Matt Tilghman (MattTilghman)

I'm a Mechanical Engineer, as well as a Landscape and Nature Photographer. I have my own personal website to share my artistic interpretations of my photographs, so this Hub is dedicated to the technical aspects: camera settings and photoshop techniques. My goal is that some people may find it useful to see the many different ways I approach various settings and lighting conditions.

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Tutorial for manual blending an image with a high dynamic range: example image from Purisima Creek Redwoods

High Dynamic Range scenes can be tricky to capture well. Automated HDR software can make images look flat and fuzzy. In this tutorial is one way to use manual blending to produce more natural Continue »

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  Adobe Photoshop

  Tutorial for manual blending an image with a high dynamic range: example image from Purisima Creek Redwoods

  9 years ago

  High Dynamic Range scenes can be tricky to capture well. Automated HDR software can make images look flat and fuzzy. In this tutorial is one way to use manual blending to produce more natural results.

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  Nature & Wildlife Photography

  Photoshop tips for making your forest images sing

  9 years ago

  Using a specific example photograph from Purisima Creek Redwoods, I go through several tactics to improve the look of forest-setting images.

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  Adobe Photoshop

  Photoshop tutorial in foggy conditions, from Purisima Creek Redwoods

  9 years ago

  Photographs in fog can be tricky. In this "workflow walkthrough," I show one way I approach foggy photographs, especially my approach to blending, for a specific example from Purisima Creek Redwoods

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  Photography Instruction & How-Tos

  Photoshop workflow for Landscape Photography: St Mary Falls, Glacier National Park

  9 years ago

  In this Photoshop workflow example, I cover RAW conversion, image blending, panorama stitching, Orton effect, and sharpening for web