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Convert A DSLR To Infrared
An infrared image taken with a Canon PowerShot G11 compact camera converted to infrared by Life Pixel. The photo was taken in the Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa. The RAW file was modified for...
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Fade In
With the Canon EF 100-400mm lens set to 200mm and a Singh-Ray Vari-ND filter, a ½-second exposure renders this rock along the California coast sharp, while the water shows movement. This image...
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Better Photography Is A Journey, Not A Destination
I entered this image of a pika in the BBC Photographer of the Year contest (now known as the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition), and it won second place in Animal...
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The Technical Side Of B&W
The colored image of the koi and sparkling highlights was captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Canon EF 24-105mm L IS USM lens. Exposure was 1⁄750 sec. at ƒ/19 to render the highlights on the...
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Luck Favors The Prepared
An iconic African baobab tree provides an anchor for the spinning Earth in this composite of 320 consecutive 30-second exposures. Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm lens at ƒ/4, ISO 400, composite...
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Our Favorite Photo Tools
To maintain a straight composition in a composite panorama, the camera and tripod must be level. This can be assured by using a bubble level for the camera and a leveling base for the tripod legs....
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Speed Up To Slow Down
A rafting adventure on the Arkansas River is the perfect subject for slow-motion video. The fastest shutter speed on my Canon DSLR's video mode is 1⁄4000 sec.—plenty fast to stop the action in each...
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The Colors Of Snow
Snow, ice and a cold stream are all rendered with detail as evidenced by the histogram where there's a slight gap between the right edge and the data graph. Any data touching the right edge has no...
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Make Your Panos Match Up
Wide-Angle Panoramas Q I'm having trouble getting my wide-angle panoramas to stitch together. I'm using 24mm and 17mm wide-angle lenses. What's the trick to get these images to match up? B. Norman...
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Landscapes Are Alive!
This composite panorama of images in Denali National Park & Preserve at dawn is alive because of the content and color. Being at the right place at the right time of day is what brings life to...
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Max Depth Of Field
This Amazon boa was photographed in the studio using a Canon EOS 5D and a Canon EF 180mm ƒ/3.5L macro lens. I quickly took four shots at ƒ/16 and 1⁄60 sec. from a tripod. Each image captured a...
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Give ’Em Some Space
Red-bellied woodpeckers, who nest in tree cavities, are usually safe subjects for photography at nesting season. A Canon EOS-1D Mark III outfitted with a Canon EF 500mm ƒ/4L and 1.4X tele-extender...
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Eagle Eyes
Extreme Outreach. George Lepp used a Canon EOS-1D Mark IV and a Canon EF 800mm ƒ/5.6 lens with both the EF 2X and EF 1.4X tele-extenders attached (2912mm total with the 1.3X crop magnification) to...
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Bending The Rules
Keukenhof Gardens in Holland. Two white mute swans glide into the image as Lepp previsualized it. The composition places the subjects on a vertical line of thirds—not a classic position of the "rule...
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Cross With Purpose
This Article Features Photo Zoom Cross-polarization improves the rendition of this lustrous piece of petrified wood by removing reflections that mask true color and detail. In the first image [above],...
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Deep Focus
This Article Features Photo Zoom Achieving sharpness from the foreground to the distant hills requires several images focused at different zones. Canon EF 28-135mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens at 135mm (for...
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Look Into My Iris
A running sable antelope in Botswana was captured by panning a Canon EOS-1D Mark IV with a 100-400mm ƒ/4.5-5.6L set to 210mm. The shutter speed was 1/350 sec. at ƒ/4.5 and ISO 800. A wide-open...
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Extend Your Range
This Clark's nutcracker was less than 10 feet away from the blind where Lepp was photographing with a Canon EOS-1D X attached to an EF 500mm ƒ/4L lens and an EF 1.4X tele-extender. In order to...
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A Rose By Any Other Name...
An in-camera composite of nine images of different roses in order to compose a design-oriented image. Canon EOS 5D Mark III set to 1⁄350 sec. and ƒ/8, ISO 400, Canon EF 100mm macro Many Images, One...
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True Teamwork
One fine fall afternoon in the Chicago Botanic Garden, George and Kathryn Lepp were photographing, he with an infrared camera and she with her Canon EOS 5D. George passed by this scene of willows...
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