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Tag Archives: nikon D70
How to Use a Telephoto Lens to Stack a Photo
A camera lens which has a focal length over 100mm is considered a telephoto lens. This includes the popular zoom lenses which go over 100mm. Just like a telescope, the longer the focal length, the smaller angle of view is … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged christmas, cinderella castle, compression, florida, lens, magic kingdom, nikon D70, orlando, stacking, walt disney world, wreaths, zoom
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7 Ways to Get Out of a Photographer’s Slump
Over the past year I have heard a few of my photographer friends say they had become uninspired. In sports, they would say the photographer is in a slump. A slump is a period of poor or losing play by … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged 18-200mm vr, baldwinsville, new york, nikon D70, plants, silhouette, slump, sunset
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Not to Disappoint…An HDR Castle
Hope you were not expecting another castle. 🙂 I did a few HDR exposure sets while I was doing the summer shoot of Crouse College at Syracuse University last weekend. These two came out particularly well. The Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged apple aperture 3, crouse college, hdr, high dynamic range, lampposts, new york, nikon D70, Photography, photomatix, plugin, syracuse, syracuse university, tokina 11-16mm
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Why I Use Professional Exposure Mode
A couple of months ago, Damien Franco of YourPhotoTips.com wrote about why he uses Aperture Priority Mode for most of his photography. It is an excellent article which shows how a photographer thinks through the exposure triangle of Shutter Speed-Aperture-ISO. … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 18-200mm vr, aperture priority, nikon D70, professional mode, program mode, shutter
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Links to Better Photography
I have found Twitter to be a great resource for photography information, inspiration and education. I tend to collect things on the Internet. I have thousands of bookmarks and, with Twitter, I have a lot of Favorite tweets saved now, … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged beak, behavior, birds, bokeh, captive, darren rouse, humboldt penguin, mike panic, new york, nikon D70, rosamond gifford, scott bourne, syracuse, tips, zoo
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