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Detailaufnahmen in Klammen

01 Aug

Ein Beitrag von: Sonja Jordan

Die Natur- und Landschaftsfotografie gehört definitiv zu meinem großen Steckenpferd. Hierbei kann ich viel Zeit draußen verbringen und die Natur mit allen Sinnen genießen.

Eines meiner Lieblingsmotive dabei sind Klammen und Schluchten und genau von denen haben wir in Österreich mehr als genug! Ich mag es, geheimnisvolle Schluchten und Höhlen, durch die das Wasser rauscht, zu erkunden. In einer Klamm fühle ich mich wohl, kann stundenlang darin verbringen und immer wieder neue Motive finden.

Landschaftsfotografie: Wasser schlängelt sich an verschiedenen Steinen vorbei.

Die Motivvielfalt, die eine Klamm hergibt, ist unendlich groß! Staunend betrachte ich immer wieder die Felswände rund um mich, deren Farben sich in den unterschiedlichsten Tönen wechseln und die vielen Auswaschungen und Gumpen unter mir, die das Wasser über Jahrhunderte hinweg geschaffen hat.

Es macht mir Spaß, auf Holztreppen direkt über den Bächen zwischen den Felsen die Klamm entlangzuwandern, immer wieder stehen zu bleiben und mir neue Motive zu suchen. Dabei gehe ich immer gleich vor: Zuerst versuche ich, das Offensichtliche auf den Speicherchip zu bannen und mache Übersichtsaufnahmen fotogener Klammenabschnitte.

Landschaftsfotografie: Wasser fließt an hohen Steinen vorbei, Detailaufnahme.

Später wechsle ich dann auf ein Teleobjektiv und erst dann beginnt es, für mich so richtig spannend zu werden.

Denn wer genauer hinsieht und sich Zeit lässt, wird immer wieder Neues entdecken. Mit dem Teleobjektiv lassen sich bestimmte Details wie Gesteinsstrukturen und –formationen, die vom Wasser umspült werden, besonders gut herausarbeiten.

Kleine Wasserfälle und Bachläufe, gischtendes Wasser und dunkle, geheimnisvolle Ecken – die Möglichkeiten sind schier unendlich.

Landschaftsfotografie: Ein Mini-Wasserfall stürzt an Steinen hinab.

Aber nicht nur von der Wasserkraft geschaffene Strukturen an Wänden und Gesteinen lassen sich immer wieder finden, sondern auch das oftmals kristallklare Wasser selbst, das je nach Lichteinfall in allen möglichen Farben glitzert, bietet viele fotografische Spielereien, von dynamischen Wasserszenen bis hin zu Langzeitbelichtungen, die das Wasser schön weich und ruhig erscheinen lassen.

Nicht immer klappen meine Fototouren so wie ich es mir vorstelle. Ein großer Besucherandrang macht ein vernünftiges Fotografieren in Klammen und Schluchten, auf denen man auf Stegen und Leitern wandert, so gut wie unmöglich.

Die Stege vibrieren bei jedem Schritt und kaum hat man das Stativ wieder aufgebaut und die Kamera eingerichtet, drängt sich schon der nächste Wanderer an einem vorbei. Da ist der Spaß bei mir meistens recht schnell zu Ende.

Landschaftsfotografie: Seitenansicht eines türkis schimmernden Baches.

Klammenbesuche an Wochenenden versuche ich daher zu vermeiden, unter der Woche ist man hingegen oftmals völlig allein in einer Klamm und kann sie ganz für sich allein genießen! Aber auch das Wetter, nämlich starker direkter Sonnenschein um die Mittagszeit, ist in einer Klamm sehr ungünstig. Der starke Dynamikumfang ist für jede Kamera schwierig und man kommt um Belichtungsreihen oder HDR-Aufnahmen nicht herum.

Da diese technische Spielerei nicht unbedingt zu meinen Stärken zählt, warte ich an solchen Tagen, bis die Sonne nicht mehr direkt in die Klamm scheint oder noch viel besser: Ich gehe überhaupt erst in eine Klamm, wenn der Himmel bewölkt ist.

Landschaftsfotografie: Kleiner Wasserfall von vorne.

Dann habe ich schönes gleichmäßiges Licht und keine zu harten Kontraste, die mir das Fotografenleben unnötig erschweren. Die technisch wichtigsten Hilfsmittel für mich sind bei dieser Art von Fotografie ein Polfilter, ein Kabelauslöser und natürlich ein stabiles Stativ.

Der Polfilter hilft mir, störende Reflexionen zu entfernen und mit dem Kabelauslöser und einem stabilen Stativ kann ich Langzeitbelichtungen problemlos realisieren.


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Adobe Camera Raw 8.6 and DNG Converter 8.6 now available

01 Aug

Adobe has made final release versions of Camera Raw 8.6 and DNG Converter 8.6 available. This update adds support for the Nikon D810, Panasonic Lumix AG-GH4 (GH4 with interface unit) and Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000, as well as several bug fixes. Color profiles are added for the Sony Cyber-shot RX100 III, A7S and Alpha SLT-A77 II. Also included are a number of new lens profiles. Learn more

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Urban Observatory: TED Co-Founder’s New Civic Data Platform

01 Aug

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This new project brings a whole world’s worth of metropolitan data to your fingertips via both an online application and an upcoming installation at the Smithsonian Museum, courtesy of TED founder Richard Saul Wurman. A rich virtual resource, it represents the work of over 15,000 contributing cartographers and designers from 200 countries.

