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Glenn Randall
Jan 10, 20194 min read
The Science of Glow Light
Arrive before dawn and stay until dusk to capture a rare and beautiful but subtle type of natural light I call glow light.
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Glenn Randall
Nov 30, 20183 min read
The Most Colorful Light You'll Ever See
On only a few occasions during my 27-year career have I witnessed the extraordinarily colorful light I call gap light.
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Glenn Randall
Sep 9, 20183 min read
Reducing Noise in Night Skies using RegiStar Software
The best way I've found for PC users to align stars and reduce noise in night skies is RegiStar software.
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Glenn Randall
Sep 2, 20186 min read
A Review of the iOptron SkyTracker Pro Star-Tracking Camera Mount - Updated
The iOptron SkyTracker Pro camera mount moves your camera in time with the stars so you can make low-noise images with pin-sharp stars.
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Glenn Randall
Jun 20, 20185 min read
The Best Way to Reduce Noise at Night
Use Photoshop's Stack Mode>Median utility to subtract noise in night images, not merely smooth it away, along with valuable image detail.
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Glenn Randall
Apr 4, 20184 min read
My Image Torture Test
Viewing an image as a thumbnail on a white background can help you pick the best density for a print.
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Glenn Randall
Feb 26, 20184 min read
Can Night Photographs Be "Authentic"?
The question of authenticity is easy to answer for daytime images. For night images, it's a lot harder.
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Glenn Randall
Mar 12, 20172 min read
The Exposure Riddle
How can two photographs of the same wall, in the same light, one from 2 feet away, one from 4 feet away, have the same exposure?
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Glenn Randall
Nov 3, 20163 min read
Solving the Panorama Parallax Problem
Does shooting high-quality panoramas require purchasing specialized panorama hardware? The answer is sometimes yes, sometimes no.
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Glenn Randall
Oct 24, 20163 min read
The Rembrandt Solution
Learn to make great images of high-contrast scenes by combining two frames in Photoshop, one exposed for highlights, one exposed for shadows
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Glenn Randall
Jun 17, 20163 min read
Mastering Dramatic Light without HDR
Learn the best metering strategy when making two exposures of high-contrast scenes, one for shadows, one for highlights.
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Glenn Randall
Mar 21, 20164 min read
The Making of Star Trails over Old Faithful
Learn how I solved the many technical challenges I faced when creating Star Trails over Old Faithful.
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Glenn Randall
Feb 10, 20163 min read
The Power of Black & White -- For Color Photographers
Learn why setting a black and white point can dramatically improve your RAW files.
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Glenn Randall
Jul 5, 20155 min read
Lunar Eclipse over Longs Peak: a How-To
Here's how I made my photograph showing the phases of a lunar eclipse over Longs Peak.
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Glenn Randall
Feb 16, 20114 min read
The Curvature of the Twilight Wedge
Does the twilight wedge, Earth's shadow projected on the sky opposite the sun just before sunrise, reveal the curvature of the Earth?
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