Issue 54 - December 2006

IN THE MAGAZINE:

75 hot ideas for winter photography
Our 26-page feature tells you all you need to know to take your best ever winter shots - add atmosphere to frozen landscapes, stalk wild animals and get sharp close-ups.
Reader Challenge: take creative night-time shots.
Reader Dave Green masters how to create stunning night-time shots while on a night out in Blackpool.
Practical technique: use long lenses.
We show you how to use telephoto lenses to get the best winter wildlife images possible. From picking your lens, tripod and rucksack, to practical tips on using them to get your sharpest images yet.
Practical technique: shoot well in low light.
Winter can bring some cahallenging light conditions - short days, gloomy skies and an increased amount of indoor activity to shoot. Don't be put off - we show you how to use clever techniques to overcome all these issues.
Practical technique: 8 steps to perfect prints.
Create inkjet prints that leap off the page rather than cower in the corner - we show you how, in our 10-page guide to perfect colour printing...
Tested:
The Olympus E-400, Fujifilm FinePix S6500fd, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LXS.
The Digital Camera interview:
The bad boy of British portrait photography - Rankin.

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