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Travel Notes: Yerkes Observatory

The Yerkes Observatory is credited as the place where the study of astrophysics began. George Ellery Hale, one of the pioneers of astrophysics, was the leader in the planning and constructing of the 40-inch refracting telescope there. Sometimes, travel is local, or fairly close to home. Yerkes Observatory in Williams

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You don’t have to go far for great photos: Capturing local wonders

As a landscape and nature photographer, I enjoy traveling to new locations and exploring unfamiliar territory. I am always in search of interesting scenes, compositions and light. Living near Denver, CO provides me with great mountain photo opportunities within an hour or two drive. There are also plenty of beautiful

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Selective sharpening in Lightroom

Sharpening helps your picture have a little more punch and can allow details to pop and draw attention. If you sharpen the entire image, however, you’ll end up with visible details, called artifacts, in places where there aren’t details, like a blue sky. To avoid creating these artifacts, you can

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Instant Replay: Local Adjustment Tools with Glyn Dewis

Glyn Dewis joined Rob Sylvan and Levi Sim help you learn to master local adjustments. Global adjustments (changes that affect the entire photograph) in Lightroom are terrific, but learning the local tools will take your photography to the next level, and give you the polished look that master photographers have used

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