Digital photography has forever changed the photography landscape. Has it changed the way we look at landscape photography?

In my gallery and on my website, I sell a photograph of a kangaroo on a beach. I am not the only nature photographer in Australia to have captured such a subject, so it is not a unique occurrence; but it is unusual. As such, many people have never seen such a thing with their own eyes.

Ten years ago, when film was standard, people would often ask “Where were you lucky enough to find a kangaroo on a beach?” Fair question.

Today, someone asked me “Did you superimpose that kangaroo on your computer?” Some people don’t ask; they just assume the photo is a fake. Some even want to argue with me even after I have told them where, when and how the photo was taken. People like to transfer their own limitations onto others. So, if they could not have taken that picture, they assume that nobody could. Therefore (they like to believe) it must be fake.

For nature photographers, being told your photo has been manufactured on a computer is like being accused of fraud.

The kangaroo on the beach is the most commented-on image in my collection, but it is by no means the only photo that invites doubt. These days it seems that any nature photo, if unique and perfectly captured (and isn’t that what we are all striving for?) is automatically an object of suspicion.

We have entered an era when technology has become so advanced, people have begun to doubt their own eyes when it comes to photography. It is true, some amazing things can be done with software, and many photographers find ‘photoshopping’ an image more interesting than taking the photo in the first place. This is a perfectly legitimate pursuit and one that is simply a fact of life in the modern world.

However, problems arise when people start to forget that good photography, and in particular good nature photography, existed long before the digital age. The skills of nature photography are as they have always been. An ability to read the light, to recognise and capture a spectacular sky, to simply know the time of day and the perfect weather to shoot your subject: these are the stock in trade of the nature photographer. Next comes knowledge of the camera and photography theory, along with a practiced sense of balance and composition.

If you get these right (and there are still plenty of photographers out there who can), you simply don’t need to rely on your computer to create a good image. In fact for most nature photographers, the whole point of the pursuit is the joy of capturing a perfect moment using only patience, skill and timing.

Technology is amazing. Using software, you can take the sky from one photo, put it behind the foreground from another photo, and add a few birds flying past for good measure. In the case of my photo, perhaps you could add a kangaroo into your beach photo. The point is, why would you, when there is so much satisfaction in finding that beach, and being there to capture the moment for real.

The truly wonderful thing about nature photography is that it can remind us of all the things we love about nature. It helps us to appreciate what is at stake as environmental issues come to the fore, and often (like my kangaroo on the beach) it allows us to see the natural world from a point of view that we never knew existed. Old school nature photographers like me don’t want you to look at a photo and see only the technology that produced it. They want you to remember what it is we love about nature, and perhaps pause to appreciate the skill and artistry of the photographer.

So the next time you see a great nature photo, show some respect for the patience and skills that went in to capturing that image. And if you aspire to one day do the same, try thinking a little less about your computer and a little more about nature. It can only make you a better photographer.

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Nature Photography has been Andrew Goodall’s passion for over 20 years. He has a successful gallery, and now two top-selling ebooks on the skills of nature photography. Find out more at http://www.naturesimage.com.au

Nowadays, there are lots of websites that are offering the facility of giving free nature wallpapers for the users. There is no need to pay any penny in order to get them. What we need to do is just type nature wallpapers, and there we can get lots of option of Nature Gallery. Though it will take some time initially, but with the passage of time, one gets into the flow to understand them and apply them on their PC.

The pictures are extremely good that one will find online for free of cost that it might be a difficult task to choose one amongst them. In that case if you are not in a condition to decide, you can save that website and can get back to it, whenever needed. There is also an option to download few of them and can change again and again according to your wish. For that purpose you need to click right on the picture you like. A menu will appear where you will Choose “set as wallpaper” and left click on that option. Your work is all done within a short time. Now you can enjoy the facility of nature wallpapers download.

One can get any kind of wallpapers according to the interest. Wallpapers related to the beauties of nature are very common among the youth. One can get these by going to the nature photo gallery. The sites offering this are lovely site to watch as they provide lot of options for choosing the nature photographs to set as a wallpaper.

Also you can choose other kind of wallpapers like butterfly wallpapers and animal wallpapers. These not only look attractive, but are less common also. Waterfalls, rivers, mountains and valleys make us feel good and calm. It changes the state of our mind and take away all the tensions. Thus these pictures help us feel relaxed and rejuvenated. The wallpapers offer us a lot of variety. We are free to choose any of the wallpaper according to our wish. Also the free nature wallpapers provides us a variety of options in terms of shape and size also. We can download these wallpapers totally free of cost and also can send it to our friends and relatives.

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Nature photography as an art form has been around for a long time, but recently it has found respect on the walls of up-market galleries. This is a big change from 20 years ago, when nature photography was only considered worthy of second-rate postcards and calendars.

Over the years, postcards and calendars began to improve in quality as nature photographers with real talent entered the industry. High quality posters of whales, wolves, elephants and spectacular landscapes from around the world were suddenly worthy of framing. Finally nature photography galleries began to appear and, more importantly, turn a profit.