urban observatory monitor picture

Collecting and data big and small, static and live, the multi-media Urban Observatory allows (and encourages) comprehensible and comprehensive visual comparisons between cities on various fascinating fronts.

urban observatory touch screens

While it continues to solicit data sets to expand its offerings, already people can look into housing and population density of young and old urban residents, transit patterns for cars, trains and planes, open spaces and much more.

urban observatory chart detail

Want to learn about how traffic patterns differ between a spread-out city like Los Angeles versus central London, or see how home prices differ between New York and Tokyo in an intuitively interactive way? Now you can do all of these in one place and using a straightforward and user-friendly interface. From its creators: “The Urban Observatory is an interactive exhibit that gives you the chance to compare and contrast data from cities around the world–all from one location. It aims to make the world’s data both understandable and useful. Brought to life by Richard Saul Wurman, Radical Media, and Esri, it is the first exhibit of its kind.”

urban observatory demonstration installation

The spatial installation component is coming to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, in 2015. More from VentureBeat: “It was a massive undertaking. Cartographers and computer scientists used big data sets, helped by 3D graphics and Landsat, NASA’s satellite program that captures incredibly detailed images of the earth’s surface, to look back at the last 40 years of city development. It provided scientists insight into how the planet is developing – and how to help save it.”

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Lens Rentals Canada halts service citing ‘serious issues’ with Canada Post

01 Aug

Lens Rentals Canada has announced that it is temporarily not accepting new orders. A brief notice on lensrentalscanada.com cites ‘serious issues’ with Canada Post Corporation, and states that current orders will be shipped using Purolator Courier. An email that a reddit user claims was sent to him by Lens Rentals Canada is more to the point, stating that a Canada Post employee has stolen equipment in transit. No estimated timeframe has been given as to when orders will be accepted again. Read more

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Top 5 Tips for Wildlife Photography

01 Aug

Wildlife photography is continually growing in popularity, thanks to the accessibility of digital cameras nowadays. I’ve been a wildlife photographer for almost seven years now, and a professional for the last few of them. Over time I have picked up some really valuable techniques and tips, specific to wildlife photography, gained from either experience or learning from others in my field.

Here are some the top tips for wildlife photography.

Black Headed Gull Splash

#1 Get to Know Your Subject

I cannot stress this enough – wildlife photography is all about time and patience, much of which should be spent studying and paying attention to your subject. Instead of just showing up at a location once, return time and time again to photograph it. Watch an animal’s behavioural traits and try to pick up on clues it gives as to its next movement. With practise, you’ll often be able to predict where an animal will move to next, or what it will do.

Don’t believe me? I’ve photographed red squirrels for many years now, and I can now almost continually predict its pattern of movement, purely by watching for behavioural “ticks” it provides. For example, by watching where the squirrel is looking and the way it sniffs the air, I can often tell which direction it will head to next.

Jumping with nut

#2 Use Your Lens Hood

That bit of plastic that comes with your lens isn’t just for decoration. It prevent stray light from hitting the lens, helping you produce clearer pictures, but it also provides physical protection for your lens. Too many times I see photographers with it on, but the wrong way round. Make sure you take a few seconds to attach it properly before shooting.

Once, I was on an island photographing Atlantic seals. The rocks were slippery, and it wasn’t long before I fell over and landed with my whole body weight on the nose of my Nikon telephoto lens. Thankfully I had the lens hood on, and what was potentially an extremely expensive slip, was no more than two small screws broken in the hood.

#3 Don’t Shy Away From Aperture Priority Mode

Recently, I’ve found a lot of photographers are shooting in manual mode because they believe that anything else is “cheating” and makes a shot unworthy. I don’t know any professional wildlife photographers that don’t shoot in aperture priority mode – although don’t get me wrong, manual does have its uses in some situations. However, in general, aperture priority is great for wildlife photography.

Light is often never evenly distributed in a woodland or similar environment. A moving animal will cross different areas of different light intensities. If you take a burst of photos of it moving through the area, aperture priority mode will adjust the settings and ensure your images are correctly exposed. In manual mode, there is simply no time to continually adjust the settings when shooting a constantly changing scene.

By all means, you should understand how to use your camera in manual mode, but aperture priority is not the enemy. Adjust the ISO to increase or decrease your shutter speed, and use exposure compensation to fine-tune the exposure.

Wavingseal

#4 Be Prepared for a Wait

I mentioned earlier that wildlife photography is all about patience. When starting out in this field, you need to remember that rarely do wildlife photographers get a great shot in just a few hours of waiting. You may need to return to a spot time and time again, waiting for hours on end, before you will capture a unique image.

This may sound daunting, but it makes any images you capture that extra bit more rewarding. If you’re waiting in a hide, take a book with you, or a film on your smartphone to pass the time. Just remember to keep looking up and checking the scene in front of you.

WTE Fight

#5 Think Outside of the Box

Finally, with so many people taking excellent wildlife images nowadays, it is important to think outside of the box. Look at images others have taken and think “how can I do it better”. If you want your images to be noticed and stand out, give them the wow-factor by taking a photograph that no one has ever seen before. I don’t mean a rare animal, but instead a rare style of shot.

Don’t give up at the first hurdle, and keep clicking your way closer to the elusive perfect shot!

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DIY Photo Recipe Book

01 Aug
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Remember cookbooks?

Those dusty tomes that somehow accumulate on your kitchen shelves but you hardly ever crack open?

It’s time to give the ol’ recipe book a 21st century twist.

Just mix one part millennial obsession with technology, a dash of old-fashioned printing, mix in your photo expertise and pair it with some quality cocktails to get the coolest recipe book, ever.

How to Make a Photo Recipe Book

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