Contents

Part 1a: General Photography



Basic camera settings, lighting, composition, subject, action to nightscape photography

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Part 1a: General Photography Basic Camera Settings for Photography

Does Gear Matter in Photography?

My Gear List for Photography

A Very Portable Astrophotography, Landscape and Wildlife Photography Setup

Lighting, Composition, Subject Lighting Part 1: Introduction Lighting Part 2: Types of Lighting Lighting Part 3: The Angle of Light: Phase Angle Basics Lighting Part 4: The Angle of Light: Phase Angle, Advanced Lighting Part 5: How to Determine Phase Angle in the Field Lighting Part 6: The Directionality of Light; Soft versus Harsh Light and Color of Light Composition Part 1: Introduction Subject Part 1: Introduction Learning to See

Action Photography: Tracking a Moving Subject with Digital Cameras Wildlife Action Photography: Autofocus Tracking with Digital Cameras Understanding DSLR Autofocus (Phase Detect Autofocus) Autofocus Speed of DSLRs and Telephoto Lenses

Night and Low Light Photography 001) ETHICS in Night Photography 002) Beginning Astrophotography: Star Trails to Fixed Tripod Astrophotography 1a) Nightscape Photography with Digital Cameras 1b) Planning Nightscape Photography 1c) Characteristics of Best Digital Cameras and Lenses for Nightscape and Astro Photography 1d) Recommended Digital Cameras and Lenses for Nightscape and Astro Photography 1e) Nightscape Photography In The Field Setup 1f) A Very Portable Astrophotography, Landscape and Wildlife Photography Setup 2a) The Color of the Night Sky 2b) The Color of Stars 2c) The Color of Nebulae and Interstellar Dust in the Night Sky 2d1) Verifying Natural Color in Night Sky Images and Understanding Good Versus Bad Post Processing 2d2) Color Astrophotography and Critics 2e) Verifying Natural Color Astrophotography Image Processing Work Flow with Light Pollution 2f) True Color of the Trapezium in M42, The Great Nebula in Orion 2g) The True Color of the Pleiades Nebulosity 3a1) Nightscape and Astrophotography Image Processing Basic Work Flow 3a2) Night Photography Image Processing Best Settings and Tips 3a3) Astrophotography Post Processing with RawTherapee 3b) Astrophotography Image Processing Using Modern Raw Converters 3c) Astrophotography Image Processing with Light Pollution 3d) Image Processing: Zeros are Valid Image Data 3e) Image Processing: Stacking Methods Compared 3f1) Advanced Image Stretching with the rnc-color-stretch Algorithm 3f2) Messier 8 and 20 Image Stretching with the rnc-color-stretch Algorithm 3f3) Messier 22 + Interstellar Dust Image Stretching with the rnc-color-stretch Algorithm 3f4) Advanced Image Stretching with High Light Pollution and Gradients with the rnc-color-stretch Algorithm 4a) Astrophotography and Focal Length 4b) Astrophotography and Exposure 4c) Aurora Photography 4d) Meteor Photography 4e) Do You Need a Modified Camera For Astrophotography? 4f) How to Photograph the Sun: Sunrise, Sunset, Eclipses 5) Nightscape Photography with a Barn Door Tracking Mount 6a) An Observing Light Standard for Nightscape Photography and Visual Astronomy of the Deep Sky (Lighting and Protecting Your Night Vision) 6b) Color Vision at Night 7a) Night and Low Light Photography with Digital Cameras (Technical) 7b) On-Sensor Dark Current Suppression Technology 7c) Technology advancements for low light long exposure imaging 8a) Software for nightscape and astrophotographers

Mosaics Large Digital Mosaics as a Substitute for Large Format Filma

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Recommended Cameras and My Gear List for Photography Part 1b: Exposure and Digital Cameras: Understanding Exposure

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Low-Light and Astrophotography Signal-to-Noise with a Canon 10D Camera

Surface Brightness of Deep-Sky Objects Measured with a Digital Camera

Saturn with a telephoto lens, March 20, 2004).

Total Lunar Eclipse of November, 2003

Mars 2003

The Moon, Jupiter and Saturn and their satellites with a Canon D60 digital camera and 700 mm focal length lens.

Part 12: Visual Astronomy of the Night Sky. Roger's latest research relevant to viewing through your telescope.

Proposed Observing light standard

Visual Astronomy of the Deep Sky, Table of Contents

Galaxy M51 as a function of magnification as seen through a 12.5-inch telescope: an illustration of the "Optimum Magnified Visual Angle."

Galaxy M51 as a function of telescope aperture.

The Optimum Magnified Visual Angle (OMVA)

A Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects, derived from Appendix E from Visual Astronomy of the Deep Sky.

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Digital Camera Sensor Reviews Digital Camera Sensor Reviews has been moved to http://www.clarkvision.com/reviews/

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Recommended Cameras and My Gear List for Photography Lars Ekdahl's site

http://www.normankoren.com/Tutorials/MTF.html More info on MTF--very detailed--reaches similar conclusions as here.

http://www.ales.litomisky.com/projects/Analog%20versus%20Digital%20Shootout%20(Hasselblad,%2035mm,%20Canon%205D).htm compares Velvia on a Haselblad 6x6cm, to Velvia 35mm film to a Canon 5D 12-megapixel digital camera.