Infinite Horizons-The complete Nature & Landscape Photography Guide Kindle Edition

Join professional nature photographer Bryan Maltais on an exhilarating journey into the world of landscape, macro, wildlife, and astro photography. This all-encompassing book is your ultimate guide, starting with basic exposure settings and progressing to advanced techniques. Discover how to transform a regular lens into an ultra-high magnification macro lens, capture razor-sharp images of birds in flight, create dazzling star trails with long exposures, turn roaring waterfalls into silky masterpieces, merge multiple frames into gigantic panoramas, and much more. Alongside captivating stories from the field, you'll gain essential composition knowledge and powerful editing skills in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop. Discover what critical features to look for in digital photography gear to buy once and buy right. Designed to fast-track you from beginner to ace, this guide provides clear, engaging content without the complexity of a physics textbook. With innovative techniques and insights drawn from Bryan's 25+ years of experience shooting and teaching, even seasoned photographers will uncover new ways to capture extraordinary images.Topics covered:Auroras, Comets, Eclipses, Focus Stacking, HDRs & Blends, Grand Landscapes, Abstract Landscapes, Insects, Lightning, Meteor Showers, The Milky Way, Panoramas, Photoshop & Lightroom Editing, Rainbows, Silky Waterfalls, Starbursts, Star Trails, Video, Wildflowers, Wildlife.Chapters:1. Gear—What to Know Before Buying2. Camera Settings3. Depth of Field and Hyperfocal Distance4. Managing Light & Exposure5. Principles of Composition6. The Shooting Environment7. Landscape Photography8. Night Sky Photography9. The Landscape Beneath the Nocturnal Sky10. Wildlife Photography11. Macro Photography12. Shooting Video with your Camera13. Protecting Nature in the Age of Social Media14. Lightroom and Photoshop Read more