Photography which depicts natural scenery, typically where a wide view of mountains, lakes, fields, or forests is the main subject of the composition.
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Recommended filters for sunrise/ocean landscape shot
What filters I can use to shoot a ocean/sunrise landscape shot? I'll be shooting after dawn and I would like to make the water looks clear.
Thanks
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Which Canon lens combination should I buy for landscape photography?
The story never gets old:
I was given a Canon 500D camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6. Later I was also given a Tamron AF 28-300mm F3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) Macro with Canon mount. As they ...
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If your theme is to capture the colors of the fall, what would you advise a photographer to have in mind?
If your theme is to capture the colors of the fall, what would you advise a photographer to have in mind? And to make it more specific, the photographer asking for your advice is ...
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rotated images appear 'squashed' on digital frame
I hope I can explain this in a way that makes sense:
Using a Nikon D70s I have taken photos with the camera held in the vertical (portrait) orientation -- think of taking a photo of a flagpole.
When ...
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Recommended Photography DVDs
Are there any good Photography DVDs that you would recommend?
ie inside the DVD, the photographer actually explains how certain pictures are been taken, the steps and settings behind it...and show ...
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How to stitch automatically panoramas of images that lack well defined elements, sharp edges?
I often take large landscape panoramas of 100+ 21MPixel images. Quite often some of the images do not contain sharp, well defined elements that can be detected by automatic control point detectors. ...
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Photoshop or lightroom for landscape and nature photography?
I have canon 500D with 18-55mm and 70-300mm lens. I have lot of interest in landscape and Nature photography. I need to purchase some software to assist me with post-processing my photos. Which one is ...
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What mm lens for distance shots?
If I am looking to take landscape and wildlife shots and some of those shots being from a decent distance what mm lens would I need? I am not sure what else I should be adding here, I am just looking ...
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How do I take better pictures with smaller apertures and wider angles?
I've gotten pretty good at taking portraits, but that's usually when I shoot at large apertures (f/2.8 and wider). They're all taken with a 50mm f/1.4 prime and I've learned good composition at that ...
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How do you photograph sand dunes?
In 2010 I was lucky enough to visit Death Valley. While we were there we went to the sand dunes.
I took this shot
Its not how I remembered the scene, It seems as if a lot of the detail has been ...
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Plan to a landscape shot
I want to learn how to plan ahead for a landscape shot. I'm looking for an online tool that can let me visualize the location in 3D. I'm looking also for another tool that let me know where will be ...
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What filters should I get for mountain landscape photography?
I'm visiting the mountains of La Plagne in France. I'm hoping to get some nice photographs of the snow covered mountains while I'm there. I'm thinking of getting some filters for to use with my Cokin ...
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How to do HDR with long exposure photos?
I've seen a lot of nice landscape photos on 500px that seem like there must be HDR or some process to blend in skies with the foreground, many also have long shutter speeds. Unless they are all using ...
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Photographic suggestions in White Mountain Forest & Acadia Park [closed]
I am going to White Mountain Forest (New Hampshire) and Acadia Park (Maine) in August. Any photographic related suggestions on those 2 beautiful parks?
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If landscape photography is my focus, does it make sense to use Nikon over Canon?
Lately I have switched gears and am starting to focus further on landscape photography over portraiture. In my research it has become apparent that Nikon seems to have a significant advantage in ...
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Why are Curiosity Mars rover photos black and white with huge white border?
Bellow is the first actual-size photo of Mars taken from the NASA's rover "Curiosity". On the NASA's website you can see other images. Despite the fact that the planet's photos are fascinating, they ...
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How do you take a landscape photograph with “artistic” lens flare?
How do you shoot a landscape scene with an "artistic" lens flare? Something along the lines of this photo:
I tried shooting at small apertures but I keep getting "washed out" or extremely large ...
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how do I long expose in harsh light for a lake view?
I have this problem of long exposure in harsh light. This in a lake side where I wanted to get that silky movement of water with a stone in foreground. However, since the daylight was harsh my images ...
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Editing or retaking my shot to maximize sharpness, image quality, and reduction of noise.
This is my image that is part of a pano I'm working on. How can I transform it to be similar to this amazing image especially when considering sharpness, noise, and the the light coming form the ...
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What camera is very similar to the Canon G11/G12, but with greater optical zoom and shooting speed?
I will be taking wildlife and scenery photos demanding a much greater zoom than the 5X that the canon G11/G12 has. The rest of the features (except the shooting speed) are very nice as is the price ...
