Free Pluggins from Google

Nik soft ware is now offering all their plugins for free. All seven, Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro, Viveza, HDR Efex Pro, Sharpener Pro, Dfine. These programs bundled probably cost around $350 and now Google is offering them up free. It dosen't get any better than that. Check it out here: Google Nik Collection

Spring Waterfall Workshop 2016

Don't forget about our spring waterfall work shop. Only two openings left. May 11th, hands on waterfall training of seven different types of waterfalls, 10 hour course, lunch and transportation to the waterfalls included. $150 per person. Must have camera with manual adjustments and tripod with you. Contact me if interested at: muth_gary@yahoo.com

What are the Odds?

Redo of a shot I took at Pocono Downs of a driver seriously checking out the odds board before the seventh race.

A Good Finish is Important

This picture of the Dunkirk lighthouse was taken on a overcast day in mid afternoon. The image is dull and lifeless. With good post processing techniques you can find a way to save this image. I used Aurora HDR Pro to bring up the vitality of this image. I then used layers to bring back the sky. Good camera skills are important but if you don't have a clue what to do with your image afterwords then its all for naught. Spend 40% of your time learning good camera technique and the 60% on good post processing skills. Your work will shine.

Fungi Macro

I focus stacked 33 images to capture this tiny mushroom. Shot with Canon Powershot SX50HS. Exposure was iso 80, 1/250th sec. @ f - 8. Raws converted into Tiffs with Adobe Camera Raw. Stacked in Zerene Stacker. Processed with Aurora HDR Pro. Sized for the web in Photoshop CC.

Wrong Side of the Tracks

Interesting thing about this shot is that for your own safety it is illegal to photograph on train property without permissions. So I found it weird that the sidewalk I was on crossed the train tracks with no signal signs or lights to warn of on coming trains. So if you're one of those photogs that think photographing people like seniors or brides on train tracks is great because the rails tend to draw the viewer into the picture and makes great composition, guess what you and your clients are trespassing and could be prosecuted. Shoot responsibly.

Panorama Made Simple

I made three exposures of the Jonathan Hager house making sure I had some over lapping of the scene. 1) Load raw images into Adobe Camera Raw. Don't worry about making any major post processing yet, you just want ACR to make a raw conversion. Select the three images. On the tool bar above go to tools > photoshop > photomerge... 2) Your images will be automatically converted and appear in the photomerge box in photoshop. Select auto layout and click ok. 3) The photos will now be automatically merged together, but may not be even around the edges. Use the crop tool to make a long rectangle format image of your panorama. Now merge the three layers. 4) You are now ready to finish your image any way you choose.