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| Here you will find articles and editorials on a variety of subject including watershed health, site histories, politics, GIS and GPS technology, Impressions, memories and more. | ||
| General Articles | ||
| The New York City Waterfalls |
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90 to 100 foot waterfalls in New York City? Coming summer 2008. Get up to date information on this extraordinary art exhibition. |
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Some safety tips for exploring streams and waterfalls. | |
| What you need to know about trespassing | - | Many of the areas we would want to explore are on private property. Much of this land isn't marked. Be careful and do the research before you head out. Here's out interpretation of the trespass law in New York State. |
| Photography | ||
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The first of a series, this guide will help the novice camera user take better photos of not only waterfalls, but anything in general. Future articles will concentrate on more technical areas of waterscape photography including advanced shooting and PhotoShop techniques. | |
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Photographing Waterfalls: An Intermediate Guide: Photographic Filters |
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The second in a series, this guide will help the intermediate camera user take advantage of photographic filters to achieve better photos of waterfalls and waterscapes. |
| How to Take Sharper Pictures |
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Not getting the results you’d like out of your camera? Are your photos soft and lack the crisp details you’d expect for the money you paid? Here’s a guide to getting crisper, sharper photos from your camera. For the beginner and advanced user. |
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| PhotoShop Tutorials | ||
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The first of a series, this tutorial will help you learn how to use the Levels function of your favorite editing tool to correct the white and black levels of your photo. | |
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The second of a series, this tutorial will teach you how to use contrast masking to give your images and even tone, more detail and better contrast. | |
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The third in a series, this tutorial will teach you how to take advantage of Adjustment Layers in recent versions of Photoshop to enhance your photos with more precise control. | |
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Some tips on enhancing dull and off-color foliage in your landscape shots. Also an easy technique to shift the color of leaves in your photos. | |
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A great way to realistically fill in the blown out skies in photos, caused by overexposure. Learn how to fill in the sky with realistic blue tones and cloud-cover. | |
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Great for softening scenic photos as well as portraits, this quick and easy soft focus method will preserve more sharpness and give you more control than standard blur methods. | |
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Finished touching up and image, but it still looks kind of dull? Boost the contrast and increase the vividness by brightening the highlights of your image to give it visual pop! | |
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This classic sharpening method gives you excellent detail retention and superb control for getting your images sharp for screen and print output. | |
