Haunting Photos Of Abandoned Cities Around The World

Haunting Photos Of Abandoned Cities Around The World: "There are more abandoned cities than you’d think. But they’re also probably at least as creepy as you would imagine in your nightmares. Take a look at these ghost towns and get even more close and personal with Chernobyl Diaries, Now Playing."

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Too beautiful to be real? 16 surreal landscapes found on Earth | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Too beautiful to be real? 16 surreal landscapes found on Earth | MNN - Mother Nature Network: "These bizarre locations may seem like a series of elaborate movie sets, but they are real destinations that you might want to see for yourself."

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Focus Bracketing Technique: Never Miss a Shot — www.picturecorrect.com — Readability

Focus Bracketing Technique: Never Miss a Shot — www.picturecorrect.com — Readability: "When it comes to photography, the word “bracketing” can mean a lot of things. Essentially, it just refers to the practice of taking the same shot several times using different camera options, but it can be done in so many ways. By making so many different images of the same scene, you can then choose the most successful, or in some cases, blend them all together (this is how HDR photography is done). "

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Focus Bracketing Technique: Never Miss a Shot – PictureCorrect

Focus Bracketing Technique: Never Miss a Shot – PictureCorrect: "When it comes to photography, the word “bracketing” can mean a lot of things. Essentially, it just refers to the practice of taking the same shot several times using different camera options, but it can be done in so many ways. By making so many different images of the same scene, you can then choose the most successful, or in some cases, blend them all together (this is how HDR photography is done). Bracketing your aperture – taking the same shot at f/4, f/5.6, and f/8, for example – gives varying depths of field, while bracketing your shutter speed produces different degrees of motion blur. Bracketing your overall exposure value creates both underexposed and overexposed photos. In this video, though, photographer Scott Morvay teaches us about focus bracketing – a much underdiscussed technique:"

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Dynamic Range in the World of Photography – PictureCorrect

Dynamic Range in the World of Photography – PictureCorrect: "Look at something other than your computer screen for a moment and take note of the world around you. You should notice bright highlights and dark shadow areas without much of a problem. Film and digital sensors do not see as well as you do. The shadows and highlights may be quantified as numbers that represent the luminance of any scene."

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