Extend The Canvas To Create A Better Composition

If I wind up with a crop that's too tight or if I need to provide a bit of ‘breathing room’ for a subject, I sometimes extend the canvas so the composition feels better.

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How You See It

Binoculars, blue skies and winter projects.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Theodore Roosevelt National Park features a unique landscape of channeled cliffs, gullies, hoodoos, caprocks, wind-swept prairie grasses and dome-shaped hills

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Pentax K-1: The Perfect Astro Camera?

Capturing an accurate (and beautiful) view of the heavens is the goal of the astro-photographer, but for the shooter looking to capture the majesty of the Milky Way without star trails, it’s often necessary to turn to expensive pieces of hardware called star trackers.