文書は英語ですが、写真は共通
(though I'm taking a break from blogging for a while)
Archive for the 'Interactive Photo-Effect Presentations' CategoryPosts that contain interactive presentations that allow you to see the effect of some kind of technique, such as using a polarizing filter, changing shutter speed, or changing aperture. Well, after the once-in-a-lifetime Sunset last week, I've been hoping to cheat death and see a second one, and to do so from a better vantage point. I've taken to sprinting up to the Shogunzuka overlook if a nice sunset looks to be brewing. I've done it three times now, the first having been the day after, and the most recent today. I arrived just in time to watch a fiery orange/red – seen above – disappear from over the mountains to the west. Of course, as I've been complaining a lot about of late, the image doesn't really capture [...] 
View full post » The photo below, of pizza at a cafe, appeared on my previous post. It was taken with a polarizing filter on the lens adjusted to block glare from the window in the background. Mouseover the "Without Polarizer" button below for the same scene two seconds later, without the filter... With Polarizer - Without Polarizer mouseover button to see that imageThe difference is striking. Without the filter, the reflections on the pizzas, table, and glasses of water just destroy the scene. I'm glad I happened to have brought the my polarization filter that day. In the "Without Polarizer" [...] 
View full post » High-dynamic-range – HDR – is an image-processing technique that's been gaining popularity over the last few years. HDR can be used to create some amazing, impactful, stunning images. For some eye-popping examples, see this page, which is just one page of many that are linked from this HDR roundup. I haven't created anything amazing with HDR, but I utilized HDR in whipping this image together, just for this post... HDR attempts to overcome a limitation of current camera technology... a limitation that disallows a camera from picking up fine detail in the dark shadows and bright highlights of a scene [...] 
View full post » While taking long exposure night shots of Itsukushima Shrine's Gate (厳島神社、宮島) in Miyajima, the brilliant illumination was turned off, and the area became quite dark. I thought I'd give it a try with the lights off, but as you can see above, my one attempt came out completely dark. Since it was late, I didn't want to spend the time trying again for a more reasonable exposure, so we packed up and returned to the hotel. When I got home and loaded all the images into Lightroom, I intended to delete this one along with all the other rejects. More [...] 
View full post » When a digital camera produces a standard JPG image file, it does so after internally processing its sensor's raw data. This processing includes the mathematical application of various settings for exposure, white balance, sharpness, color saturation, and other algorithms that massage the image data in an attempt to achieve a particular look. Many cameras offer "scene" settings that can impact how this processing is done. For example, a "portrait" setting may reduce the amount of sharpening applied. Raw When shooting in a raw format, this processing is taken out of the camera, and left to your image-processing software. I [...] 
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