====== Cool stuff ======
===== Panorama / Stitching =====
==== Examples ====
{{img_2622_ico.jpg?512|San Francisco}}
==== Software ====

  * Hugin (uses [[http://wiki.panotools.org/Main_Page|PanoTools]])
  * Gimp (plugin [[http://www.shallowsky.com/software/pandora/|Pandora]])

==== Tips ====

  * Exposition should not change. Lock exposition or keep the shutter button half pressed when you shot.
  * Ideally, use a tripod perfectly horizontal
  * As far as possible, the camera should only do a rotation, without translation
  * It can be interesting to use the camera in portrait mode, to increase the vertical field of view of the panorama
  * It is also possible to do multiple rows for even larger vertical field of view


===== HDR (High Dynamic Range) =====
==== Examples ====
{{demo-hdr.jpg?384}}
[[http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Img_HDR_result.jpg|]]

==== Software ====

  * Hugin (uses [[http://enblend.sourceforge.net/|enblend]])
  * qtpfsgui (uses [[http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/resources/pfstools/|pfstools]])
  * Gimp ([[http://www.instructables.com/id/HDR-photos-with-the-GIMP/|explanation]])

Single image dynamic range enhancement (aka Fake HDR, Pseudo HDR, HDR from single picture):
  * [[http://www.lightcrafts.com/products/index.html|LightZone]]
  * Create different bracketed exposures from the RAW picture, and use classic HDR software then
  * Gimp (select image areas with Colors/Filter Pack and change Brightness-Contrast)

==== Tips ====
  * Use a tripod, more simple if pictures does not have to be aligned
  * Shoot in RAW


===== Time lapse movies =====

==== Software ====
  * VirtualDub (Windows)
  * AviDemux (Linux+Windows)

==== Ideas ====
  * sunset/sunrise
  * building construction
  * driving a car
  * clouds
  * a whole day/year at your window
  * a growing plant
  * ...


===== Extra long exposure =====
==== Examples ====
{{img_0682_ico.jpg?384|Tampa}}

==== Ideas ====
  * Still night scenes without noise
  * Lightning shooting
  * Light painting
  * Stars

==== Tips ====
  * Force a low ISO
  * If the photo is dark like stars, you should take a //dark frame// to subtract the pixel noise. With Gimp: open the image, open the dark frame "as layers", in the Layer dialog change the mode to "difference", flatten the image and save.
===== Focus stacking =====
==== Examples ====
{{demo-focus-stacking.jpg?384}}
[[http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Figures.jpg|]]

==== Software ====
  * [[http://hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZM/News.htm|CombineZM]]

===== Macro shooting =====
==== Examples ====
{{img_3636_ico.jpg?384|Mojave National Park, California}}

===== Multiple exposure =====
==== Examples ====
{{demo-multiple-exposure.jpg?384|Girls & Boys - Blur on Flickr - Photo Sharing!}}
[[http://www.flickr.com/photos/roc78/532247426/in/set-72157594338507811/|]]


===== Kite Aerial Photography =====


===== Motion detection =====

Possible with Canon cameras and the CHDK firmware, don't know for other cameras.

==== Examples ====
{{img_4961_ico.jpg?384|Pontarlier}}


==== Ideas ====
  * Lightning shooting
  * Videosurveillance
  * Remote shot trigger
  * Wild animals shooting

===== Image stacking =====
Averaging a lot of images to remove noise. You can also keep pixels with some characteristics (eg brightest pixels to keep stars and see their movement).


===== RAW shooting =====

==== Software ====

  * [[http://www.lightcrafts.com/products/index.html|LightZone]]
  * dcraw
  * ufraw

==== Ideas ====
  * White balance
  * Better for HDR, Image stacking, focus stacking...