Topaz Sharpen AI is an amazing piece of software. It can take out of focus images, images with motion blur, images taken with soft lenses, and image that are soft with atmospheric haze and it makes them sharp. In this image of Middle North Falls in Oregon’s Silver Falls State Park, I needed focus on […]
I’ve decided to change my workflow thanks to the new RAW model in Topaz Labs’ DeNoise AI 3.3.
I’ve written about hyperfocal focusing before, here and here. Briefly, hyperfocal focusing is a technique used in wide angle landscape photography to maximize the apparent focus from the closest object in the foreground to the most distant. Using a high f-stop number like f/16 or f/22, focus at a specific point (determined by a number […]
Last year during our Aurora tour, John Barclay introduced us to Topaz products. I was pretty impressed by them. One of them was their Clear AI (Artificial Intelligence). Topaz has since replaced Clear AI and their old DeNoise plug-in with DeNoise AI, some of you may already be using it. The reviews I read were […]
Situation: Photographing a scene with ferns in the foreground and a waterfall in the background. Slight breeze causes ferns to move. Needs: Depth of field from the foreground to the background. Silky waterfall. Sharp foreground. Problem: Silky waterfall requires long shutter speed ( 1/4 second or longer). Moving ferns require a fast shutter speed (1/30, […]
Changing the default camera calibration the Lightroom uses can make a world of difference to your pictures
Using field techniques and digital imaging techniques to maximize depth of field
High quality magnetic photo filters that will change your photographic life!
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Awesome plug-ins to reduce noise, sharpen, and resize images. Affiliate link!
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