Innholdsfortegnelse for 11/7/2023 i Amateur Photographer

THE WINNERS of the Mangrove Photography Awards, which raise awareness of the people and wildlife that rely on mangrove forests, have been announced. Soham Bhattacharyya won the top title with his photo of a young Royal Bengal tigress surrounded by her natural mangrove habitat at the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve in India. ‘The solitary figure of the tiger, standing amidst the lush green mangrove forest vegetation, poignantly underscores the isolation it must endure in an ever-shrinking habitat,’ said judge Daisy Gilardini. The contest has six categories – People, Landscape, Underwater, Threats, Wildlife, and Stories (a portfolio category) plus Young Mangrove Photographer of the Year – see all the winners in the World Mangrove Day Gallery at mangroveactionproject.org…

7 daysA week in photography THE RECIPIENTS of the Royal Photographic Society Awards for 2023 have been announced, with veteran US photographer and long-time Leica user Ralph Gibson receiving The RPS Centenary Medal and RPS Honorary Fellowship. Gibson was recognised for his outstanding contribution to the art of photography over more than 50 years. ‘(He) is best known for his fine-art images that explore the surreal visual nature of the subconscious,’ said the RPS. ‘Rather than rewarding a single image, The Awards celebrate the photographers and recipients themselves; highlighting significant achievements, showcasing new and emerging talent and recognising notable contributions from RPS members across a range of categories.’ The Side Gallery and photography archive in Newcastle won the RPS Eastlake Model (previously the RPS Award for Outstanding Service to Photography),…

In part 1 of our round-up of the Nik Collection 6 plug-ins (AP 10 October) we looked at the four ‘corrective’ plug-ins. In this second part we cover its creative plug-ins: Analog Efex, Color Efex, HDR Efex and Silver Efex. These plug-ins offer tools, effects and inspiration for photographers of all types. Analog Efex, for example, doesn’t stop at replicating old film styles and darkroom processes but adds in-camera effects like double exposure, bokeh, borders and more. Color Efex is like a bag full of camera filters and effects which you can use individually or in combination, for a practically limitless range of effects. Silver Efex Pro hardly needs any introduction, since it is one of the best-known and best-loved black & white tools for photographers, while HDR Efex is…

LENS TEST Testbench The RF 24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM is a kit lens option for full-frame Canon EOS R-series cameras. It’s commonly bundled with the EOS RP, EOS R6, and EOS R6 Mark II models, but is also sold separately. Lenses of 24-105mm are popular as more versatile, longer-range standard zooms for full-frame cameras, and most camera makers offer them. In fact, Canon makes two. There is a more expensive and heavier constant-aperture RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens that’s similar to offerings from other camera brands. But the RF 24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM reviewed here is unusual in being a lot lighter and a lot cheaper, at £359. As such, it’s designed for users who want the same focal length range, but don’t want to pay professional-lens…

● £117.49 (1TB), £199.99 (2TB), £362.79 (4TB)● www.samsung.com/uk If you’re looking for external storage, or a fast external drive for recording high-resolution video, then a portable solid-state drive (SSD) may well be the best choice. They’re often smaller than traditional portable hard disk drives (HDDs), definitely faster, and they use less power. Samsung’s Portable SSD T9 is the latest, and possibly one of the fastest SSD drives out there. Samsung’s T-series drives have been around for a long time, and the firm is well known for making high-speed and high-quality drives for use both inside and outside of computers. This latest version has a most stylish-looking, almost carbon fibre, design. There’s also built-in hardware encryption available if needed. Password protection uses AES 256-bit hardware encryption, and is compatible with Windows,…

LEICA has introduced an updated version of its 60MP full-frame rangefinder camera, in the shape of the M11-P. This is the first camera to employ secure metadata that can show when images have been modified, and describe the changes that have been made. It’s compliant with the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), an open-source standard originally developed by Adobe. The Leica Content Credentials feature is enabled by a special, newly added chipset, which means it can’t be retro-fitted to older models via a firmware update Elsewhere, the Leica M11-P is a relatively minor update to the current M11. It gains 256GB of internal memory, compared to 64GB before, and boasts a tougher sapphire glass cover to the rear touchscreen. Cosmetically, Leica’s signature ‘red dot’ logo has been left off in favour…

7 daysA week in photography £45, Bluecoat Press, Flexibound hardcover, 220 pages, ISBN: 9781908457783 Widely considered to be one of the UK’s foremost documentary photographers, Daniel Meadows has seared himself into the consciousness of all those with a passion for the genre. That’s in no small part thanks to the pioneering Free Photographic Omnibus, which toured Britain from 1973-1974 and now reaches its half-century anniversary year. Aged just 21 at the time, Daniel drove over 10,000 miles in a double-decker bus to map the length and breadth of England, photographing a total of 958 people and offering a free print to each of his subjects. Mostly working on instinct, he met a huge array of characters, including chance encounters with the likes of Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant while travelling around…

Technique MOONLIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY After the sun has set and you’ve taken your final image during twilight, packing away and beginning the long trek back to your car is the typical order of events for landscape photographers. But once darkness has set in, depending on the moon phase and how clear the sky is, a whole new view of the world can reveal itself; one where nighttime scenes can be captured in such a way that they look as if they were taken in daylight. The main giveaway that something else is afoot is the stars nestled in the bright blue sky. For this effect to work, you ideally need to shoot on or within a few days of a full moon. However, you can shoot during first quarter or…

Testbench CLASSIC FILM CAMERAS Let’s begin with Nippon Kogaku. In 1959 the Japanese company introduced the Nikon F, a 35mm single lens reflex (SLR) that became so popular so quickly that the manufacturers struggled to keep up with demand. The Nikon F, however, only really appealed to professionals. What was required next was a camera aimed at advanced amateurs. The eventual answer was the Nikkormat, but that wouldn’t be introduced for another six years. An interim model was needed and, with little time or opportunity for the development of such a camera, the company turned to Mamiya for help. The result was a slightly odd, and these days largely unknown, SLR. Nikkorex 35 In 1960, with design input from Nikon and Mamiya, and with assembly undertaken at the Mamiya…

Lenses Interchangeable lenses come in a huge array of types for shooting different kinds of subjects IN GENERAL, the easiest way to expand the kinds of pictures you can take is by buying different types of lenses. For example, telephoto lenses let you zoom in on distant subjects, while macro lenses enable close-ups of small objects. Large-aperture lenses allow you to isolate subjects against blurred backgrounds, or shoot in low light without having to raise the ISO too high. Meanwhile, all-in-one superzooms cover a wide range of subjects, but usually with rather lower optical quality. Lens mounts On the whole, each manufacturer uses its own proprietary lens mount. Notable exceptions are Micro Four Thirds, shared by Olympus and Panasonic, and the full-frame L-mount that’s used by Leica, Panasonic and Sigma.…