Nature Photography
Nature Photography Festival of Nature Bathurst – June 1,2,3 2018 Landscape, Telephoto, Macro/Close-up Records and Documentation and Capturing What You See Peter Gadd Introduction I have a number of slides that we can go through but I think it might be best to follow your interests and needs so we may be jumping around all over the place. The intent is to take a workshop approach - to share ideas and discuss A pdf version of this Power Point is available at https://miramichinaturalistclub.com/ Some terms • Optical and Digital Zoom • Full Frame vs APS Cameras (crop factor adds reach) • Camera Phone, Compact, Bridge, Mirrorless, SLR • Wide-angle – 50 mm (full frame equivalent) – telephoto lens • Zoom lens vs Prime Lens • Fast lens • Aperture/Shutter Speed/ISO • f-stop – a measure of light 1.4, 2.0, 2.8, 4, 5.6,8, 11, 16,22,32 • RAW files – unprocessed data • Digital Noise Table of Contents Some terms continued • Bokeh • White-balance – light temperature and colour cast • Histogram – a graph showing exposure information • Dynamic Range – light and dark areas in a scene • Filters – Polarizing, Neutral Density, Graduated Neutral Density • Lens Hood • Depth of Field Preview • Grey Card • Resolution – megapixels and dpi • Geotag • Aspect Ratio – image dimension • Meta-data Table of Contents Smart Phones Stability Limited Focal Length Think Quick Lighting Etiquette Portraits White Balance Habits Landscape Blur What to do with photos Macro In The Act Where to Photograph Composition Night Photography Various Techniques A Short Story Moon Special Techniques Limitations Bokeh Stitching Panoramas Crop Factor RAW Panning Smart Phone Photography • Convenient • Simplifying • Depth of Field almost limitless • In-phone processing • RAW file capture and processing – ProCamera is one app • Automatic Geotagging • Readily shared • Limitations – creativity, manipulation, action photos, telephoto, image quality due to small image sensor Table of Contents I was walking along a trail, a berm actually, at a local marsh.
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