Lumenatic.com turned four today

Lumenatic.com turned four today

Four years ago I started the lumenatic blog. It has been my personal project since then to write about my experiences from shoots, interesting gear and other photography-related topics. Thanks for being a reader of this blog ! I learned a lot about photography from...
Frog evolution

Frog evolution

Last week I showed some close-ups of frogs I photographed in a small aquarium. I mentioned that the aquarium glass added a milky haze to the images. In this evolution-post I will show how I edited two of those images. Note that I introduced a new category for such...
Shooting a frog close-up

Shooting a frog close-up

We have awesome neighbors. They do lots of cool stuff with their kids like digging up fossils in a quarry, visiting historical and scientific museums and conducting science experiments at home like growing crystals. Their newest project are frogs. They caught some...
Recap: Cleaning your sensor

Recap: Cleaning your sensor

Today I noticed that the sensor of my D610 has quite some dust on it. Usually you don’t see the specks but in darker areas the dust suddenly gets visible. A good method for checking the sensor’s cleanness is to shoot something with not too much texture and...