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This month’s contributors

Charles Glatzer Wildlife photographer Having enjoyed a long

PHOTO ACTIVE

10 things you can shoot, edit and create this month, from historic waterways to woodlands and squirrels

The art of seeing

Benedict Brain examines the tourist gaze and explores why we take ‘travel’ photographs

10 AMAZING AUTUMN PROJECTS TO SHOOT

With summer behind us and winter approaching, autumn is an exciting creative stopgap.

CAPTURE THE COAST

Take advantage of more forgiving sunrise and sunset times for explosive golden hour colour

CREATE A ‘ZOOM’ LANDSCAPE

Focus on colour and abstraction with the fun zoomburst technique for in-camera effects

USE A WINDOW AS A LIGHTBOX

Create stunningly detailed studio-quality macro shots of golden foliage using only natural light

HOW TO CAPTURE MISTY WOODLANDS

Misty mornings are a feature of autumn, bringing a sense of atmospheric calm to complex scenes

EDIT SCENICS IN LIGHTROOM

Transform your raw files into scenic masterpieces in Adobe Lightroom using just six simple steps

FILL THE FRAME

On cloudless mornings, forget the sky and focus on colour and atmosphere

MORE AUTUMN IDEAS TO TRY

Don’t have time to take on one of our big photo projects? These easier options will deliver fantastic results in a flash

Get the knowledge

What’s macro and what isn’t?

Perfect examples of getting in close

Take a fresh look at the world right in front of you

Hardware for getting closer

A few ways to achieve a more magnified view

Pros and cons It’s a small world

Take a walk on the tiny side of life

Camera know-how Using focus bracketing

Hot to control depth of field

Lens tech Close focusing

Minimum focusing or working distance

Shoot macro like a pro

Follow these strategies for successful close-up results

Camera skills Mixing flash with daylight

Adding fill-in flash to soften heavy shadows can make a huge difference

Pro tip Be creative

Always look for something different

Digital Darkroom

Transform your photos with our easy, effective guides

Breathe new life into forgotten photos with Enhance

James Paterson tries out Photoshop’s AI image-enhancing tools to see if they can rescue an old, noisy, heavily-cropped raw file

Newborn black and white

Using the Masking tools in Lightroom, Sean McCormack creates a spectacular B&W newborn baby image that’s fit for a canvas

Spice up autumn

Bold autumnal colours lend themselves to bold editing techniques, says James Abbott

Fix a smile in seconds

Forget about visiting a dentist overseas – PortraitPro 24 means you don’t have to travel to get new teeth, says Wendy Evans

ON1 Photo RAW File management

NEW SERIES: Sean McCormack focuses on the key features of this powerful subscription-free software

Create a landscape-boosting Action

Wendy Evans explains how to give your dull, flat landscape photos an instant glow-up

22 Actions and Presets to boost your photos

THIS MONTH’S BONUS SOFTWARE EXTRAS

Photo Answers

Mystified by monochrome? Getting stressed over the grain slider? Send your technique and camera questions to digitalcamera@futurenet.com

Hotshots

Our showcase of the winning entries from the World Sports Photography Awards 2024

Reader gallery

Digital Camera readers show how they’ve been getting creative, submitting images across a range of genres

Shot of the month

Photojournalist Aaron Gekoski has produced a documentary about animal exploitation

EISA Awards 2024 -2025

The latest photography news from around the globe

‘All-in-one’ Tamron zoom

28-300mm F/4-7.1 Di III VC VXD optic for full-frame and APS-C Sony E mount cameras will ‘cover it all’

Manfrotto adds to Befree tripod range

Advanced AS tripod and GT Pro tripod legs are available in aluminium and carbon fibre

Bristol Photo Festival 2024

Its second edition is themed ‘The World A Wave’ and starts in October

New Peak Design fabric for popular bags

Initially a limited edition collaboration, the Coyote X-Pac colourway is now available on 11 products

Behind the lens

SHERRIE NICKOL Photographer and author of a new monograph www.sherrienickol.com

Scanning ahead…

Paris 2024 was memorable not only for sport, says Jon Devo, but also innovative video tech

KitZone

New gear, buying tips and the world’s toughest tests

Charles Glatzer & Nathan Lee Allen

Niall Hampton speaks to two photographers helping to protect the USA’s Yellowstone National Park

Fujifilm GFX 100S II

£4,999/$4,999 (body only)

Nikkor Z 35mm f/1.4

£649/$597

Sigma 18-50mm F2 .8 DC DN | C

£479/$589

Tamron 17-50mm F4 Di III VXD

£749/$699

Dehancer Film

$199 (Lifetime), $129 (1 year), $89 (6 months), $69 (3 months)

Buyer’s guide

DSLR & MIRRORLESS CAMERAS PLUS: Our best-buy accessories