i THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO * LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SHOOT STUNNING IMAGES WITH YOUR DIGITAL SLR 3RDEDITIONTHE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO &° LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY NN Leading pros provide you with jargon-free Fundamental photography skills explained Leading experts show you the secrets to ee ec eee ea eer eee eet ee a ‘Our major section on shooting in Raw Follow our simple step-by-step guides and helps you get the best from your images ferent ee EXPERT ADVICE TO HELP YOU TAKE BETTERPICTURESWelcome |3 is a passion shared by millions around and why. as there are few feslings to beat me from a long day's photography with memory nning scenes. It is a form of photography that presents you with mary challenges. You'll need be prepared for 4 hours, with early starts required to reach a location before sunrise and picture-taking often continuing unti after sunset. And you'll that of returning cards filled with to capture a glorious scene. ‘ve endured are qui captured stunning images. This edition of 1 Photography has more technique, expert guides and stunning photograpry than ever belore and aims to deliver all the information, ‘and ins to skills. It's packed wi ls from many of and popular outdoor photographers, with emphasis on the key in-camera techniques, as well as essential post processing stills. We hope it helps you take your best ever landscape images. All the best! DANIEL LEZANO, EDITOR Meet our landscape experts Al ur experts ane regudar contrite to Digital SLR Photography magazine. 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Ths inspirational guide wil provide you with an excellent pee et eee De et ie pete eat yi ena ee eas ictWUsldsrsackiam COMPOSITION Tors aude) Pte err ‘humier of techniques that once leaned, wil serve you nee ere ta OMY betl cee cieatice en eee Oe ar arene es eee a Perr ante errr ee re peerar remeron Pies reer retns accolade) Pe ee ee ee ec then organise the main elements of Ue picture within cere nea art ets force in nea tices Peet Seeman reiter ctr eter Reenter ra ee eee are ete ete eee preter teenie ere cs encima Peer bere sata Coreen eecmienee rete nr eerties pe ee ee pest or ee tCo ns Facer Cerone Rg ak ee clues en a pape rer ree Peet a10 | Composition 2) Foregroundinterest ‘ou see the problems the words thrae-clmersin reel a thay dent convey the sence of there ata tu curmehstional tide that we can ewcy ale rusting ite proben ace Way o rea dagth n a photograph st nck rong lreground dfn in eayuncton wih a wide aree er mphasssng te foreground tis way wil aad depen io the picture calrgan clrypont fre ge pug the ero the sere {lung the picure o sense of distance ad ocak tert iran fp ts tren baci thy sreich perspacin, nappa the errs costo rs andepetng up Te wor fake n iferestso the ck ts 0 shoot am a ower viewport [GETTING I RIGHT: Te cow parhoy an ors both moka an tractive oegound {Siead se ee nt these ad préie Sualerene ew Beyond ® ia lens and am apertar a 722 povided — 4) Layersandplanes 2 technique that canbe used o adel depth to an agp ping shares (ene right or by strona side ht igntand shade tha can give the elect nol technique werks partieely wel with longer ve and stackig over aca ce the ne tenses wl Frode les toute rar aperres ich m8 [1G FOREGROUND OR SMALL DETAIL I: a stays naczeay fovea Severus eran ater aa prowesracie eran {Tecate opel flowers as efcive ate son shapes tS oppo 3) Lead-inlines See ere acrow pana redatiig erm Whose “alec oraven oie foegoue sect eayeonte ae wet Beineswecent vey easels tetera sar ares so eres bernter aa ee S eetalte Lies represen 1d your ey tree, lor arp5) Break therules! ome ted i ee eee tery rece etene reenncreytray Ente amet peigy etna Peet aeetestn ey reat ee pee ee enna erie eee erat fierce aise Meter ens ee eee ee ee Soin ea eer crane att nace ete a ire coat cdymposition 6) Findnaturalframes 7) Experimentwith viewpoints rt14 | Composition: Foreground interest Using foreground interest a= nocd on ve the vewsr a sense of beng there instantly awn ther rage. shoul pont out that | dent goautor oor nee : oregrou ‘Biel tent shootin on rea, one or thar the best ange to Shoot fe a inutich war Shoot around fe “here are no rules as fo what rou ‘ut 22 ays there ae 3 few pnt to conser iy you canbe te udge of what you vant to