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Soft Focus: this simple technique can take much time to master, but can be experimented with simply and cheaply, either with photo excising software or using standard fi1m techniques; and can lead to impressive results.
But let’s start by clearing what I mean by soft focus: Soft focus is the effect by which the edges of [...]

In this week of “photo critique” I received more wonderful images. Let’s see them.
Sky reflection by Guillaume Lagace

Technical Aspects
There is a good sharpness that fits the transparency of the calm water. The blue color looks very natural. Some details over the rocks are visible and the contrast is good. About the composition, the image is [...]

On March 13, EarthShots.org’s reached 500th photo of the day!
Looking back through Earth Shots’ first 500 photos, you can’t fail but be amazed by the sheer variety and quality of images we have featured – we have all the brilliant photographers to thank for that! We would also like to thank our loyal commenters who [...]

I received (from Mark via email) a nice video tutorial on the workflow and editing that can be used to create moody and melodramatic monochromes well suited to architectural and urban photography.
Clcik here to watch the tutorial
Tools used by Mark in this video:
* RAW conversion software,(Pixmantec’s Rawshooter Essentials 2006)
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For US citizens I found an interesting contest with really nice prises:The Rainforest Alliance Picture Sustainability. The winner will not only win a Fujifilm Finepix S100fs 11.1MP Digital Camera with 14.3x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Optical Zoom, but also a trip for two (2) to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands and a wildlife photography [...]

In this week of “photo critique” I received more wonderful images. Let’s see them.
Boredom by Alex Watson

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Unfortunately, in this photograph, the subject is not well focused. There is also a high lack of contrast. This kind of shot would have been better with a stronger lateral light and a black background.
Visual Aesthetics
The image [...]

Have you not yet found out how to process your image? Do you want to know what can you do to improve your pictures in Photoshop Lightroom? Have you just purchesed Photoshop Lightroom and you want a quick tutorial to go thru the functions of this software? Then this video is the start point for [...]

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In this first week of “photo critique” I received more wonderful images. Let’s see a part of them, and the others next week.
Ieva Miltiņa

Technical Aspects
Technically, this image has some problems. The most obvious one is the overexposure. It seems to be a very bright sun in that day, and one step underexposure would have [...]