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The Handbook of Bird Photography
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The Handbook of Bird Photography

by Markus Varesvuo, Jari Peltomaki, Bence Mate
April 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
368 pages
9h 3m
English
Rocky Nook
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JARI PELTOMÄKI

EXPOSURE IN BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY

It’s essential to know the selected method of exposure inside out and expose images correctly.

This chapter takes a closer look at exposure basics, and I will also talk about how I expose in different situations. Exposure is all about the amount of light that hits the sensor, which you can control by changing the size of the aperture or the exposure time, or both. For example, if you change the aperture from f/4.0 to f/5.6, or change the exposure time from 1/125 second to 1/250 second, you halve the amount of light that reaches the sensor. The smaller the aperture (which is indicated by a growing number), the greater the depth of field (range of sharpness). Where aperture has an impact on the depth ...

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ISBN: 9781457179570