We often encounter cluttered / muddled environment especially in the tropics and at times in temperate ecosystems. Making a good landscape image, isolating the elements in such a scenario is not an easy task. Things get harder if it is your first trip to such a place. I encountered one such scenario recently during one …
Hyperfocal distance calculator
How about something by the photographers for the photographers? In photography, landscape photography in particular, we want the subject to be at optimum and ‘acceptable’ focus. Hyperfocal distance is the closest distance beyond which all the objects would be acceptably sharp if the lens is focused at this distance. In simple mathematics, we can calculate …
Nature photography in monsoon
Monsoon – the word symbolizes freshness! When the initial drizzles transforms into pouring rain, the land of the mountains – Sahyadris too start their transformation. Rainfall brings life to the dried streams and the wetness causes the rocks to have a lovely green layer of moss. The forest gets life all over again and the …
Why visit the same place again?
Normal tendency of photographers is – to visit a beautiful place, spend timeshooting and move on to another one. They make images which are offered at that point in time. Sometimes, they tend to get some amazing images which can be kind of attributed to their sheer (good) luck! Then, there are those who spend …
Star trails photography workshop
Landscape Wizards is pleased to announce star trails photography workshop. Date: 12th March 2011 Venue: Jayamangali Blackbuck reserve, Maindanahalli. Limited seats available. Get in touch with us soon. Click on the below image for more details.
Landscape photography – The most dangerous form of photography
Yes, you read that right!!! I know the title sounds a little unbelievable, but it actually is true! People may think that making images of Lions and Tigers in the wild is dangerous and Landscape photography on the other hand, is all about shooting pretty flower filled pastures, which is so easy. So what could …
Indispensable CPL!
Filters are indispensable when it comes to Landscape Photography. Whether it is a circular polarizer filter (CPL) or a neutral density filter (ND) or a graduated neutral density filter (GND) or other ones. Each one has their own use on a particular occasion. As explained by Shiva in his article on filters, the CPL is …
Black and White conversion technique | e-book
Thank you all for taking a survey some time back. Landscape wizards team is now presenting the black and white conversion technique in the form of an e-book. Shivakumar L has come up with this e-book that will aid you in converting the color image to black and white with minimal and effective steps. As promised, …
Quest for colours
Ever wondered if your sunrise/sunset images or the images shot during last autumn were not as vibrant as the scene you witnessed? Ever felt that the Saturation adjustment in the image-editing program that you use is not able to give you that extra boost in color? Let’s try a solution that is different from the …
Framing with lines and patterns
Below are two images I made in Ladakh last year. These were some really interesting sand dunes we came across on our way back from Pangong to Leh and what caught my eyes, were the lovely intricate wave patterns on the soft dunes. The minute I saw it, I knew I wanted to make an …
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