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silvanadphotography
- 3 days ago
- 3 min
Hustle It Up
Night photography and ND filters require long exposures. Long exposure images are beautifully silky and visually rich. Clouds become soft...
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silvanadphotography
- Jun 16
- 2 min
Comfort. Friend or Foe?
I think comfort has a dual purpose. It serves to increase confidence in our abilities to accomplish something. It allows us to sharpen...
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silvanadphotography
- Jun 12
- 3 min
Like a Big Pizza Pie
There is something magical about photographing the Moon. It's a perfect subject for a photographer. It's always there. It's always...
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silvanadphotography
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Tripping (over) the Clouds Fantastic
Sometimes you are given lemons. Luckily I love lemonade and tend to make a lot of it. This was a night comprised of a large basket of...
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silvanadphotography
- May 28
- 3 min
Filter Fumble
Photographic filters are fantastic. They alter the light and allow for great photographic creativity.
They are also a pain in the posterior
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silvanadphotography
- May 16
- 3 min
Glimpsed Actualities
Ever wonder if you are missing something when looking at a scene? I'm not talking about missing "the shot".
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silvanadphotography
- May 2
- 3 min
A (Large) Grain of Salt
I've been on my photographic journey for as long as I remember. My earliest memories revolve around holding a camera. It has stalled at...
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silvanadphotography
- Apr 18
- 2 min
Dump the Color
Black & White is a technique worth learning as it pushes you to consider contrast, light, shapes, and texture.
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silvanadphotography
- Apr 4
- 3 min
X-Ray Vision
Infrared allows us to see a great deal in daylight, but it isn’t limited to just daylight or a couple of seasons.
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silvanadphotography
- Mar 20
- 4 min
Time Obsessed
“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” A photograph is a time machine.
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silvanadphotography
- Mar 7
- 3 min
The Infrared Zone
So what is infrared photography and why shoot it? Humans can see only a tiny sliver of the electromagnetic spectrum. IR lets us see more.
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silvanadphotography
- Feb 7
- 3 min
Shaken, not Stirred
I like visiting places repeatedly for the same reason. I always notice something that I completely missed before.
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silvanadphotography
- Jan 2
- 4 min
Kick Starting
You have a DSLR or mirror-less camera sitting somewhere collecting dust. It’s not being used, most likely due to several reasons.
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silvanadphotography
- Dec 21, 2021
- 3 min
Wondrous Winter
I confess I am one of those nuts that love winter. I love everything about it. The snow (oh yasss), the ice, the early sunsets, the color...
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silvanadphotography
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
Capturing December
📷 - Nikon D810 🔘 - Nikon 28-300mm 🎞 - ISO 100 🔘 - f/8 🕒 – 5 seconds December. The month of the year blazes with colorful lights as...
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silvanadphotography
- Oct 8, 2021
- 2 min
to Filter or Not to Filter, that is the Question
📷 - Nikon D850 🔘 - Nikon 24-120mm f/4 @ 38mm 🎞 - ISO 100 🔘 - f/11 🕒 – 30 seconds Benro Master TrueNight filter Night Filters. What...
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silvanadphotography
- Sep 22, 2021
- 1 min
How to get Pin Point Stars
Achieving pin point stars on your Milky Way or astro-landscape photographs.
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silvanadphotography
- May 23, 2021
- 2 min
Make the Photograph with the Gear at Hand (and be Enchanted)
Milky Way. Tis the season of galactic splendor in which my psyche oscillates between euphoria and frustration. Perfect “seeing”...
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silvanadphotography
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
Spring Fever has Sprung
I hope you are doing well and staying healthy! March has come in like a lion! Here in New England, the winds are fiercely howling as I...
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silvanadphotography
- Jan 23, 2021
- 2 min
Winter 2021 – Works in Progress
I hope you are doing well and staying healthy! I’ve been using the constraints of the pandemic to further explore my interest in various...
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