September 4th, 2007 by
Os If you’re like me, still learning photograph and getting used to your cameras, you’ll no doubt have quite a few images that makes you go “If only it wasn’t out of focus”.
Unsharp may be the last word (Is it even a word?) that comes to mind when you want to sharpen your out of focus images.
From Wikipedia:
The Unsharp name comes from the technique uses the blurred, or “unsharp”, positive to create a “mask” of the original image.
Come again? Unsharp Mask is actually a feature available in Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe Photoshop Elements to help you sharpen images. Enough talk, let’s get to the actual usage of the Unsharp Mask tool in Photoshop. Here’s an out of focus photo:
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September 2nd, 2007 by
Os 
Omaha Beach, Normandy, France - Robert Capa
Earlier this year, Neatorama published 13 photographs that have made the whole world stop to take notice of it. Have a look at some of the grim imagery and their story behind it.
The readers at Neatorama also suggested more photographs, equally loud and historical as the 13 published images. See the photographs after the break.
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Shiny Flower Macro By Cobalt123
When composing photographs, try to keep it as simple as possible. By keeping a photograph simple, you will often create an effect of singling out the subject from its surroundings. Simplicity is one of the basic photography composition techniques along with “Rule of Thirds“.
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I just signed up at the Nikon Digital Learning Center in Flickr.com. Aside from the tips and articles from NDLC, there are some Nikon Master Photographers giving advise and feedback. What better way to learn then from the professionals themselves! Having just signed up recently, I’ve already found a few good tips that will soon be appearing on Photography7.com.
For non-Nikon users, you’re welcome to join the group as well. Don’t worry, you won’t be flamed for using a Canon, Sony or any other brands!
Have you ever wanted to remove the backgrounds in your photos to isolate just the subject? I know i’ve wanted to do that to make some nice wallpapers.Thembid.com has a good tutorial on remove backgrounds. It’s a really straightforward step-by-step tutorial with nice examples.
For GIMP users, here’s the same tutorial to remove backgrounds from the same people.
Head on over to have a look and let us know how it goes in the comments!
Source: ThemBid.com via Lifehacker
After all the rumors, the wait is finally over. Nikon has finally announced the latest additions to their DSLR lineup. Meet the Nikon D3 and Nikon D300. Most of the rumored specs were true but don’t take our words for it.
Along with the 2 new Nikon DSLRs, 5 new lenses were also announced:
- AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
- AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
- AF-S NIKKOR 400mm f/2.8G ED VR
- AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/4G ED VR
- AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4G ED VR
Head over to the official press releases:
More pictures after the jump!
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Engadget reports the possibility of Nikon announcing 2 new cameras to the DSLR family, Nikon D3 and Nikon D300. Nikon will also be announcing 5 new lenses together. Supposedly, the big announcement will be going down at 1pm in Tokyo, Japan.
Source: Engadget
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Ritorno al castello ottagonale #9 - Giuli@
In tradition film photography, ISO sensitivity is a measure of how sensitive the film is to light. Film with lower ISO rating requires longer exposure (e.g. leaving the shutter open longer) and is also known as slow film. Vice-versa, film with higher ISO rating requires shorter exposure and is known as fast film.
But digital photography doesn’t use film, you say? That’s right but ISO sensitivity still plays a big role. Read more >>
BURИBLUE on Flickr
I found a great tip for landscape photography that sounds so logical and so simple but yet many of us do not realize. While composing a landscape photograph, try to incorporate 3 aspects into the photo. A foreground, middle ground and a background.
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