First, a photo of the day. Since Dan Mitchell mentioned, yesterday, that photographing pelicans along the Pacific coast is one of his wildlife photography obsessions – here’s a brown pelican in flight, along the Pacific. It has nothing to do with what follows, but I hope you enjoy it.
Here’s a list of links that nature photographers (and probably photographers, in general) might find worthwhile. It’s not a complete list, so I’ll add more to it, over time.
PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUE:
Expose right for digital photography
Why focusing and recomposing causes misfocus behind your subject
OTHER GOOD PHOTOGRAPHY-RELATED TUTORIALS:
How to clean stuck-on gunk off of your digital SLR’s sensor
More about how to clean stuck-on gunk off of your digital SLR’s sensor
Using an Ionizer to remove statically charged dust from a sensor –I haven’t tried this.
An explanation of what vignetting is, its causes, and remedies
DIGITAL DARKROOM STUFF:
Dry Creek Photo’s printer profiles
Max Lyons’s Image stacking software
Focus stacking software –I haven’t tried this
An interpolation plug-in comparison
LOCATION CONDITIONS, UPDATES, AND ALERTS:
California Birding Lists Digest
Snow Conditions for California Locations
Home Page of Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve
Autumn foliage updates for the Eastern United States
Maine’s official website for Autumn foliage updates
TEST RESULTS, TESTING TECHNIQUES, AND TOOLS FOR TESTING:
Digital SLR vs. Film comparison
Digital SLR vs. Film dynamic range comparison
Imatest image quality evaluation software
A free utility to test your digital camera for dead pixels and for hot pixels
PHOTOGRAPHY FORUMS AND USER GROUPS:
Open Photography Forums – a good forum that I’m affiliated with
Digital Photography Review’s discussion forums
Fred Miranda’s photography forums
A good YAHOO! user’s group for outdoor photography in California
Another good YAHOO! user’s group for outdoor photography in California
Strobist – a good forum for off-camera, artificial light use
PHOTOGRAPHY GEAR AND SOFTWARE RESOURCES:
Acratech camera support accessories (Note that I have material connections with Acratech, as discussed here.)
Really Right Stuff camera support accessories
Lightsphere flash diffuser
Flip-It! adjustable flash diffuser
OTHER GOOD STUFF:
Photographer’s rights to take pictures in the United States
Stock photo price calculator for the United States
Statement of Reasons Why Professional Photographers Cannot Work For Free
How long of a lens do you need? calculator –scroll down a little to get to it
Canon’s focal length comparison simulation
Stolen Camera Finder – searches the internet for pictures with your stolen camera’s serial number embedded in the metadata
Free online full length publication of William Strunk, Jr.’s The Elements of Style
Breaking “the gigapixel barrier” with stitched digital images
If you have other suggestions of good links to add to this list, please leave them in the comments. I’ll add some of them to the list.
Thanks for reading.
Brown Pelican in Flight (Pelecanus occidentalis), Santa Cruz, California
All pictures and text are © Mike Spinak, unless otherwise noted. All pictures shown are available for purchase as fine art prints, and are available for licensed stock use. Telephone: (831) 325-6917.
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