and faces in your photos, isolate the skin and let you apply a softening effect. Pimples, spots, wrinkles, eye bags and rough skin can all be de-emphasised with a few clicks. Even a model with great skin, like the subject in our image, can benefit from some subtle smoothing. As you’ll discover in this issue’s video tutoria, the Skin Smoothing Filter gives better results than many other techniques; you can, for example, smooth out tones while retaining texture in the pores, which is essential for keeping a portrait looking natural.…

Laowa already produces several macro ‘probe’ lenses with high magnification ratios – but the new Laowa Aurogon FF 10-50x NA0.5 Supermicro APO is on another level. Currently specific details are restricted to a Chinese spec sheet, but this appears to be a single lens that’s supplied with four extension tubes. The focal length of the lens itself is unclear, but the supplied tubes enable 10x, 20x, 35x, or an incredible 50x magnification. The lens appears to be 167mm long with a 50mm maximum diameter, and weighs 447g. Minimum object distance is as close as 20mm, seemingly regardless of which tube is attached. The length of the extension tubes varies between 112mm and 253mm, meaning the combined lens-plus-tube length ranges from 279mm and 420mm. The focal length of the combined lens…

1 REVERSE ND GRAD FILTER Tom M says… A regular ND grad transitions from dark at the top to clear at the bottom, and is used for holding back bright skies to create a more even exposure with the foreground. However, when you’re shooting at dawn or dusk, when the sun is low in the sky, then it’s actually the horizon that’s by far the brightest part of the scene. With a reverse ND grad the darkest part of the filter is in the middle, with the sky portion slowly fading out in strength, which helps gives a much better balanced image. 2 TALL TRIPOD Tom M says… I use a Gitzo Series 3 XLS carbon fibre tripod with a Gitzo ball head mounted on a Gitzo levelling base. It…

The Comedy Pet Photo Awards has announced the shortlist for its 2023 contest, and it features the usual rib-tickling selection of images of cats, dogs and other animals captured in humourous poses and situations. There are five categories in the contest – Dog: Our Best Friend, Cat: Our Fabulous Feline Friends, The Mighty Horse, All Other Creatures Great and Small, and Pets Who Look Like Their Owners. There’s also a Junior category for young photographers, and a Video category for those Candid Camera moments. As well as celebrating the comical exploits of our closest companions the contest has a serious side, as it supports a number of animal welfare charities. Click the link to see more images from this year’s and previous contests at the awards website. You can vote…

www.dji.com £1,879/$2,199 When DJI first teased the W launch of what is now the Mavic 3 Pro, it used the phrase ‘Inspiration in Focus’, which we hoped might be code for ‘a DJI Inspire 3 you can actually afford’. The pro-focused Inspire 2 came in two editions: a cinematographer edition with SSD recording in the five-figure price bracket, and a cheaper version that costs a bit more than the Mavic 3 Pro. What made that drone special was the ability to swap lenses, and even add a zoom. Here, the multiple cameras take care of that, while the Cine edition of the Mavic 3 series (there’s a Mavic 3 Pro Cine, too) means long shots are available to creatives. While the Inspire 2 wasn’t especially practical, the Mavic 3 sits…

THE PRO TOM MACKIE CAMERA: NIKON D850 Originally from Iowa in the USA, Tom moved to the UK in 1985, and is now based in Norfolk. He started out with a Nikon F2 Photomic, and after progressing through film and digital cameras, such as the Nikon FM and FE2, he now uses a Nikon D850. Tom has amassed has a huge back catalogue of images which he sells through stock libraries, and undertakes commercial photography commissions as well as running photography workshops around the world. https://bit.ly/3pRB3gk THE APPRENTICE TOM BARRETT CAMERA: NIKON D810 Tom works as a graphic designer for the Broads Authority, which oversees the Broads National Park that spans Norfolk and Suffolk in eastern England. His love of photography was rekindled when he took on the Authority’s photo…

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1 HOUR Smart triggers enable you to do more with your camera. They differ from a standard cable release in that they’re controlled by what you’re shooting. The Hähnel Captur Pro triggers we used for this shoot (£100/$120) can be triggered by an infrared beam, light or sound, and even by a laser. Along with these advanced functions, they feature a long-exposure Bulb mode and interval timer. Smart triggers are ideal for shooting split-second events which our human reactions simply aren’t quick enough to catch – you could set them to react to light to capture a lightnings strike for example. In this tutorial, though, we’re using the infrared beam to trigger the shutter at the exact moment a falling balloon full of water bursts on a knife blade. This…

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