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 ====== Cool stuff ======
 ===== Panorama / Stitching =====
+==== Examples ====
+{{img_2622_ico.jpg?512|San Francisco}}
 ==== Software ====
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 ==== Tips ====
-  * Exposition should not change. Keep the shutter button half pressed when you shot.
+  * 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]])
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 ==== Tips ====
   * Use a tripod, more simple if pictures does not have to be aligned
+  * Shoot in RAW
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 ==== Software ====
   * VirtualDub (Windows)
-  * Avidemux (Linux+Windows)
+  * AviDemux (Linux+Windows)
 ==== Ideas ====
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   * clouds
   * a whole day/year at your window
+  * a growing plant
   * ...
 ===== Extra long exposure =====
+==== Examples ====
+{{img_0682_ico.jpg?384|Tampa}}
 ==== Ideas ====
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   * 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/|]]
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 Possible with Canon cameras and the CHDK firmware, don't know for other cameras.
+==== Examples ====
+{{img_4961_ico.jpg?384|Pontarlier}}
 ==== Ideas ====
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   * 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 ====
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 ==== Ideas ====
   * White balance
+  * Better for HDR, Image stacking, focus stacking...