focus on and, athand But ts nfo pay Carell attention to which Rist shooting he fst thing pte that ula ok una impose your shot © ial, te evegroud lacs composed wrong ca rary protegranhe rake Sing evel race Tack mnaacl Ty 70 Sori to We! Hare. a be coral rot to move 0 and cese or yu risk inbslarcng your mage by making focegrou Senay ‘smal aperture ard ne i prove 2 geod et ‘merave the compostion of your lanseape images ‘Serauet gl te beat pate reat. NOFOREGROUND INTEREST witout Se fngeacts pact an canlox can sof ‘hina Whe water can make an aractve ject te mady clourin hs shot nck opp \Wira FOREGROUND By indigo Iage reds eke more ionced and” (jesatchng Hower dons ston he st ‘Rings Tspati ue unatesce TOP: Wie your naturalistic maybe Boston is werd tying om wewpoutstoxt Iannone Seamer ceateres Secartes ancien Se eareamer, ‘Blo check ihe exosureand Gopi Low ewront compan rom alow vepoint Rebate pk ut sates moss rose ts cle ad proncesa aacory ‘aregune burs inis something speakie Bera sis Poser Paras Pe cena puree Piatra Finalimage omen reer peered Pe eta Peete press pe coyTHEIDEALCOMPANION FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS SP THE PHOTOGRAPHERS’ GUIDE TO POM EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ENHANCE Dole SBE Y.NE PHOTOS TODAY! Toorder direct call 08448440053 Alternatively visit ww w.magbooks.com for printand digital editions MaIntroduction | 17 nN The Basics # PERFECT EXPOSURES DIGITAL SLRS HAVE EXTREMELY ACCURATE, mult-zone metering despite their impressive technical specications, make exposures systems, with 3 histogram funetion to help us check accurate exposure, within fairly med parametors~ the aperture ad shutter speed ‘so gelling it raht has never Been easier Hawever, or mere creative combination will be ehceen fr the lave of light inthe scene. Contr, you need to tke things into your enn hands perfectly-expoved shy results In gloomy shadows; detail in the shadows Te basic problem i that 2s we gaze at a beautiful landscape cur results n'a Bumed-out sk. We need to help our camera to expose the ces adjust constarily to resto dealin the highlights and the ‘ight pat the seene, ox find the nght balance. The following expert shadows. Our pupils open and close according tothe level cf light _techniques will help you capture perfect exposures by knowing what ‘and our optic horve ha impressive range and latitude. Our cameras, types of soenes Causes proDlams and what action yOU' ead fo Take, pec aie) lesa sala eet Perea eee men ete eT Seer ed.3 | Exposure 2)Gettingtherightexposure Mark Bouer was looking fe 2 ‘lent view song to the raveyardin the viage Having found a composton based around one othe xpos. Mark ep 1) "This is what the camera's mltizane ‘meter came up with, without the aid of any filtration. The scene is very contrast. and the camera has struggled fo capture al the tonal information’ 2) "Spot meter reaings from the base of the cross and the sky revealed a diflerence in brightness of about 4¥2 stops, Setting an exposure forthe ld, ted 9 OND grad fier (thee stops) and pulled it down Below the level ofthe horizon tothe edge ofthe darkest shacow area atthe bottom of the frame. used a soft grad, so that woulde’t fut inta the ross Bk there floss of etal in the brighter parts ofthe sky so reduced exposure by tworthirds ofa Stop and veshol 3) “The result is ‘exposed tothe right (see ‘ver the page) as far as possible without Epping the highlights ~ the histogram shows there ae til dark tones, but also plenty of information inthe top section, and crucially, no ‘lipped shadows. 4A straight conversion of the Raw fle looks dul the picture lacks contrast For the final version, ve brought the exposure down Slightly and added more contrast. especially inthe shadows, to recreate the crama of the orginal scene. ve also tweaked the white balance to add warmth and increased "sturation foo. 5) “For comparison purposes, also took 2 Shot underexposed by one slop. This leaves the shadows muddy and lacking in tal, which is very apparent in the cop Es Soran, for. and oso Siar ee deta20 | Exposure 4) Histograms: Anaidtocheckingexposure ‘THE BASICS In basic tors, afistogram isa two-dimensional ero miblng a range of mauntan peaks, tht op st came right appa que open a cr 5 mpl bread Tey ate essed ‘ior dita! SLR photographers tring to achieve Corsten correct expasires in mera ard assessaig exposure than looking at ages youve laken on the LCD syn the Fabt of regularly revewirg your nage ns Buide you wil soon fee conden WHATIS AHISTOGRAM?