Archive for Nature and Wildlife Photography
Featured Photographer: Bernard Pieterse
Bernard Pieterse and his friend Herly Greeff did a photography course with me just about a year back. He was barely 15 years old at the time. Over the past year we got used to amazing images by this talented young photographer. Bernard recently won the Visual School’s award for “Upcoming Photographer of the Year”. [...]
Read moreShot of the Year 2011
We got to Photo Critic’s first Shot of the Year Competition. The winning shot went to Pietman Muller with his image “Klikbek”. This was really an outstanding shot; a once in a lifetime moment captured by him. Elsje Wiid, one of the five judges, wrote, “Incomparable moment! There is a great amount of different [...]
Read moreShot of the Month: May 2011
May month’s Photo Critic photography competition goes to Pietman Muller for his image “Klikbek”. This image wins him a free one (1) day workshop. View Pietman’s image on Photo Critic by clicking HERE… Photographer’s Comments… The Shingwedzi area in the Kruger National Park is home to lots of Squirrels that like the many hollows [...]
Read morePonta Do Ouro Seascapes, Colour or Black & White?
With my recent trip to Ponta Do Ouro in Mozambique, I shot most of the images, using my camera’s Auto Exposure Bracketing. Additionally, I used a * ND Grad filter (Neutral Density Graduated Filter) to darken the skies and keep the foreground bright. The result was pretty dramatic skies with detailed foregrounds. Afterwards, in the [...]
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