How to Create a Water Reflection in Adobe Photoshop
Water reflections are a popular subject for photographers. But sometimes you just can’t get the best reflection in camera. Adobe Photoshop can create a realistic water reflection image and it’s not that difficult to do. This technique can be used…
How to Create a Displacement Map in Photoshop for Ripples in Water Reflections
A displacement map can be created in Adobe Photoshop to create the effect of ripples in your water reflections. We want the ripples in the reflection to be more pronounced at the bottom of the screen than the ones farther…
Workflow to go from Lightroom to Photoshop and Back and Not Lose Your Layers
Adobe Lightroom Classic is capable of storing the layers you create in Photoshop, you just need to be careful how you save and launch your images. First, I will discuss the different options to edit your files when round tripping…
Why Buy an Olympus OM-D E-M10 as a Backup or Second Camera?
The Olympus OM-D E-M10 is a really good mirrorless camera, but it is on the low end of the OM-D Camera line. So why would I buy an OM-D E-M10 as a second camera? Size and Price. The size of…
How to Incorporate Fall Color in Your Bird Photography
Fall is a great time to get out for bird photography. Spring is known for the big bird migration with a large variety of birds migrating north. But the fall also has a migration as the birds fly back south.…
A Really Quick Way to Create a Mirror Image in Photoshop
I’ve previously published a blog on how to create a mirror image and another blog with before and after examples of mirror images. There are always multiple ways to do things in photoshop and I’ve recently discovered a really quick…
Comparing the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III and E-M1X for Bird Photography
With the OM-D E-M1X and E-M1 Mark III, Olympus has introduced two cameras that when paired with Olympus 300mm f/4 Pro lens are quite capable for bird photography. Both cameras have many of the same features and specs: 20.4 megapixel…
Using Topaz DeNoise AI for Editing your Bird Photographs
Before purchasing Topaz DeNoise AI, I used multiple Photoshop layers and masks to selectively remove noise from the background and sharpen the birds in my photographs. This workflow produced great results but also was very time consuming. Using Topaz DeNoise…
Testing the Raynox DCR-250 Super Macro Lens with the Olympus 60mm and 30mm Macro Lenses
There are not a lot choices for a Micro Four Thirds macro lens with a greater than 1:1 magnification. The Olympus 60mm macro will give you up to a 1:1 magnification and the Olympus 30mm macro gives up to a…
How to Use Custom Mode Settings on your Olympus OM-D Camera for Bird Photography
Several Olympus OM-D cameras have Custom Mode Settings on the Mode Dial on top of the camera. This makes it really easy to switch between different settings in your camera due to changing conditions. See the table at the bottom…
