Blinkies: Highlight alert

You might be surprised, on pictures that you take there is over exposure area or missing details.You can check this, when playback your shots, over exposure area will blinking. The pros often called blinkies.

Blinkies are not necessarily bad, for example, shooting in daylight situations, the sun will surely blinkies area, it should be OK. However, when the clouds become blinkies, this should not be. To prevent the image of blinkies, is the exposure compensation.




How to check blinkies

• Nikon, press the playback button, press the down arrow button to view the information data, and then press the arrow to the right until a word highlights show on the LCD.
• Canon, press the playback button, then press the info button to see the blinkies.

Tips Panorama Picture

Want to create images as your eyes see? panorama photography is the answer, with the help of image editors like Photoshop and Photomerge, your task will be easier.

Tips panorama

• Use a tripod.
• Photos in portrait orientation (vertical).
• Set the white balance on cloudy mode.
• Press the shutter button halfway down to set the exposure, get  the f-stop number and shutter speed, take note. Turn the camera into manual mode and set the number f-stop and shutter speed that you writing down.
• After getting the focus on the first shot, turn off the auto focus, to prevent the camera to auto focus on the next shot.
• Mark the beginning of your panorama photos, one of the tricks, shooting your finger. Done before the first segment, also do this at the last shots.
• When taking each segment, overlap about 20-25%. So 1/4 the previous segment image should be segmented your next photo.
• Take the picture quickly, because any movement of clouds or weather changes, it can mess up your panoramic image..
• Use a shutter release or self timer, do not let any one segment of the image blurring, and your panorama photos into a mess.

have a nice hunting. ^^

landscape photographer's secret weapon

Gradient (Graduated) neutral density filter, this filter can balance the exposure between the earth and the sky so that it can capture a variety of lighting that can not be obtained directly without the filter.

Example, on sunset scene, when you expose the sky, the ground will appear dark. On the other hand, when exposing the soil, the sky would look too bright.

By using this filter, you can get the right lighting for both sky and ground. This filter has a gradient from dark to light. So we can darken the sky that may be over-exposed, while the ground was untouched.

the composition of landscape photography

Landscape photos of famous photographers often amaze us. For example, David Muench, Moose Peterson, Stephen Johnson and John shaw. If we look more closely, landscape photo has three essential elements.

Here example the three essential elements on sunset scene
Foreground, picture does not start from the water, but the beach. the beach is the foreground.
The middle section, the middle field is the ocean that reflect sunlight.
Background, the background is the clouds and sky.

With these three elements compose this, you will make a charming picture. when photo hunting, make it a habit to ask yourself , "what the foreground?",  "what the background?",  "what the middle section?"  And you'll wondering, "hey man.. i shoot like a pro", happy hunting. ^_^

good composition for horizon

When shooting landscape, there will be a question about horizon position. The answer is easy, do not put the horizon in the middle of the photo. Because the photos will look dull and boring.

When the earth's surface would be best to display, put horizon upward, about 1/3 from the top of photo. When the sky more beautiful to be displayed, then put the horizon about 2/3 from the top of photo.