We have had a great response to our EasyDSLR 2013 Nature Photo Contest.
The contest was for all EasyDSLR members – on EasyDSLR.com or Udemy.
Final Voting is this weekend (ends March 31).
The top 40 Entries will be decided by Vote count. 13 Finalist Photos will be chosen by judges at NPNutra.com and will all be included in the 2014 NP Nutra Calendar. The top 2 entries will receive 1 year SmugMug memberships.
A big THANK YOU to all those who entered. The Winners will be announced by mid April.
A few favorite shots form my recent trip to Sydney Australia.
The Peacock photo was one of my favorites – Canon 60D with 70-200mm f/2.8L set to 200mm, ISO 320, f/3.5 and 1/200th sec shutter speed. A couple other shots from Taronga Zoo including the view of Sydney Harbour including the famous Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.And 2 photos from the northern beaches (Palm beach and Bilgola).
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View of Flathead lake from Wild Horse Island Montana
A scene I photographed last summer at Flathead lake Montana. This is the view from Wild Horse Island.
This is a good example of a scene where the dynamic range (dark to light areas) of the view was too large to be captured on the sensor.
It was either:
The Benefit of HDR – High Dynamic Range imaging is that you can ‘have Your Cake and Eat it’ – you can capture a wider range of light in one Image.
You do this by taking Photos of different exposure and then combining them.
In this scene I took 3 photos at f/6.3, ISO 200 using a Canon 60D and 16-35mm f/2.8L lens. The exposures were varied by using different shutter speeds (there is a good reason why you vary Shutter speed NOT Aperture – I go into that in my EasyDSLR free sample below). The photos were taken at 1/250 sec (undexposed but sky good), 1/60 sec (normal exposure – some overexposed some underexposed parts), and 1/15sec (overexposed but trees good).
Combine these with your favorite HDR software and presto – an image closer to what your mind perceives on the day.
or watch a sample from the HDR training Video (I mention the Reason you want to vary Shutter Speed NOT aperture)
I took these Photos of Rainbow Lorikeets in Sydney Australia on my recent trip. The couple were wild birds that visited my friends railing every day.
The photos were taken with a Canon 60D and 70-200mm f/2.8L lens (the close shot was at 200mm). For bird photos you want to use above a 100mm and in most cases 300mm and above. Somewhat tame birds are the exception to 300mm and above. I would have had trouble fitting their heads in the frame at 300mm 🙂
You may have noticed the new Pinterest “Pin it” button ABOVE my posts lately. If you are on Pinterest please share any of my posts on your board. Click the button then choose an Image to Share – Sometimes you will get image choices that look the same – choose the one that is bigger (like 400 x 600 not 40 x 20). Thanks!