Guide: how to take your first Startrail and how to process it

Take the first steps in astrophotography may seem difficult and challenging for those who looks for the first time in this discipline but there is a technique of night photography achievable without the need for any special equipment: this is the classic photo of the aftermath of the stars, and you get the 8 mm…

Tutorial: Develop into True Tones HDR with Photomatix (win/mac software)

In this tutorial I will provide what I think is one of the most important concepts to successfully run your own HDR photography in True Tones, using the function Details Enhancer Tone Mapping, standards, building on the common mistakes on key triggers the software under development. To continue reading this guide we ask a contribution…

True Tones-High Dynamic Range in photography (TT-HDR)

In this blog I have often written of color balance, vital both in Astrophotography both in nature photography and just from this I drew the inspiration to write this post. The rush to publish your processed images not check visually that the color balance is correct, for example by making under artificial lights of home…