Amateur Photographer - UK 2019-07-12)

7 days

A week in photography

ONLINE PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Inthisissue

16 Theartof

stayingfocused

Understandinghowyour

AFsystemworksis key

togettingsharpshots,

saysAngelaNicholson

22 Offthewall

AilsaMcWhinnietalksto

threeintrepidsoulswho

haveopenedtheirown

photographygalleries

34 Blurringthe

boundaries

JoStephencreates

beautifulandethereal

images– sheexplains

howshedoesit

38 EISAMaestroUK

Thewinningphotosofthe

2019 EISAUKcompetition

40 Presentyour

photos

PrintexpertsWhiteWall

offertoptipsonshowing

offyourimages

42 APOYRound 5

Round5:SmallWorlds

is allabouttheclose-up.

Whynotgiveit a try?

44 ThespectacularS

EdmondTerakopiantests

Panasonic’sflagshipfull-

framecamerain the field

50 Nikon’s

fabulousFA

Nikon’sFAwaslaunchedin

1983.JohnWadetellsus

aboutthissuperbfilmstar

59 BuyingGuide

Ourcomprehensivelisting

ofcamerasandlenses

Regulars

3 7 days

12 Inbox

14 ReaderPortfolio

30 WildlifeWatch

32 ClubProfile

54 Accessories

57 AsktheWexperts

82 Legends

COVER PICTURE © BEN HALL

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THISMilkyWayvistawasuploadedto

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#appicoftheweek.It wastakenby

photographerKieranMetcalfe.Hetells

us,‘I wenttoTalacrein NorthWalesin

thehopesof catchinga glimpseof the

NorthernLightsasconditionswere

favourable.Therewasnothingvisible

tothenakedeye,butastheskieswere

crystalclearI spenttimeshootingthe

MilkyWayoverthelighthouseinstead.

It wasonlywhenI processedthe

imagesthatI noticedthefaintpink

auroralglowjustabovethehorizon.’

Kieranprocessedthefinalresult

from 22 imagesthatwerethen

blended to reduce the noise.

MilkyWay

overTalacre

byKieranMetcalfe

CanonEOS80D,Tokina11-16mm

f/2.8, 22 imageseach at 15sec

at f/2.8, ISO 3200

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© KIERAN METCALFE

Theaveragemoderncamera’s

AFsystemis socomplexand

offerssomanypermutations

thatgettingtogripswithit

feelslikea featakintolearning

toflya jet.If you’reasbefuddledbyfocusing

functionsasI am,thenthisweek’smain

featuremaybringsomeclarity.I mustadmit,

though,thatthecomplexityoftoday’scameras

makes me nostalgic for the simplicity of my old

NikonFA– if onlymyageingeyesightwasup

tothemanualfocusing!JohnWade’slookback

atthisclassicbringsbackfondmemories.

TheFAwascuttingedgeinthemid-1980s,

whereasPanasonic’sLumixS1Rrepresents

thecuttingedgeoftoday’scameratechnology,

andaward-winningphotojournalistEdmond

Terakopiangiveshisverdictafterputtingit

throughitspacesduringanextended field test.

Nigel Atherton, Editor

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