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What equipment should I purchase for a trip to Mongolia?
I'm flying soon to Mongolia for a few weeks and I'm still somewhat of a beginner to photography, at least equipment-wise! So, I'm looking for equipment advice mostly. I currently have a Canon EOS 400D ...
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What lenses will work best for desert landscapes?
I'm going to be travelling to the Middle East soon and was wondering what the best setup for photographing desert landscapes would be. Here's what I have:
Canon 7D
EF 50mm f/1.8 II
EF-S ...
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How to shoot sharp “landscapes” with a point and shoot camera?
So, I have been told in a thread here previously that the minimum aperture (F8) on my point and shoot camera can cause diffraction and result in losing details of the subject if too many things are in ...
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What are the most appropriate features for a wide angle lens for fishing and landscape photograhy?
I am into fishing photography and I would like to do more landscape stuff. I am considering adding a wide angle lens to my gear.
What are the most important features to evaluate such a lens? Is there ...
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How to boost tones preserving highlights?
I took this picture with my not so expensive camera phone.
I made some post processing most of all to get vintage colors. The final result is this one
The sky near the sea is blown out. This is ...
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Does long exposure mean more details in landscape photos? If not, then how to take sharp landscape photos?
If I take a nature landscape photo using long exposure (tripod+shutter release), would that help me get more details in my photos?
Example: (I don't have the high res version handy right now, sorry ...
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What is considered “sharp enough” w.r.t the landscape pictures from a DSLR with F16?
This image was shot with a Canon 5D (the older one) with a EF24-105mm f/4L lens.
The lens was set at 45mm at f/11, and the shutter speed was 1/90 of a second which was +0.5 from the meter at ISO ...
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Landscape photography equipment advice
I am an amateur photographer with more then passing interest in photography. With time I have developed interest towards landscape work. I already own a Canon S90 and have been considering buying a ...
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Are neutral density filters or polarizers better for a desert environment? Or another filter?
Desert environment includes actual desert, some water (yes, I said that), some (dusty) city scenes, some POSSIBLY shiny buildings and pools of water.
The research on this suggests that ND polarizers ...
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What post-processing basic concepts (independent of tool) should a novice learn for landscape photography
Having amassed many landscape photos (in .cr2 RAW format), I am searching for post-processing basic concepts a novice like I should learn before starting post-processing.
The photos were not taken ...
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What good landscape photographers shoot primarily in the Northeastern United States?
I am an amateur landscape photographer living in New York.
I have been looking for some good landscape photographers who primarily shoot in the Northeast. I would like to follow their work, get ...
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Search a YcBcR color picker
Is there any YcRcB Color-Picker so that I can better understand the color space?
For example I want to get the range from the blue sky or from green grass.
I need this ranges to detect landscape and ...
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What is “correct” exposure?
Photography has been my hobby for far too many decades - first on film; and now digital (for about seven years). I recently had occasion to use exposure bracketing seriously for the first time, when I ...
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Interesting locations to shoot in the UK Midlands
Its looking like the weather is going to be fairly decent this weekend - so i want to get out and do a bit of landscape photography.
I live near Derby in the UK, and am willing to travel about 1.5 ...
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How do I choose a lens that does portraits, star photography and landscapes?
I'm wondering if you can help me to choose between Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM Wide Angle (without IS) and the Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM Wide Angle Lens for portraits, landscape and star photography.
I ...
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How to achieve even brightness in landscape photography? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
How can I get the right exposure when parts of the scene are in the shade and others are in the sun?
How to cope with high contrast?
Today I went for a walk with my ...
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How can I shoot interesting landscape photos without using long exposures? [closed]
At current, most of my landscape shots are tourist-like and very generic. How can I take photographs which are more interesting without using the cliché technique of long exposure landscape ...
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best camera between nikon 3200 and canon 600D for product photography and landscape photography? [closed]
I am about to buy either nikon 3200 or canon 600D .
I will be using for mainly product photography and landscape photography .
I checked both in the showroom and saw that nikon 3200 ...
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What hobbyist landscape lens should I get to go with my Nikon D90?
I am not a professional photographer but only enjoy it as a hobby. I have a particular interest in macro photography.
I travel a lot to explore new places and most of my photography work happens to ...
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What can be identified as a subject in a landscape photograph comprising of things which are equally important?
From here: Does this sunrise photograph have a problem with white balance?
[comment by Rob]
I know this Q is not asking for image critique and although I like the image I think its lacking ...
