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Is there a web application that can notify you ahead of time if a certain weather forecast is predicted for a certain location?
In other words, it would be a site where you can "subscribe" to certain locations and then have the service email you if the weather forecast matches the kind of weather conditions you are looking ...
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What settings should I use for taking a picture of snow in low light?
There was just a huge snowstorm in town and I want to go out and take some shots of the fresh snow on the tree branches. It's nighttime now and the only light is from the streetlights and a little ...
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How to shoot whales?
I'm going whale watching with a Pentax K5, I'm thinking of using a Pentax 60-250mm f/4 ED DA* SDM lens only as I don't want to change lenses while out at sea. Do you have any suggestions for shooting ...
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Starting out professionally in landscape / nature photography
How does one start out to become a landscape photographer as I assume the basics are to make a website, flickr, twitter accounts with a solid portfolio on them. However, how does one get assignments? ...
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Best easy-to-carry-around Canon (or ANY OTHER) camera plus lenses for bird /wildlife/landscape photography (hobby)?
Apologies for the long post..Just want to give as much info as possible.
I am looking for a suitable camera & lens. Open to suggestions!
Initial plan was to buy a Canon 600d.
This is a hobby ...
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Canon 550D Vs Nikon D3100 for wildlife and nature photography
I am a beginner in photography. Can you please tell me which will perform better for wildlife and nature photography?
Still confused over Canon or Nikon
Regards
Venkatesh T
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How to *make* a nature photograph?
I found this scene to be quite beautiful for sure, but when I look at it from the photographer's view point, I find that that person just went there, saw the scene, clicked the photo and returned ...
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How do pros manage to make the color green so bright in their nature photographs?
I am an amateur photographer, I had a question how do professional photographers manage to make the green color so bright in their images.
For example:
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What camera & lens combination(s) are ideal for animal and bird photography?
I am interested about shooting animals (including, but not limited to, birds and in general animals that can move fast). So far, I would say I know the basic concepts of camera but I have never ...
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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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Why do bright red flowers end up without details?
With our DSLR, indoor flowers come out detailed. Outdoor violet and blue flowers are detailed, too.
But outdoor bright red flowers give us problems. They come out as a single flat detail-less spot. ...
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What size lens is recommended for flying bird photography?
My wife has a Canon 450D and a 70-300 lens for long distance shots.
I am considering a present or two and good advice from jrista suggests possible upgrade of camera to a Canon 7D and of lens to a ...
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How do you identify the Common or Latin names of your subjects?
Either for entering natural history competitions that require it, or simply for more accurate titles, if you've taken a great shot of an animal or plant, how do you go about identifying what the thing ...
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How does one develop good photographic vision and style?
I am a relatively new photographer. I've only owned my Canon Rebel XSi for a year, however I was researching SLR/DSLR camera gear and photographic theory for over a year before I purchased a DSLR. I ...
