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The second edition of the new regular feature “ShareCropping” is up at the Holy Crop! Blog. ShareCropping is a monthly feature and appears on the second day of each new month. At ShareCropping, the Cropist (that’s me) will take a reader-submitted image* and run it through the cropping mill...
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Who says you have to hold a camera just one or two ways? Same subject-four consecutive shots-four very different looks If you have ever been bored enough to watch a sundial all day you probably have figured out what is different in these four shots. The rose, shot on a cloudy and rainy day was [...]
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Don’t you love two exclamation points in the same sentence? The first victim has been chosen at Holy Crop! for the series ShareCropping. See the crop analysis of Steve Shor’s Bluebells in Brussels. Rikk Flohr © 2010
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Sometimes, either because of deliberate choice, forgetfulness, or the constraints of our camera mode, even us dedicated RAW shooters fire of a JPEG or two. That is what happened here. The full-auto mode of my Canon G10 only shoots JPEG files and I didn’t notice that I had bumped the dial. Grab...
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One Bird, One Office Window, One Week and Six Great Images! In Minnesota, Hummingbird Season is winding down. The migration is beginning. Today, a taste of fall blustered into our region bringing high temperatures in the low 60s and winds in the 40s. I wonder if I will see my little friend at my...
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Two new articles were published at Holy Crop! blog this week. Every try to crop that panorama to fit an 8×10 frame? We will show you how. Part 1: Letterbox or Leave-it-off explores the dilemma of the design that doesn’t fit the store-bought frame. Part 2: Option 6: Magic – Panorama into 8×10...
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The dates for the February tour are set and people are starting to reserve their slots. We have added new stops on the itinerary for 2011 so even if you have come with us before, there will be many new things to see. Ask for a registration packet today! There is still time to have [...]
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One Sunrise-One Location-Many Different Pictures Sometimes, just anchoring on a location and letting light happen is the best way to get several amazing shots. I was shooting in rural North Dakota over the July 4th weekend. Sunrise, being one of my favorite subjects, was one of my targets. The...
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Loyal FGI Readers, here is a recap of recent articles at Rikk’s Holy Crop! blog. Crop In Corel, Go to the Dogs, Anti-crop, Fish-eye and more! New Feature Series: Crop Tools Crop Tools is about my favorite hardware and software tools for all things cropping. This will be a regular series on the Holy Crop...
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Chasing the sunset across the sky can be daunting. It is a race you can never win. I sped down the back roads of western North Dakota in July, my eyes desperately scanning for a suitable foreground element, as the sun receded in defiance. I am going to have to make something from nothing, I [...]
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Sometimes the most useful photographic tool is a simple cloth. The most recent geo-magnetic storms forecast by spaceweather.com had photographers across the northern US eager to capture an aurora that, sadly, failed to materialize for most on August 4th. Waiting for Aurora-Milky Way over the Kettle River...
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A new featured article series at the Holy Crop! Blog I started Crop Shop as a means to give photographers and image editors an insight into my thought processes in use when I am cropping an image. Why do I crop? What do I crop? How many crops do I try? There are many techniques [...]
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Here’s your chance to: Learn presenting from the cream of the presentation world Take a field workshop (read beach) with Rikk Flohr Attend Rikk’s image editing seminar Become a next-level presenter/designer Julie Terberg on Design The Presentation Summit 2010 is just scant months away. Those of you how...
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I have included some of my favorite sunrise images from my last few seasons of photography. Sometimes it is hard to drag myself out of bed-especially in the summer months when sunrise is before five am. I am usually rewarded for my efforts-as you can see below. Besides, I can always nap at noon! ...
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The Second Article in the series Vertical Leap, was published today at the Holy Crop! Blog. In these two articles, I discuss the theory of the Vertical Panorama crop as well as a practical step-by-step thought process on one of my own images. Take a read today: Article: Vertical Leap Article: Vertical...