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1500 Mpix in one image!!! This shot was taken at the end of the 4 day, 42km walk along the Inca Trail carrying over 10kg of camera equipment for the primary purpose of taking this photo! Machu Picchu is a beautiful place and it makes inspiration to many photographers but Scott Howard is special. He decided to merge 404 images taken on this unique place into one 1500 Mpix image. You can see results HERE.

Short info:

Total Resolution - 1500 MegaPixels (approx 60,000 x 26,000 pixels)
Camera Used - Canon 10D, Canon 100-400L lens
Total Photos Used - 404 (95% at 400mm, 5% at 100mm)
Time to take Photos - 65 minutes
Software Used to Create Image - Autopano Pro using SmartBlend
Time to Render Image - Approx 11 hours Final Image Size - 13.5 GB!
Web Viewer Software - Zoomify, with 31,805 demand-loaded images

If you like this image you can see his 720Mpix image “Sydney by night”.

Once again, here is the link. - http://www.docbert.org/MP

Adding description and keywords is almost the science. How many keywords, in which order, what synonyms etc… This is the most popular questions on microstock forums. Next article will help you to learn basic things about description and keywords.

Description

Good description is very important. If you enter a wrong description, reviewer will probably reject your image. Good idea is to provide a verbal description of the image, subject, location and any interesting or valuable information. It should be short, but long enough to describe all you need to say to potential buyer. If you have clipping path included, you can add, “Clipping path included” in your description field. It will help you to make better results and improve you sales. (Read the article)

November 13th 2006 | Posted in Cool tutorials | Comments(1)

This new digital SLR camera combines 10.2 effective megapixels with a host of advanced technologies — including the PENTAX-original Shake Reduction (SR) system — to deliver high-quality digital SLR photography and responsive operations to advanced amateurs and experienced hobbyists.

Developed as the result of PENTAX’s pursuit of higher-quality, finer-resolution digital images, the K10D combines 10.2 effective megapixels with an array of advanced features and a series of improvements at every stage of digital SLR photography. PENTAX believes that, while some of these technologies and improvements may not be actually reflected in the product’s specifications, they do make a significant difference in the final images. Important features include the PENTAX-developed Shake Reduction (SR) system to minimize the adverse effects of camera shake, a newly developed A/D converter designed to convert a large volume of data more faithfully and swiftly, and a new high-performance imaging engine designed exclusively for the K10D.

(Read the article)

I found this interesting action on internet. Here are the details.

You could win a fantastic HP B9180 printer in our great competition that’s free to enter and open to all, no matter where you live in the world!

HP has been breaking new ground with their latest range of professional printers. The printers use HP’s new Vivera Pigment inks that guarantee a print life of 200 years when used with HP media.
The new HP Photosmart Pro B9180—HP’s professional pigment ink photo printer—delivers precise, long-lasting colours with HP Vivera pigment inks and HP Scalable Printing Technology. This printer is the ideal solution for professional and advanced amateur photographers, creative and graphics professionals. The HP Photosmart Pro will produce gallery-quality colour and black-and-white photographs and fine art prints on a wide range of media types, thickness, and sizes up to A3+

To enter the competition, all you have to do is supply us with an image that you think will stand the test of time and be be of interest to someone in 200 years time. The subject matter can be almost anything, from everyday life to global warming, changing city sky-lines to endangered species.

The closing date for the competition will be 6 January 2007.

Rules:

1. The picture must be an original work by the entrant
2. Winning picture must not have won any other major competition
3. Entries must indicate if the picture has been digitally manipulated
4. Up to three images can be submitted
5. Pictures should have a short description as to why you think they will be of interest to someone in 200 years time.
6. Original image file should be a minimum of 2000 pixels on the largest edge
7. Entries should be submitted as a JPEG by email to digitographer@aol.com
8. To avoid our spam filter please mark your email subject matter as HP B9180 competition
9. We do not require the full resolution file at this stage, the largest dimension for submissions should be no greater than 500 pixels.
10. A gallery of photographs will be published on photo-I
11. By entering the competition, the entrant agrees to the images being featured on photo-I.
12. The copyright remains with the photographer.
13. Entries received after the closing date will not be eligible.
14. The competition will be judged by an independent person
15. The first prize will be the HP Photosmart Pro B9180 printer, there is no cash alternative
16. The judges decision will be final.

