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Step-by-step description of the preparations, gear, apps, settings, ... needed to take image of a plane before the moon

I recently saw the following photograph on Facebook by ePixel Aerospace: with the following caption: Mission accomplished! Just about a year ago, I was commissioned to capture a special Qantas/Lunar ...
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How do I take a landscape picture with a mobile phone in a frame? Example in attached Image

Consider: How do I take a landscape shot with a mobile phone having part of the same landscape and the phone is also in the same picture?
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Tutorial images for Really, Really, Really Easy Step-by-Step Digital Photography book

I took in the library a book by Gavin Hoole and Cheryl Smith "Really, Really, Really Easy Step-by-Step Digital Photography for Absolute Beginners of All Ages". In the first chapter, the authors ...
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Can I get bright detail and dark background photos using a phone camera and basic editing?

What is the term for this type of photography? Can I get this effect using a phone camera and basic editing? Are there tutorials to achieve this? (source: normanow.com)
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Where can I find an in-depth tutorial on DSLR photography? [duplicate]

Now I am a proud owner of Nikon D5300 DSLR equipped with an 18-55 kit lens. This is the first time I am dealing with DSLR. I don't want to use as a mere point-n-shoot camera, but want to use it to its ...
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Gimp GEGL Tutorial for Photographers?

Is there a good tutorial for GIMP 2.8 software, that explains, comprehensively, how to use the GEGL operations (which have the the advantage of being nondestructive) for photo images? When I look ...
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How to recreate this effect, a mix of profile and front headshot?

I've seen several photos like the example below and I would like to create one. I think it overlaps a profile photo and a front headshot, with lots of local adjustments. Do you know of any (photoshop) ...
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Do paid online photography classes have advantages over free online tutorials for a beginner?

I am looking to getting started with the "SLR-Photography". I just purchased an SLR camera (D5100) but I feel I'm taking pretty poor photographs. Now I think the fault lies in the fact that I lack ...
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Capturing an actual portrait and the philosophy behind portrait photography

I've run across millions of sites, books, tutorial videos etc. "about portraits", but most of them break down to lighting and posing (which is as important I guess). Those are often lacking the ...
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Cheat sheet for Nik Software?

Is there a mini-tutorial or a list with a short description for each filter provided by Nik Software?
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Where can I find photos with EXIF data online for learning purposes?

Many of the blogs / Flickr streams do not publish images their EXIF data with the pictures - all I can see is the histogram. Can you recommend blogs / samples with EXIF data in them so that I may ...
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Long exposure water shots tutorial for dummies? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I make the water silky in water/beach photography? I want to start to do some long exposure shots of water like these: picture from noticeeverything So I don't know ...
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Creating HDR images with Sony DSC-HX100V?

Yesterday I saw some very cool HDR images. Now I'm interested to try this by myself, but I'm a little bit unsure, if my camera (Sony DSC-HX100V) is capable of doing such pictures. If read that I need ...
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What is a "Slanted S" in a curves layer?

I am trying to do a Photoshop tutorial which seems easy, but I do not understand one phrase: "First, I add a curved layer and create a slanted S" What does 'slanted S' mean? Maybe I ...
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What are good resources for learning how to take photos with a DSLR? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What are good resources for a beginning photographer? We just upgraded to a DSLR (a Canon T2i Rebel) Since I am used to a point-and-shoot, I have no idea what settings mean ...
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What are good, free online video tutorials for dSLR beginners?

I have just bought a new DSLR, after some years of point-and-shoot photography. Are there any good free, online video tutorials or courses for the basics?
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What is the best tutorial to learn photography?

What are the best tutorials available to learn photography? Does a tutorial need to be specific to my camera model?
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How does one get these HDR effects?

While I'm not a big fan of HDR images that hase been pushed over-the-top, I must admit that most of the images found on this Flickr page strike a good balance between very vivid colors and a "natural" ...
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What are good online or DVD tutorials for my new DSLR? [closed]

I recently purchased Nikon D7000 and would like to learn how to use it properly and want to learn photography using it. Can anyone suggest good online tutorials which I can look at or any DVDs which I ...
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How do I give someone a critique of their photograph?

I often read about giving and getting critiques on a photograph or series of photographs. Specifically how do I go about giving a critique? What do I say, what points do I want to hit, etc.
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Learning more about using my Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Digital Photography Tutorials Hey everyone, I aquired this camera from my dad, as he got another model, and I have some lenses and the Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi body. I ...
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Where to get a tutorial on how to create full 3d panoramic cube images set with your camera and photoshop?

So on adobetv I found tuts on simple one image panorama creation like this but I want to know how esely create panoramas like for such artworks (there were used images ('http://mrdoob.github.com/...
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How does one create the Dave Hill effect for portraits/action shots?

Inspired by the question here by sebastian.b, and the response to the subsequent meta question. I would like to ask how to achieve a specific photo effect. There may be more photographers that pull ...
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What are the best resources for Indoor Product Photography?

I would like to know if there any good online resources for indoor product photography ? Preferably with a Table Top setup. Im looking for commercial grade product photography tutorials/resources. ...
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What are good resources for a beginning photographer?

What are good resources (tutorials/books/videos/etc) for a beginning photographer? Keep in mind that this is for a beginning photographer, who has recently moved from a point-and-shoot to an entry-...
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How to achieve this specific metalic look in Photoshop?

Using photoshop, how do I get an image to have this silvery/metallic look? I know how the scene was lit--the photographer explains how, so I am aware how to duplicate that part of it, but I believe ...
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What are some good online forums for discussing photographic editing?

What are some good forums for talking about editing photos in Photoshop or GIMP? Where do you talk about such things? EDIT: Other than here, of course.
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What are the first few photography books someone should read? [closed]

The books that helped me most initially were the Bryan Peterson books and more recently the Joe McNally books. Both of these working photographers give a lot of honest and helpful examples. These ...
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