Historical and modern photos of Russia, Europe and St. Petersburg, tourist & historical places. Travel stories. - Part 42

Travel stories and photos

Petersburg-Bridges - Historical and modern photos of Russia, Europe and St. Petersburg., tourist & historical places. Travel stories.

Русская версия.

SLR and not SLR cameras overview

26 января 2007 — Photo and photography tutorials

First of all, almost all the cameras can be divided into two groups : mirror and not mirror cameras. Mirror (SLR) SLR-Single Lens Reflex – i.e. one-objective mirror. Not especially pressing in technical details – difference of these cameras from going below that you look at object of shooting through an objective of the camera. […]

Golden section in photography

Golden section in photography

26 января 2007 — Photo and photography tutorials

For many centuries, to build a harmonious compositions artists from the “Golden Section”. Golden section – division AC line into two parts so that more than half of the 12th to a lesser AB, as a period of the BC is AB (ie, AB : BC = AC : AB). The ratio is approximately 5:8. […]

Digital photography RAW format

Digital photography RAW format

25 января 2007 — Photo and photography tutorials

Digital cameras typically offer multiple formats save the image : JPEG, TIFF, RAW. The JPEG algorithm uses data compression, which is an irreversible loss of information (which was, incidentally, to a certain level compression these losses almost invisible, but the file size is produced relatively small). TIFF format using compression without loss but the price […]

Cameras and Lenses – A brief description of cameras and lens choice

25 января 2007 — Photo and photography tutorials

35mm fixed lens cameras – Thanks to today’s technology there are many fine “point and shoot” cameras on the market. Compact and lightweight, with auto-focus and auto-exposure they are well suited to travel photography. If possible, use one that has a manual override for the exposure settings. However, be careful of the auto focus. Make […]

Photos of St. Petersburg bridges

Photos of St. Petersburg bridges

1 марта 2006 — History of St. Petersburg bridges — 4 responses

Photos of most beautiful St. Petersburg bridges.