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Steve Byland Nature Photography: May 2011
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Steve Byland Nature Photography. Tips Tricks, and Tutorials for Nature Photographers. Sunday, May 22, 2011. Taking Wildlife Photos In The Rain. Black-chinned Hummingbird during an Arizona Monsoon. 400mm, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/40 second. This is an example of a photo that came out poorly. Because of too much light on a bright sunny day. Eastern Bluebird - if you look closely, you can see rain on his back. 600mm, ISO 500, f/7.1, 1/320 second. Saturday, May 21, 2011. End Of The World Photos. Monday, May 2, 2011.
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Steve Byland Nature Photography: May 2013
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Steve Byland Nature Photography. Tips Tricks, and Tutorials for Nature Photographers. Thursday, May 2, 2013. 100 Creative Photography Exercises. Nothing says “fun” more than a TODO list – especially if that list was put together by someone else. The mere fact that you are reading this means that you either clicked on the wrong link, or are intelligent, good-looking and interested in self-improvement – of course, I could be wrong. Most of these exercises take a fair amount of time. Unless you are will...
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Steve Byland Nature Photography: October 2012
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Steve Byland Nature Photography. Tips Tricks, and Tutorials for Nature Photographers. Sunday, October 7, 2012. Salvage A (Nearly) Great Shot Using Layers. So, we need to fix this photo using layers instead of the "Straighten Tool.". Now the subject is straight, but there are obvious lines around the edge of the top layer from rotating/straightening the photo. I have hidden the bottom layer so that you can clearly see this in the photo below. Step Three – What you want to do now is to blend the top ...
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Steve Byland Nature Photography: July 2012
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Steve Byland Nature Photography. Tips Tricks, and Tutorials for Nature Photographers. Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Advanced Layering Techniques – Bring Back The Sky. If you shoot birds in flight, you’ve probably been frustrated by trying to get the exposure right. Either the bird is blown out, or, more often, the background sky looks perfect, but the bird is just a dark silhouette. Been there, done that, hit the “delete” button. If you expose the bird perfectly (yay! The sky is probably too light (boo! It wil...
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Steve Byland Nature Photography: Photo Feeder Stand For Better Photography
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Steve Byland Nature Photography. Tips Tricks, and Tutorials for Nature Photographers. Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Photo Feeder Stand For Better Photography. Photo Feeder Stand For Better Photographs. Let’s start with a few photos of the stand that I will describe:. O 3 - 10 foot lengths of 3/4 inch PVC pipe (standard weight, not heavy duty). O 6 – 3/4 inch PVC 90 degree elbows. O 6 – 3/4 inch PVC “T” Joints. O 2 –1 inch PVC “T” Joints. O 2 nails or screws about 2 inches long. 2 – 3 foot lengths. I furth...
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Steve Byland Nature Photography: 100 Creative Photography Exercises
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Steve Byland Nature Photography. Tips Tricks, and Tutorials for Nature Photographers. Thursday, May 2, 2013. 100 Creative Photography Exercises. Nothing says “fun” more than a TODO list – especially if that list was put together by someone else. The mere fact that you are reading this means that you either clicked on the wrong link, or are intelligent, good-looking and interested in self-improvement – of course, I could be wrong. Most of these exercises take a fair amount of time. Unless you are will...
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Steve Byland Nature Photography: About Me
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Steve Byland Nature Photography. Tips Tricks, and Tutorials for Nature Photographers. I specialize in commercial nature photography, although much of what I do is for my own amusement (and hopefully the amusement of others). Although I travel all around the country, many of my best photos were taken in my back yard in central New Jersey. You can contact me at: sbbyland [at] aol.com. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow Me - Get e-mails of new posts. Make A Suet Log For Better Photographs.
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Steve Byland Nature Photography: An Alternative to Noise Reduction Software
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Steve Byland Nature Photography. Tips Tricks, and Tutorials for Nature Photographers. Sunday, January 13, 2013. An Alternative to Noise Reduction Software. Yes, noise. Those annoying little spots and flecks of computer-generated junk in the dark areas behind my subjects. Under snowy conditions, there is sometimes so much noise that it is difficult to remove with the noise reduction application that came with my photo processing software or even the expensive plug-in that I bought. RATS! Follow Me - Get e...
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Steve Byland Nature Photography: Salvage A (Nearly) Great Shot Using Layers
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Steve Byland Nature Photography. Tips Tricks, and Tutorials for Nature Photographers. Sunday, October 7, 2012. Salvage A (Nearly) Great Shot Using Layers. So, we need to fix this photo using layers instead of the "Straighten Tool.". Now the subject is straight, but there are obvious lines around the edge of the top layer from rotating/straightening the photo. I have hidden the bottom layer so that you can clearly see this in the photo below. Step Three – What you want to do now is to blend the top ...
