A good macro lens costs around $400 – $1000+. In other words, the price tag could translate as not for everyone. But if you are a macro photography enthusiast, not owning a macro lens shouldn’t stop you from shooting macro! You’ve probably heard it before, if not here it is: you can shoot macro with your non-macro lenses! Let’s see how!


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Dull and boring photos can be improved in an instant using the magic of post-processing. In this article you’ll get a chance to see my workflow of transforming dull and boring landscapes into dramatic photos. Furthermore, we summed up the steps in order to get a satisfactory result in less than 5 minutes of post-processing. The concepts you’ll learn in this tutorial apply to any photo you want to manipulate. You can also experiment with different property numbers, in order to get a different result. We’ll be using a photo from Mount Athos. You can save the photo for yourself and use it to practice and follow along with the steps.


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Sometimes, when you take an uninteresting photo, you search for ways of improving it. Adding a reflection is a great way to draw attention and improve a dull photo. Another reason for adding a reflection, is that the water was dirty at the time of shooting and the shot was ruined; or you wanted to add reflections (the real way, making use of the slow shutter speed) but you didn’t have the necessary gear to take the shot (camera with manual settings, tripod, filters etc.). It’s really easy to add a reflection in Photoshop. In this article we’ll explain how to do it in post-processing.


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