Tag: photography - Eric Cheng
Eric Cheng

Tag: photography

Comet NEOWISE over San Francisco, July 12, 2020

A random thought on Facebook led to 60+ productive comments from other photographers, resulting in a 3:15am journey to San Francisco to set up for a shot of Comet NEOWISE, which was ostensibly to be positioned just over the Bay Bridge.

Arca Type Clamp Replacement for Manfrotto Geared Heads

Converting the Manfrotto 405 Geared Tripod Head to Arca-type / RRS quick-release clamps and plates.

What lens to use to photograph a full double rainbow

There are many articles out there with tips about how to photograph rainbows; there's nothing I can write about technique that hasn't been covered, but I wanted to show what you can expect to get using a few different wide lenses.

The 360 photographers of Rio 2016

The state of 360 capture is such that you can currently almost always find the photographer in the shot, even in high-profile, brand-name pictures. These are from the 360 photos coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympics by Getty Images in the Oculus 360 Photos app. There are so few photographers shooting in 360 at the Olympics that they ...

How to get centered, straight horizons in your home-made 360 photos

I take a lot of aerial drone panoramas, and I always have to stretch the sky (Content-Aware Scale and Fillare magic!) and paint a bit at the very top to get my horizons centered.

Editing 360 Photos & Injecting Metadata

When you upload a 360 photo or panorama, Facebook automatically processes the photo and presents it in an interactive viewer. To recognize such photos upon upload, Facebook looks for camera-specific metadata...

Getting into (underwater) photography

From a natural history perspective, the underwater ecosystem is very accessible. You can have close encounters with wildlife, even with big animals...

Synchronized Sony a7r / a7s cameras

I'm cobbling together a synchronized shutter-release / timelapse controller for triggering Sony a7 series cameras, and it seems to work!

Aerial view of Cosson Hall Naval Barracks, Treasure Island

The two, six-arm Cosson Hall BEQ housing buildings on Treasure Island, San Francisco, are abandoned and scheduled to be demolished. The field on front of Cosson Hall is a common drone flight area...