Made this in Barcelona, from an elevated viewpoint, 13 images stitched together.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Hong Kong 5 AM, a panorama...
At 5 am Hong Kong harbor is quite deserted. 11 images stitched together.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Shooting into bright light...
Have you ever notice when you shoot an subject with a very bright background, - like a plane in the sky, surfers in the ocean or skiers on snow, that the subject come out so dark and the rest of the image so bright that you can hardly see any detail? In Layman's terms here is a solution,
The sensor "sees" the bright light and under-expose to give you less brightness. The usual thinking will be that this is correct. Some people will actually think they need to set the exposure to minus a stop or so to bring the light down. However the result will be like this;
You see, with the sensor doing the under-exposure there will be very little details in the subject you are shooting. This is because the sensor "thinks" you want to have the whole image evenly exposed, but does not see that you are actually focusing on a small subject in the frame.
Sure, you can correct this in PS, but why not expose correctly from the start?
The solution is to over-expose by one or one-and-a-half stops. As crazy as this sounds it works. It is all about thinking the way the "sensor thinks" and correcting it. As soon as the biggest part of your image is against bright light you can correct the exposure by doing this.
The sensor "sees" the bright light and under-expose to give you less brightness. The usual thinking will be that this is correct. Some people will actually think they need to set the exposure to minus a stop or so to bring the light down. However the result will be like this;
You see, with the sensor doing the under-exposure there will be very little details in the subject you are shooting. This is because the sensor "thinks" you want to have the whole image evenly exposed, but does not see that you are actually focusing on a small subject in the frame.
Sure, you can correct this in PS, but why not expose correctly from the start?
The solution is to over-expose by one or one-and-a-half stops. As crazy as this sounds it works. It is all about thinking the way the "sensor thinks" and correcting it. As soon as the biggest part of your image is against bright light you can correct the exposure by doing this.
You can find a previous article with images attached on Air-show images that I took with this method here on the blog under November, 2011, A fix called Traveling.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Year of the Dragon...
As I was walking at a shopping mall, I just caught the dragon dancers finishing their routine.
M9, 35 mm Summilux
M9, 35 mm Summilux
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
An all-round helping hand...
In the heart of Johannesburg is an area known as Alexandra. In this community I met Gabisile. She is a young lady who saw a need for someone to care for both young children and old, retired people.
After school she meets youngsters at the local library and not only helps them with schoolwork but also teaches pre-scholars to read and write. Computer literacy is also high on her agenda and she also teaches others on this important skill.
A local old age home couldn't manage with all the people they had to care for, - so when Gabisile came with her volunteers to help, - they were God send!
All in all she does her absolute best to uplift her community and make life a little better for all.
After school she meets youngsters at the local library and not only helps them with schoolwork but also teaches pre-scholars to read and write. Computer literacy is also high on her agenda and she also teaches others on this important skill.
A local old age home couldn't manage with all the people they had to care for, - so when Gabisile came with her volunteers to help, - they were God send!
All in all she does her absolute best to uplift her community and make life a little better for all.
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