Category: photography
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Photography in practice – Variable ND filter or Polarising filter.
Or both together? Essentially I am not in favour of combining filters for the simple reason that the additional glass surfaces, regardless of coating, create flare and reflections and will reduce the brilliance and sharpness of your picture, this is, unless you want this deliberately. So which filter and why? Honestly, I do not work […]
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Exposure Corrections on Digital Cameras.
If you look through the menu or manual of your digital camera, you will certainly come across the point exposure correction or compensation. What is it and do we need it? If you come from the old school of analogue photography, you may have learned the following: Slide or reversal film – in doubt underexpose […]
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Mirror Photography
Photography is supposed to be fun. Isn’t it? Maybe not always for the professional and in particular the photo journalist, but for the rest of us, it should be. So fun means we can be creative and not stick to the rules? Of course, as long as you like the results and other viewers as […]
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Timphu Festival
Thimpu Tshechu is a public holiday in Thimpu, Bhutan on the 10th day of the 8th month of the Bhutanese lunar calendar. Tshechu are annual religious Bhutanese festivals held in each district of Bhutan on the 10th day of a lunar month. The tshechu for Bhutan’s capital, Thimpu is an important three-day festival. So far […]
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Rings like around Saturn
After having drained half of my coffee, I noted these beautiful rings around the inside of the cup. It reminded me somehow, about the rings around Saturn. Sort of.
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in the clouds
Often, when I travel, I study the clouds. Not because of the weather, but of natures dynamic and creativity. I learned this from the books by Rudolf Braunburg, the late German, writing airline captain. Clouds are magic. Seem soft but can can be destructive. When you fly and into them, first the edges caress the […]
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Curious cows
When I drive out into the country side, I love stopping at fields with cows grazing. Why? Once you come to a stop and open the car door, one by one, with few exceptions, heads start to turn towards you. Curious stares and sometimes tentative steps to towards the fence follow. If you call out, […]
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Defying gravity
Delicate, but strong. Tree branches are amazing. They span meters into the air. Heavy, but elastic. Staying strong for years. Filigran into their tips and bulky and muscle packed like a bodybuilders arm. But they can snap like your pencil tip, with just a bit of pressure to much. Even in a light breeze. The […]