The best time to shoot a landscape is 15-30 minutes before sunrise to 30-60 minutes after and the same time frame at sunset. It’s called the “magic hour”, because that’s when you get the soft, warm light that makes great pictures. Yes, you can take landscape pictures at other times, but it will be more difficult to get the kind of shot you want...
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 6, 2010
This week’s image was submitted by Jonathan Allcock. It’s a picture from New Zealand, but I’m not entirely sure if this is where Jonathan resides, or if the picture was taken during a visit there by Jon. It looks like the photo was taken with a Canon PowerShot S3 set to an f/4 aperture and a shutter speed [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 19, 2009
Welcome to the premiere of the weekly photo critique at Photography 24/7. Carolyn Fletcher from Eufaula, Oklahoma in the US was quick off the mark submitting this truly beautiful image which she has entitled “Fishing in Paradise”. Thank you very much to Carolyn for offering up her image for the weekly photo critique. I have been looking [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 14, 2009
I’m currently reading Magnum Landscape. It’s not your typical book of landscapes. For starters it’s a relatively small book measuring 8.3 x 5.8 inches (21 x 14.7 centimeters) in the paperback version. More to the point, though, don’t expect a book filled with beautiful and pristine natural landscapes from around the world. Instead this book [...]
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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