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Fringeing in Elements

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Anonymous, 18 August 2010 15:25

Fringeing, or Chromatic aberration occurs with some zoom lenses. It happens because the red, green and blue light that makes up a colour image has slightly different wavelengths, and this means the different colours focus at different distances. Correcting the optics within a lens to account for this is fairly straight forward in fixed focal length (prime) lenses, but it’s ...

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Fringeing in Elements

rating is 2

Anonymous, 18 August 2010 15:25

Fringeing, or Chromatic aberration occurs with some zoom lenses. It happens because the red, green and blue light that makes up a colour image has slightly different wavelengths, and this means the different colours focus at different distances. Correcting the optics within a lens to account for this is fairly straight forward in fixed focal length (prime) lenses, but it’s ...

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Shoot atmospheric outdoor portraits

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:54

Almost everywhere you turn these days you’re bombarded with images, so use these as inspiration to kick-start your photography into areas that you wouldn’t normally try. You could try to emulate an individual image, but why limit yourself to mere imitation? A more creative approach is to use the images as a starting point and react to your subject and ...

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Using different lenses for portraits

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:53

Which lens is best for portrait photography? A short telephoto lens around 70-105mm (or 50-75mm on most digital SLRs) is the classic choice for portraits, and most standard zooms have this at the longer end of the zoom. For digital SLRs with an APS-sized sensor the traditional 50mm lens is a great choice for portraits as they’re reasonably affordable, offer ...

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Camera settings for travel portraits

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:36

Taking great portrait shots on holiday often means working quickly and in unfamiliar situations. So you don’t want to spend ages setting up your camera before you can take a shot. Unlike landscapes and buildings, many of the best portraits rely on you being able to get the shot quickly before your subject gets bored, or the ideal moment for ...

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Great cityscapes… in two hours!

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:35

  When light levels fall a city can come to life, bringing new creative opportunities and tricky technical dilemmas. For consistently successful lowlight shots you must have a tripod, though you’ll need to be careful where you position it. Even with the tripod it was difficult to get sharp shots on the Millennium Bridge simply because the sheer numbers of ...

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Shoot still life fine art indoors

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:31

It’s always easy to find inspiration when you’re out shooting stunning light, a dramatic event or a beautiful landscape. It’s far more difficult when you’re stuck indoors on a dark, wet winter’s day. For this indoor project you need to look for objects with interesting shapes, textures and forms. Even the bric-a-brac hidden in the darkest corners of your home, ...

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Make cross-polarised art

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:29

Getting wild, wacky and colourful still life shots without expensive lighting kits or hours of clever Photoshop trickery is relatively easy. All you’ll need to get started is a tripod, two cheap polarising filters, a desk lamp, a sheet of frosted glass and a few plastic props. This cross-polarisation technique has its roots in the engineering industry, where it’s used ...

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Framing your landscapes

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:26

It’s all too easy to let the format of your camera dictate how you see landscapes. Most digital and film cameras use a rectangular format, although there are cameras such as the Hasselblad Xpan for shooting letterbox-shaped panoramic images, and 6x6cm medium-format cameras which produce square pictures. So just because your camera shoots in a particular format, it doesn’t mean ...

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Using a teleconverter

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:25

Teleconverters  are lens adapters that attach to the back of your lens to increase focal length. Sounds simple, but sadly there are drawbacks. The converters made by the big lens manufacturers are matched to either a particular lens or range of lenses (usually the pro models) so you can’t just buy any one and expect it to work with all ...

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Use your standard zoom for great portraits

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:22

Fast, easy and versatile, the standard zoom is the lens of choice for most people. The zoom ring allows you to quickly select different focal lengths to get the right crop in an instant, from head and shoulders portraits to group shots and full-length body shots. However, shooting from close to a portrait subject with a wide-angle lens will enlarge ...

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