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What is the best way to handle overexposed sky in post-processing?
I'm new at photography and I have taken some pictures where the subjects in the foreground are exposed correctly but the sky is very overexposed. What is the best way to handle it in post production?
(I have pictures in RAW format.)
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Why can't my SLR autofocus on certain parts of a scene?
I had my Nikon D7000 on single-point auto focus and it just would not focus on the spots I wanted. I have marked the spots that could not be focused on with red circles, and the parts that could be focused on with green circles.
I was using a…
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Why is it called dynamic range?
I understand that dynamic range is the difference between the brightest and darkest lighting, but why dynamic? Why not static range?
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ND Filter not Dense enough - How do I get long exposures in very bright situations, where my ND filter isn't enough?
What is the best way to achieve very long exposures in very bright, sunlit conditions?
Right now, I have a Hoya ND-400 X filter (9 stops reduction), and even with my camera set to ISO 50, and F22, my exposures are still in the range of 5-30…
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What is the philosophical justification generally accepted by photographers on why they should be able to profit privately over public property?
Say someone takes a picture of Lord Nelson's statue in Trafalgar Square at dusk, and sells on his website for profit. Is it not arguable that people would not buy it if it weren't a statue of a famous historical figure, and thus the end product is…
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Is there a difference in dynamic range between film and digital?
Is there a difference in dynamic range between film and digital?
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What are the benefits of the classic f-number scheme?
Classic ƒ numbers are entrance pupil diameter as a fraction of focal length. This seems like a slightly strange choice as exposure is proportional to area rather than diameter. Naively I would think it easier work with these as exposure stops from…
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Why aren't faces sharp in my f/1.8 portraits even though I'm carefully using center-point autofocus?
I love my Canon Rebel T6 and take portrait pictures in Av mode with a 50mm in 1.8 Av. I'm using auto focus in the 'focus on center point' mode. I make sure that the center point focuses on the face so the face should be the sharpest part of the…
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Why do even high-end cameras often still include normal (non-cross-type) AF sensors?
Modern cameras often use two kinds of AF sensor: normal, and cross-type. While normal-type AF sensors notably struggle focusing on high-contrast vertical lines, cross-type sensors, though more sophisticated (and appropriately more expensive), have…
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How do I get this foggy/cold/blueish look in my photos?
I'm new in the photography realm and I want to achieve a foggy/cold/blueish kind of magical look with my pictures. Something like these pics
1st image, click for full size
Please help me! :)
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Why is this smartphone picture better than this dedicated camera picture?
The other day I went hiking through a mountain in west Tokyo to take wilderness pictures for reference for the new videogame I'm working on.
For the past few years, I've only relied on my smartphone for taking pictures, but I thought this would be a…
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What causes these inconsistent dark bands in some of my photos from an indoor event?
Yesterday I took photos of an event at school.
The lighting was poor so I increased the iso to 3200,
shutter speed was between 80 and 250 and the aperture between 2.8 and 4.0.
Canon EOS500
about 10% of the photos got this weird horizontal black…
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Why don't Exif tags contain time zone information?
There's no zone information in the capture timestamp. Why?
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Can anyone recommend *freeware* to reduce motion blur by deconvolution?
Can anyone please recommend free (preferably also portable i.e. no need to install) software for Windows XP or later to improve image quality of large (12 megapixel) terrestrial (not astronomical) photos, by deconvolution to reduce motion blur…
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What were long, flat point and shoot film cameras called?
How do you call that kind of cameras like below?
I am trying to find what was my first camera (brand/model) but my memory is weak. All I can remember is that it had the same shape than the one on the picture, it was small, black, had a big round red…
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