PicPick – the best screen capture application for Windows

PicPick effects

This article is aimed at the recommendation and substantial guideline for apparently the best screenshot application available on the market, which is the PicPick application. Probably you have been wondering how can I create arrows or some weird elements in my screenshots from time to time. All of them have a common source – the … Read more

RAW image noise removal with the OpenSource image processing tools

RAW photo denoise various softwares

Noise is a ubiquitous feature for all images, which we take.  It’s expressed by random speckles present on our image, which we can compare to the film grain for analog cameras. Unfortunately, noise can seriously deteriorate the quality of our image. It is only one side, where the noise can play a positive role – … Read more

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flight images procesing

Boeing dreamliner image postprocessing

In this short post, I would like to show you a way how to relatively quickly process the images, taken through the Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 window. Initially, an issue sounds very silly, although knowing the cabin crew policy during your flight you can be really disappointed when you want to take some pictures outside of … Read more

Horizontal visibility as the main factor of long-distance observations, part 2 – contrast, human perception and weather forecast

Bryce Canyon horizontal visibility

In the 1st part of this article, I have explained the relationship between visibility and weather conditions as well as an astronomical factor and light scattering issue. Now I would like to explain the contrast phenomena and human eye perception of the view, which are also integral elements of long-distance observations. Recently the contrast issue … Read more

Xiaomi Mi 8 128GB (Global version) photo facilities, part 5 – photo & image retouch and summary

This part of such a long article about photography and movie facilities in Xiaomi Mi 8 6GB 128GB (Global version) is the last one. This is the time to summarize all the stuff, which has been raised last month. I used to show you gradually all imaging functions one by one from the most typical … Read more

Remote observation of the total lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse 2018

Since I bought the DSLR camera I dreamt about the total lunar eclipse observation. I wanted to repeat my observation scheme on different, much better equipment. Recently I observed the total lunar eclipse in 2015 with a compact camera only. Therefore the total lunar eclipse occurring on Friday evening 27th of July 2018 was a … Read more

The quickest way to dehaze your photo for long distance observation purposes

IrfanView image dehave Mickleton UK

The basic way to remove the haze and color casts in your picture in open-source software is by using Gimp. This program can trivially easily do it for you, however, you must spend up to a few minutes adjusting your color preferences. Basically, the Gimp software is perfect for people, who want to enhance the … Read more

How to make your place bright, when is completely dark?

Previously I wrote about night photography in the Nikon D5300, where I mentioned ISO sensitivity, long-time exposure, and exposure compensation. The Nikon D5300 gives you many options with exposure. Basically, you can take photos with 30sec time exposure, however, the camera is equipped with the Bulb mode, which allows you to make much longer exposures. … Read more

Nikon D5300 test 4 – The night photography facilities

Nikon D5300 at night

In one of the last tests of my camera, I would like to share with you the night photography possibilities in this tool. Night photography is very important especially during the time, when you are on a trip or you are facing some curious situation (e.g. weather, sport, etc), which is difficult to capture because … Read more