& size) 2 sul event lan reg xs nooates the pilus ete from pure back (0, ett) to pure wnt (225 fr right) ny pels have that particular vale Look ot an trage's histogram, eis made up et predominant) ight ark or i ones. four and toro the ejecta stogram tuber of pas (ora Shp ped at ther cee an a frposure Fr exampla a stop with a large umber of Back sees (grouped Sgries unde tal wilbe bseured pauls goued ote. ogamaraly wiates an mage w Frage rghit 1 chp are ts detalisererevcbie, A pr Inthe middie and no (er aw) black or ote piel nseates an rage lack contrast ‘Temajoly of SLRS are designed wih playback function inonn ashe nights sereen’“Wnist Fistograms prea graphic ilustabon ofan ‘SO WHAT SHOULD A HISTOGRAM LOOK LIKE? 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We cover the basics you need to get started, THE MAINDIFFERENCE BETWEEN a Raw file and a JPEG is that when you shoct in aw forma, the images recorded on your cameras memory card consist ofthe aw Gata ror the enor Nothing s added token anny or changed. f you sboot in JPEG, the camera recor allthe raw cata then dvelope thee inveamera: applying pre-el parameters to White Halanee sharpening and custom camera slyles ete, deleting ary unnecessary information nd then eran remaining raw ba ae wel In film errs, aRaw les abit ikea negative whereas a JPEG i similar toa colour alice Sides are corwenet because Hey come back from the processing lab nished andready to view. The sare canbe Said for PEGS, which are supposedly ready to print straight rom the Cammora However this corworience means that youneed to get everything ight in-camera, so there's less room for eror Negatives are more time-consuming than sides 2s you needto develop thern how you se fitinthe darkrocen, butare much more vesatie wit more latitude foreroe Raw fles are the sare They aways require processing using sutable software belore they're considered fished, but this allows you tomake charges toenhance the images and correct in-camera mistakes. The key parameters you can contol in Raw are: Colour temperature can be aciusted to get id of urwanted casts orto change the moodot an mage. Triscanbe done wih JPEGs in Photoshop, butnot with the same precision Expeaure can be corrected or adustestor creative reasons - without compromsing image quality, Whereas ifyourake PES lighter o darker image quality willbe affected Youcanalso optimise image quality by verexposing Faw fies in sarmera to jst before the highlights become blown as shadow deta Isincreased ancl the effect of neiemredlaced The exposure canthenbe ‘pulled back wile processing the Raw fle This nly possible Because the Raw ie contains more cata than younced, whereas JPEGis already Compressed so spare’ datahias been deleted ifyou do accidentally overexpose a Raw fie so thefighlghtsbiow out’ you can recover deta uring processing. This srt possible with JPEGS, so blonn highlights appear white andit Troubleshooting @ cari open the Raw les from my new DSLR? ‘That's because camera marutactuers Heep chang Raw fileforrats a8 hey launch new cameras, Adobe release regular upgrades for ‘Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) for new cameras. Yyouty to darken them they simply eey. ‘Sharpeing ean be appbes usingthe sharpening tots n Raw le processing software crwa thir party applications. JPEGs, however, Sreaready sharpenedso extra workmust be ‘done carefully s0 not o spollthe mages. fy changes you make to Raw tere non-destructive bocause when t's converted to, {nly 2 TF fle he orginal Raw erage Femains unchanged. This maans you can return {othe same Rafe nthe hte toprocess ‘gain. 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Wal sie from spending more test your computer processing fils, there arent mary ‘And if you gt as much right in carmeraas you ‘an, a Raw filecan be processed in arate of ‘seconds, Raw hls are around four tines bigger interms of megabytesthan JPEG so take up more storage space Homever memory cards Endesternal hard deves are cheap these soifyou ve spent afortine on your DSLR, its false economy to chocse an image format Simply to saveon Storage space Bigger mage {les aso mean your OSLR’s bute wil fil up faster tyoushocrin Raw. 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