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3D is all the rage these days with the spark of 3D cinema and 3D TVs coming our way. But 3D is not new. Not at all. The first attempts at 3D were done even before the creation of moving pictures. Actually the principles on how we perceive depth were discovered by Euclid in 280AD and the first practical applications were presented at the London World Fair at 1851.Before we start I would like to

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Often while shooting for HDR at night or in the afternoon when the light is low there is an unpleasant side effect. The sky (if present) is extremely noisy. Case in point (click for large version):(Note that in this picture I applied an unsharp mask to enhance the details on the building because tone mapping tends to create blurry results, and so the noise is a bit exaggerated but the scene was

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First post in along time. What was the cause? This. I recently purchased this remote control for my camera which i highly recommend. It's cheap and has very neat features. Two downsides only : First, it is not wireless but i can i live with that. Second the minimum exposure time you can set for your camera from the remote is 1'. You can of course use the camera setting and override the setting on

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I decided to give an HDR Panorama a try and i think the results are pretty nice. (for the orignal panorama check out this)I went for the dark, Lord of the Rings poster like, look here so please be gentle :D

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Easter provided some good photographic opportunities in my colorful home town Drama.And despite it's dramatic name the city is really beautiful. (click for larger version) :

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New kid on the block. Finally I bought a new camera. Sony A200 (with Super Steady shot by the way).This time I will create an effect commonly created by photo editing software like Photoshop. Some people call it Zoom Blur.To do this purely with your camera, simply decide on a shutter speed appropriate for the effect. What you will do is allow some initial time for the image to be imprinted on the

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Last time i discussed an interesting effect you can achieve by using manual shutter speeds with your camera.This time i will discuss another, veeery well known, "trick" you can do by manually adjusting how long your shot is exposed to light and it is sometimes known as "light streaks".It usually works at night when the cars lights are very bright in relation to the background. You set your

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One of the very cool things you can do with your camera has to do with exposing the shot to your liking. Manual exposure is a very power tool, a tool with which you can achieve a variety of results. This post is about one of them.You are in a dark place and you see something very interesting that you want to photograph. But its VERY dark. Very very dark. in fact it's THIS dark:(Note: this is the

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My trip to London made me realize that one of the most important things when you buy a camera is one that I didn't pay so much attention so far. Motion stabilizer.You are out in the town at night and you see a great potential shot. Bam:"Nice shot!! Oh wait...what's that?" you say when you get back to your PC and examine the pic full resolution. "Oh crap. I used 1/8 shutter speed and my hands

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Have you seen the amazing look you can achieve with the so called HDR technique but don't have the necessary equipment to shoot the photographs required or you want to give that look to an already existing photograph you have but have only one exposure shot? Don't worry, with some tweaking you can achieve the same effect (to some level) with a normal LDR (normal jpg) picture.For this technique

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