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Photoshop Elements doesn't give it's users a Colour Balance adjustment layer to work with to remove unwanted casts evident in some images and the Auto Colour Correction option is quite unflattering at the best of times and you... read more
Shooting RAW is best as we all know, but there are some applications that don't support or open the .CR2 or .NEF format. The solution is to use a small free program available from Adobe that converts your RAW file to a DNG... read more
Shooting with the Canon 5D Mark II at Sommersby Falls on an overcast day we look at the noise generated through the cameras ISO range from 50 to 24500, paying particular attention to the noise generated in dark / shadow area.... read more
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Photoshop is shipped with several filters that will sharpen your image according to your needs and then there are the numerous 3rd party applications that can do it also. This tutorial shows a different technique used to... read more
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Using the lasso tool from the tool bar we show you a simple and easy way to make selections on your image, that will be turned into a mask when you select one of the many adjustment layers. read more
When starting out in photography finding a good starting point to capture an image on can be difficult, especially when your looking at all the great images that are flooded onto community ... read more
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Landscape photographer Marc Adamus shared his sharpening method for the web on a forum, so I applied it to one of my image and compared the results to a standard sharpening method like Smart Sharpen. The results are ... read more
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When editing any RAW file you have the unpleasant task of removing sensor dust. It's one thing to clean your image of dust in areas where you can visibly see dust but what about in areas where you cant really see the dust... read more
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Simple but very effective on the right shot. We show you how to find the black and white point in your images and then using the curve or levels adjustment layer you can set the white and black point in that image. The result... read more
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As a storm rolled in this image was first shot as +1 and -1 bracketed capture. Followed by a series of images shot at the correct exposure for water movement. In this tutorial we go through all the bracketed images and ... read more
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This tutorial has been done to show how simple your editing can be to get your panoramic stitch looking good and ready for printing. From shooting a simple nice sunrise we edit the image mostly in Adobe Camera RAW and then we... read more
December 9, 2011
With photography quite often the photographer can see the final image they want to create even before they take the first shot.
In this tutorial we discuss the concept of our final shot, the filters used to slow down the shutter speed, how the images were captured using the Shutter Blending technique and then the Photoshop post […]
December 4, 2011
Quite often you will see images online on websites like flickr etc where the landscape image has a nice softness about it, but at the same time still sharp. Well in this tutorial we show you how we go about applying this technique to a shot for both web presentation and for print.
We explain why this […]
