The Art of Nature Photography Maxwell Na?onal Wildlife Refuge 2016

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1 1/1250 sec, f/8, ISO mm Canon 5D3 In Light of Nature Photography Ed MacKerrow inlightofnature.com The Art of Nature Photography Maxwell Na?onal Wildlife Refuge 2016

2 Maxwell NWR Opportuni?es ª Wide open spaces ª Lots of raptors ª Few People 1/2000 sec, f/7, ISO mm Canon 5D3 Challenges Dispersed wildlife Migratory?ming WILD Non-habituated

3 Nature Photography Landscapes & Wildlife

4 Agenda 06:00-06:20 Short Morning Planning Mee?ng 06:30 ~ 08:00 Photograph from Blind 08:00 10:30 Field instruc?on (vehicle based) 10:30-12:00 Break (eat lunch, re-fuel) 12:00-14:00 Classroom lecture (Maxwell NWR HQ) 14:00 ~ 18:00 Field instruc?on (vehicle based)

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6 THE BLIND 1. Enter the blind in the dark, quietly 2. Please use facili?es now 3. It will be VERY COLD 4. See how it goes THE VEHICLE 1. Please stay in the vehicle 2. Camera(s) ready 3. Raptors spook easy THE GEAR 1. Landscapes and Wildlife 2. Extra baderies & cards 3. Tripod (not required) 4. Pack (jacket, gloves, hat, thermos)

7 Lucky Day!

8 ONE CLICK = ONE STOP (EV) = LIGHT INTENSITY CHANGES BY FACTOR OF TWO RECIPROCITY à (Aperture, Shuder Speed, ISO) à ONE CLICK!

9 ONE CLICK = ONE STOP (EV) = LIGHT INTENSITY CHANGES BY FACTOR OF TWO RECIPROCITY à (Aperture, Shuder Speed, ISO) à ONE CLICK!

10 How do You know the Exposure is Correct when you shoot in Manual Mode? You are in luck! Your Camera Has a Built in Light Meter. Use it in SPOT METERING MODE

11 APERTURE SIZE & SCALE ü Depth of Field ü Sunburst ü Bokeh blur background THE EXPOSURE TRIANGLE Should become second nature Aperture, Speed, ISO are interrelated! Manual mode gives the photographer control SPEED ü Freeze mo?on ü Blur mo?on SHUTTER I S O ISO AMPLIFY ELECTRICAL SIGNAL ü Adds Noise ü Not related to sensi?vity!

12 #2 APERTURE ~ f/6.3 (target distance dependent) #1 > 1 / 1250 sec SHUTTER (MOST IMPORTANT) #3 Whatever I S O ISO 1/2000 sec, f/5.6, ISO 500, 300 mm Peregrine Falcon = FAST!!! Shuder Speed is most important, lock that corner of triangle first

13 #1.5 APERTURE ~ f/8 (BIG BEAR) #1 > 1 / 800 sec SHUTTER (FREEZE WATER DROPS) #3 Whatever I S O ISO 1/1250 sec, f/8, ISO 800, 600 mm Grizzly Bear= BIG and FAST! Shuder Speed to Freeze Mo?on and Aperture to Keep All of Bear in Focus

14 #1 APERTURE > f/16 (infinite DOF) #3 > 1 / 30 sec SHUTTER (ON TRIPOD) 1/160 sec, f/16, ISO 250, 600 mm Keep it low, since I am using tripod I S O ISO #2 Moon and Foreground in Focus Large Depth of Field! Most important to get large DOF

15 #2 APERTURE > f/7.1 (uncertain distance ) #1 > 1 / 1250 sec SHUTTER (MOST IMPORTANT) #3 Whatever I S O ISO 1/1600 sec, f/9, ISO 200, 420 mm Barn Owl Diving into Snow= FAST and Uncertain Distance! Shuder Speed is most important, lock that corner of triangle first

16 APERTURE #1 > f/11 (large DOF) #2 > 1 / 400 sec SHUTTER (STATIONARY BIRD) #3 Whatever Maxwell Hawk with Mountains in ~Focus Aperture very small to get huge DOF I S O ISO 1/320 sec, f/32, ISO 320, 600 mm

17 Exposure and Histogram -- too dark loose detail in shadows -- just right = see detail in shadows and highlights -- too bright blow out whites What does the histogram REALLY MEAN?

18 YOUR FRIEND --- The histogram on your camera LCD. The first thing to look aoer you take an image quickly!

19 EXPOSURE METERING MODES Use Spot Metering Mode Evalua?ve Metering Mode averages exposure over en?re scene, you lose control Move spot around as you look through viewfinder

20 High Dynamic Range Scenes Scenes with very dark and very bright areas Human eye can resolve ~ 20 stops of light (2 20 levels!) The best camera sensors have a dynamic range < 13 stops Solu?on is exposure blending HDR photography is POWERFUL Got a bad rap due to overuse Take Mul?ple Exposures and Combine Later Different shuder speed on each image Sooware does the hard work of combining images Photoma?x Sooware is the standard 12 images combined

21 {0.6s,0.3s,1.3s}, f/22, ISO mm Canon 5D3 12 frame panorama HDR Panorama Large scenes ooen have large dynamic range Minimize movement: Tripod, Live View, 2 sec self-?mer or cable release Panoramas best taken in portrait/ver?cal mode Start leo and move right At least 33% spa?al overlap ( I like 50%) Move fast (light changes, clouds move, wind movement)

22 Sunburst à aperture < f/18 SW New Mexico

23 Exposure Blending Example Shiprock

24 Inten?onal Blur of Background aperture wide open f/4 Snow Goose

25 Exposure Blending to capture High Dynamic Range Scene Denali

26 Post processing examples today 1. Lightroom adjust 2. Denoise ( Dfine) 3. Selec?ve edi?ng (Viveza) 4. HDR (Photoma?x)

27 Recommended Sooware for Post Processing Adobe Crea?ve Cloud Photography Suite (Lightroom (LR) and Photoshop(PS)) $10/month subscrip?on (Jan 2016 price) hdp:// Lightroom for cataloging images and edi?ng them Photoshop for powerful edi?ng, especially using layers Many online tutorials Google NiK plugin suite for LR and PS $149 one?me fee. I use it a lot! ( Jan 2016 price) Dfine for noise reduc?on Viveza for selec?ve edi?ng (regions of the image) Remember to use the Command Key with the radius slider on control points to see what will be affected by the mask. hdps:// Photoma?x Pro for exposure blending and High Dynamic Range imaging $99 for full version (Jan 2016 price) hdp:// Use sparingly / cau?ously Panorama s?tching Can be done in Photoshop More advanced : Kolor Auto Giga Pano sooware hdp://

28 Recommended Apps to Plan your Photography The Photographers Ephemeris (TPE) hdp://photoephemeris.com/ Use this powerful app to plan sunrise/set, moonrise/set, and sun/moon angles Photo Pills Like TPE, but has augmented reality hdp:// DOF Master hdp:// Use this to calculate depth-of-field and hyper-focal distance This has a good visual tutorial on these concepts Stellarium Nice solar system simulator to plan sun/moon, planets, stars. hdp://