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53 Tips For Nature Photography by Steve Berardi 1 53 Tips For Nature Photography Copyright © 2014 by Steve Berardi Please feel free to print this eBook, but please do not republish any text or photos without written permission from the author. All text and images in this ebook are copyrighted with all rights reserved by Steve Berardi. Published by Chaparro Media www.chaparromedia.com Table of Contents General 3 7 Tips For Getting Sharper Photographs 4 The Secret Ingredient To Good Nature Photos 6 How To Use The Histogram To Get A Better Exposure 8 How To Use The “Special” RGB Histogram 13 Why You Should Memorize The F-number Series 15 Why You Should Always Shoot Lots of Photos 17 How To Create Intimate Portraits Of Nature 19 Introduction To Filters 21 Introduction To The Types of Natural Light 24 Understanding Perspective And Focal Length 27 What To Photograph On An Overcast Day 30 How To Make Your Subject Stand Out 32 RAW vs. JPEG: Who wins? 34 Two Reasons For Using a Lens Hood 36 11 Tips For Avoiding Memory Card Problems 37 How to Reduce Noise in Your Photos 40 How To Guide Your Viewer Through An Image 42 4 Tips For Getting the Most Out of Your Tripod 44 What To Do When You Can’t Bring A Tripod 45 How To Make the Jump To Manual Mode 47 Three Reasons to Avoid Relying on the Crop Tool 49 How To Recover Photos From A Corrupt Memory Card 50 There’s No Such Thing As Bad Light 51 8 Tips For Photographing Silhouettes 52 3 Ways To Prevent Posterization 54 When NOT To Use Lens Stabilization 56 Landscapes 58 Three Elements of a Great Landscape 59 5 Things Landscape Photographers Should Carry At All Times 61 How To Add Contrast To Landscape Photos 64 Why Timing is Everything For Landscape Photography 66 Why You Shouldn’t Rely on Auto White Balance 68 53 Tips For Nature Photography by Steve Berardi 1 7 Tips For Photographing Landscapes In Extreme Wind 71 How to Photograph Landscapes With the Moon 73 Sometimes the view is better from above 74 Never Give Up On a Sunset 75 Wildlife 77 How to Get Better Control of Autofocus 78 Three Reasons to Photograph Wildlife at Eye Level 79 How to Keep Your Camera Ready For Action 81 Quick Tip For Getting Sharper Wildlife Photos 83 When NOT to Use a Battery Grip 84 Keys to Getting Sharp Photos of Birds in Flight 85 Tips For Photographing Perched Birds 86 Quick Tip for Getting a Faster Autofocus 88 When Photographing Wildlife, Always Keep an Eye on the Sun 89 How To Make Your Camera Shoot Faster 90 Close-Ups 92 How To Focus Closer With Your Lenses 93 Three Quick Tips For Close-Ups 94 What The Coyote Can Teach You About Nature Photography 95 5 Essential Tools For Closeup Photography 97 How to Focus Closer When Using Teleconverters 99 7 Tips For Photographing Butterflies 101 Quick Tip for Getting Sharper Closeup Photos 103 How to Win the Battle of Close-up Photography 104 About the Author 106 53 Tips For Nature Photography by Steve Berardi 2.

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