Please embed your name and email address and other details into the picture ITPC info file.

From Photoshop and Photoshop Elements select
File > File Info and then enter your name and email address.

From Paint Shop Pro X and XI select
Image > Image Information and select the Creator Information tab - then enter your name and email address.

Most imaging applications have some form of embedding IPTC information

source photo-i.co.uk

Welcome to our Anniversary Quiz. We would like to celebrate Victor’s birthday by giving you the chance to win lots of great Hasselblad gear. Meet Peter, who will be your colleague in the quiz - he’ll tell you more about what you need to do in order to have a chance to win.

Link http://anniversary.hasselblad.com/

Sometimes the most subtle differences in the way you process an image using photoshop can have some dramatic affects on the final image. Here is another saturation technique that allows you more control, and uses the LAB mode once again.

We’re going to take this image of an old 1860’s manure spreader and make a subtle change to the grass and sky to add more depth and contrast. (Read the article)

Lately while riding my bike, I find myself attracted to the colors around me, and almost feel moved by the diverse hues, shapes, and colors in the county town I live in. With my trigger finger on my camera’s shutter button, firing away in machine gun fashion, shooting up the neighborhood. So the question is: How come the colors in my processed image don’t look as “vibrant” as they did when I made the shot?

The answer lies beyond the scope of this article, but perhaps I can help.
So here’s an image I took of my neighbors cabin door. (left) I swear, it was much better looking color wise when I took the image! So how did I improve the saturation in two (2) easy steps to get the image you see below? Simple Photoshop’s ”Apply Image”!! (Read the article)

As you can see, tutorial section has been improved with Robert Mizerek (known as “Miz”) tutorials. Here is small info and post with his own comment about himself.

If I have anything positive to say about myself it has to be “I’m motivated.” I have been a graphic designer since 1997. A photographer since 2003, and a graduate of the State University at Farmingdale, NY in 1971; with a degree in graphic arts and advertising. I am a member of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals.)

I shoot with Canon equipment exclusively. I have two cameras 1Ds Mark II and a Rebel 350D. I use only L series lenses on my cameras, and use only the best and finest peripheral photo equipment.

I started shooting for stock photography 2005, and discovered that my passion for Photoshop was a perfect marriage with digital photography. I started devoting 10 to 15 hours a day learning techniques to help my digital imaging in conjunction with Photoshop. I currently upload my images to four microstock web sites, and have nearly 2000 images uploaded. I like to concentrate on the business, technology, and concept themes when designing, and shooting images. Almost my entire portfolio is a collection of “hybrid” images; Graphics mixed with photographs.

Thank you Robert for your tutorials. I recommend visiting microstockpix forum. It is very nice place for all “stockers”.

http://microstockpix.com/smf/

If your not shooting a million shots in one session you might consider shooting RAW if your not doing so already. RAW offers you the equivalent of film based cameras “negative”. RAW has so many advantages over shooting just JPG, and just one disadvantage. I might modify that statement and replace “disadvantage” with the word “inconvenience”.

So in this article for those who are not familiar with shooting RAW, I’m going to show you how to get the correct exposure for your shot when converting the RAW file to JPG using the Adobe’s RAW dialogue box in PS CS2.
There are many RAW converters on the market, some better than others. I prefer to use Adobe’s, and that’s what I’m using in this article. If you have Adobe, you can follow along with me here. (Read the article)

One of the major advantages to shooting in RAW is we have immediate access to correct for any exposure problems during a shoot. There are times though when we either forget to set the camera settings to RAW, or we just prefer to shoot JPG format. In either case there comes a time when open up an image to process and discover we have taken an under exposed image. (Read the article)

November 09th 2006 | Posted in Cool tutorials | Comments(1)