When I opened my gallery in 1993, many people still felt that you could not make a living selling photography; that people would only buy paintings to hang on their walls. These days, new galleries are opening everywhere; some good, some not so good, and a few that have really hit the big time.

All this activity in the world of nature photography has inspired new generations of photographers to look at nature photography as a hobby or possible profession. These new nature photographers grew up in a very different world than the one I come from. Technology that was unimagined back then is now commonplace, and new photographers have more power in their hands than ever before. But what implications does all this technology have for nature photography?

Nature photographers must now decide how much they will allow their photography to be influenced by technology. In earlier days, good nature photography required a very simple approach; find a great subject, in the best possible light, and use your skill with a camera to capture what you saw. Today it is quite a different story. A nature photographer can (if they choose) find a decent subject, photograph it in whatever lighting conditions they happen to find, then go home and completely alter the colours, the contrast, and even the detail of the picture. The result can be an image that owes more to the marvels of technology than to the wonders of nature.

Each to his own. It is not for me to judge the creative decisions of another photographer. But the question that is in the back of your mind right now deserves to be asked; is this nature photography?

Every photographer is entitled to pursue their craft any way they choose. Of course skills with computer software are just as creative as traditional nature photography skills. However, the person who views a photograph deserves to know what they are looking at, especially if that person is a customer prepared to part with their hard-earned money.

I know many photographers get quite defensive on this subject. Camera clubs around the world continue to wrestle with the issue of judging natural photos alongside manipulated photos. Some clubs have tried to divide competition into separate categories, only to find people sneaking their digitally altered photos into the unaltered category for equal recognition. Understandably, ’software photographers’ want their talents to be recognised on the same level as the ‘in-camera photographers’. And so they should, but not in a way that ignores the difference between the two disciplines.

This is not an attempt to denigrate the skills of the software photographers. It just seems to me that the viewer, and in particular the paying customer, deserves to know.

Increasingly the public is becoming suspicious of good photography. Anything that is outstanding or unusual is now assumed to have been altered or manipulated using computer software. In many cases, it probably has. Unfortunately, this suspicion gives little credit to the traditional photographer (and there are still plenty of us out there) who prefer to do the creative work in the field, before they press the shutter, and reproduce what was captured on the day.

You can’t imagine, unless it has happened to you, how frustrating it is to proudly display your best nature photography, only to hear people say ‘These days it’s all done with computers.’

For the record, my photography is as traditional as it can be in the digital age. Software is becoming essential to my work, as I go throught the process of scanning thousands of slides from my years of travel. Not to alter a photo, but to balance the colour and contrast to make sure the printed photograph matches the original slide. It is also an enormous benefit to finally be able to restore images that have been scratched or otherwise damaged by age.

I recognise that the trend towards using software to enhance and alter photos is not only inevitable, but just as legitimate as old fashioned nature photography. However, I continue to encourage people to learn true camera skills as well, so that the use of software to manipulate images is a creative choice, not a remedy for lack of ability. Thankfully, the demand for my ebooks suggests that there are plenty of people out there who feel the same way.

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You’re trying to create a fun project or a poster for a friend, but you need to find duplicate photos. However, you don’t have a lot of time to sort through all of the hundreds of digital files you have stored on your computer. You’re not alone in this problem. The good news is that it’s actually quite simple to find duplicate photos when you have a strong system in place. Here’s what you need to do in order to find duplicate photos the next time the need arises.

Label Them the Right Way

When you’re taking digital photos, you’re not thinking about how many photos you have on the camera or how you will find duplicate photos later. You just want to take ‘enough’ photos so that you have what you need when you need them. But to help you sort through these files later, it will help to label them correctly. One of the easiest ways to label your photos is to create a date system and a main keyword for each photo name in a set. For example, if you took pictures on Halloween, you might create the file name: 10312009 HALLOWEEN. This way, the files are going to be arranged by the time they were taken and they will all have the same file name. This makes for easy searches later.

Think About the Power of Folders

However while labeling each file the same will work when you’re not taking thousands of photos, you might want to be a little more specific if you want to use photos for certain projects. You may want to create folders that signify what kinds of photos you have stored there. For example, when you need to find duplicate photos, you might want to create a folder for nature photos, one for pet photos, etc. This way, you know the general area where a photo might be found, helping you quickly access the photo you want to print and use.

Use Duplicate Photo Finding Software

In addition, you might want to find duplicate photos with photo finding software. Instead, of having to look at file names and folders, this software will begin to look at the content of the photos and then arranges them by this content, showing you where the duplicate photos are. This way, you can delete any duplicate files you don’t need or you can store all of a certain type of photo in one folder for later use.

This sort of software is best for those who have thousands of photos or they know they have similar photos in their collections. The software can do all of the work of finding what you need without taking up a lot of your time.

It’s easy to find duplicate photos quickly when you know what to do – label the files and folders correctly, and call in software reinforcements as needed. Digital photos are terrific, but only if you can find the ones you really need when you need to use them.

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