Some have said that the most amazing sights
captured only by our eyes and are imprinted only in our minds. Over the years,
people have tried to come up with tools and gadgets that will give us a clear
representation and a sort of memoire of beautiful sights, events or people that
we fortunately witnessed. You may want something that will immortalize the
moment and share the wonder you’ve felt so you took out your camera and tried
to catch it with your lens.
Some photography enthusiasts study photo
enhancement techniques to create even more astonishing effects. While there are
lenses and other gadgets that can be used to achieve photography effects, you
can also try digital applications of different photography effects. Here are
some special effects that you can practice with your camera or through
Photoshop.
Tilt Shift
Tilt shift photography can give you a
beautiful miniature effect of scenery from an optical illusion shot. Basically
the lenses are set to focus on a specific part of scene and blur its top and
bottom or surrounding areas. Hobbyist would love experimenting with tilt shift
photography. For amazing tilt shift photo, choose higher vantage point from
where you will take the picture to achieve miniature effects effortlessly.
Tilt shift lenses can be a bit expensive, but
some digital cameras such as the Canon Ixus models already have that miniature
effect setting. You can also try using Photoshop to achieve the same effects.
Star Trails
Start trail photography is another effect that
caught the curiosity of many. A specific technique actually records a natural
phenomenon of our planet. If you do not know it yet, the Earth moves and spins
in its axis while the stars remain stationary. The indirect movement of the
stars is recorded when you capture several shots in a 30 second exposure and
combine them together digitally. This wonder has fascinated professional
photographers to photography enthusiasts.
If you’d like to experiment with star trails,
you can have better photos using a multiple 30-second exposure than with only a
single exposure at 20 minutes. With the former, digital noise will be lessened
and you don’t have to worry about your battery running empty at the last minute
of exposure. Longer time exposure also heightens the risk of a ruined shot
especially if there are stray headlights beaming into your lenses.
Lomography
Lomo photography or lomography as it is known
today became popular during the 80’s when the Russian Lomo PLC successfully
came out with the LOMO LC-A Camera. Since then, Lomo photograpy became a
favorite photography effect by many. This technique has a noticeable vignette,
strong contrast and twisted colors.
You can find lomography cameras these days
ranging from affordable types to really expensive models, but you can also
create beautiful lomography effects on Photoshop and other photo editing
applications today.
HRD
Another remarkable photography special effect
that has taken the interest of many enthusiasts is the high dynamic range or
HRD photography. With this effect, you can achieve striking images that are
quite colorful. The pictures resemble photos taken with the Fuji Velvia film,
but these days, HDR can be played with and experimented digitally on Photoshop
and other photo editing applications.
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