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Manual Mode for Bird Photography – Why, When and How-To
Eric Bowles (ericbowles)
Our modern digital cameras offer us many wonderful automatic exposure options. Yet, professional nature photographer, long time Nikonians Moderator and ANPAT Leader Eric Bowles, prefers to use Manual Mode for Bird Photography. Here are the why, when and how-to. Read more...

Exposure variables – Making the most out of your camera
Hal Becker (HBB)
What are the variables involved in determining the exposure in your camera? How are they interrelated? This is explained by Hal Backer (HBB). The firm grasp of the concept is most useful when you want to change from Program (P) Mode to other modes to have control on items such as Depth of Field, amount of Blur, Freezing a subject in motion, and maximizing the Dynamic Range the sensor in your camera is capable, while maintaining a good exposure. Read more...

Pre-flight photographers quick-check
Ernesto Santos (esantos)
We all want to be consistently rewarded with great photos, but, as airplane pilots do, it is always worth it to go down the check list for what we intend to photograph. Ernesto Santos (esantos) has even come up with a how-to acronym, to reduce our chances to forget key items to succeed. Read more...
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