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STRIKING STAG SHOTS

THE APPRENTICE

New projects with video guides

Follow our Canon camera walkthrough guides and Photoshop editing videos

Zoom comp your landscapes

James Paterson combines two different focal lengths with a combination of shooting and Photoshop skills for perfectly balanced compositions

ON LOCATION SHOOT FOR A FOCAL LENGTH BLEND

Set up for a zoom comp by shooting one frame for the foreground, the other for distant details

STEP BY STEP BLEND YOUR FOCAL LENGTH IMAGES

Discover how to use Photoshop to combine two versions of a landscape taken at different zooms

STEP BY STEP BIGGER BACKDROPS

Rework your landscapes by enlarging the background in Photoshop

TOP TIPS HOW TO CAPTURE A VERTICAL PANORAMA

Capture a scene in segments from the ground upwards and merge frames for a vertical pano

Abstract art images with oil and water

Hubble bubble, oil and trouble… Dan Mold cooks up a storm using oil and water to show you how to create colourful abstracts at home

STEP BY STEP HOW TO SHOOT LIQUID DROP SHOTS

Follow our six simple steps to get set up at home and start taking your own colourful photos

Catching the sun

THE MISSION To blend beautiful sunset tones in

THE SETUP GETTING STARTED FOR SUNSETS

The core equipment you need to shoot long-exposure landscape shots

EXPERT TIPS PROFESSIONAL INSIGHT

Two essential pro tips to help you take better long-exposure landscapes

Place any subject in your virtual studio

Jon Adams shows how to swap backgrounds to make studio-quality shots

STEP BY STEP BETTER BACKGROUNDS

Create a cut-out of your chosen shot and change the background for a studio-style result

Automatic skin smoothing

James Paterson explains how Photoshop’s AIpowered Neural Filter enhances portraits for you

Repair and retouch damaged prints

Restore old prints using layer skills in Affinity Photo with James Paterson

PREMJITH NARAYANAN

To satisfy his need for speed, Canon photographer Premjith Narayanan has never missed an F1 race at the Bahrain circuit, as he tells Dan Mold

INSPIRATIONS

STUNNING IMAGERY FROM THE WORLD OF CANON PHOTOGRAPHY

THE BEST CANON EOS CAMERA & LENS SETUPS

Our Canon EOS expert Brian Worley shares five great Canon gear setups and photo skills for better landscape, wildlife, macro, motorsports and portrait photography

The best Canon setup for landscape shots

Shooting with the highest resolution Canon EOS cameras and wide lenses will capture the wealth of detail needed to reproduce your landscapes

The best Canon budget setup for wildlife

Choose a fast, responsive Canon EOS model with highly responsive and advanced tracking and super-fast fps

The best Canon setup for macro

Getting up close and personal requires good resolution so a 32MP APS-C size sensor plus spot AF focus provides precision

The best Canon setup for motorsports

You’ll need outstanding AF to capture high-speed action combined with super-fast electronic shutter modes

The best Canon setup for home portraits

Full-frame Canons will capture cleaner images when using high ISOs and natural light, but lens choice and shooting skills are more important

PHOTOSTORIES

Photo essays from PhotoPlus readers and professional photographers alike

Falling colours

James headed out to shoot a kaleidoscope of colours as autumnal trees turned from green to incredible yellows, reds and browns

GuruShots

We reveal the inspirational winning images from online photo game GuruShots’s ‘Your Magazine Shot’ challenge

BACKISSUES

Catch up on what you’ve missed by buying a recent issue either in print or via digital download

FOCUSPOINT

We’d love to hear your thoughts on the magazine and all things photographic! Email us at photoplus@futurenet.com

CANON SCHOOL

In part 20 of our series: Learn EOS camera techniques to make the most of dark nights while avoiding noise pollution

How to add a starburst effect

Use a small aperture to make streetlights sparkle in your night scenes

Getting sharper results

Keep an eye on shutter speed for night shots

Noise pollution fixes

How to avoid the worst effects of high ISO settings

Bracketing shots to help retain details in shadows

Use your camera’s AEB function to capture a sequence of images that can be combined later

Creative white balance

Get accurate colours or add a cast to highlight mood

School tip Long exp. noise reduction

Cut through the noise created by the build-up of heat

SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Our Canon expert Brian explains how to enhance the contrast of picture edges using Canon’s Digital Photo Professional

EOS S.O.S

Our technical guru is here to help. No Canon conundrum is too big or small. Get in touch today at EOSSOS@futurenet.com

PHOTO FINISH

Printers for photographic output come in many shapes and sizes. Find your perfect match from these best buys with Matthew Richards

CANON PIXMA G650/G620 £255/$329

This dye-based, six-ink Canon MegaTank printer is aimed squarely at high-volume photo printing

CANON PIXMA TS6350/6320 £135/$100

A compact yet capable printer that’s equally good for your work documents and photo prints

CANON PIXMA TS8350/8320 £180/$200

A six-ink printer but it’s not the usual colour palette that you might expect to discover under the hood

CANON PIXMA PRO-200 £449/$599

This A3+/13-inch dye-based photo printer is epic for photo quality output on glossy and lustre papers

CANON IMAGEPROGRAF PRO-300 £699/$899

Canon takes A3+ photo printing to a new level, with its latest imagePROGRAF printer

EPSON ECOTANK ET-8550 £730/$800

This is the upsized A3+ version of Epson’s ET-8500 A4 EcoTank bottle-fed multi-function printer

EPSON EXPRESSION PHOTO XP-970 £235/$300

Go large without piling on the pounds thanks to Epson’s ‘small-in-one’ printer

EPSON SURECOLOR P900 £1,080/$1,249

Supersize your photo prints with Epson’s latest and surprisingly compact A2/17-inch printer

BUYERS’ GUIDE

With prices ranging from a couple of hundred to a few thousand, Canon has an EOS camera to suit everyone, from the complete beginner to most demanding pro…

BUYERS’ GUIDE

With prices ranging from a few hundred to several thousand, Canon has an EOS camera to suit everyone, from the complete beginner to most demanding pro…

BUYERS’ GUIDE

With over 200 lenses we’ve listed for Canon EOS cameras, picking the right one can be tough. Here’s the lowdown!

BUYERS’ GUIDE

Contacts Canon www.canon.co.uk Peleng www.digitaltoyshop.co.uk Samyang www.samyang-lens.co.uk Schneider