The only one I have seen land in several months.
Rich
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The only one I have seen land in several months.
Rich
Word must've gotten around you like to pull the wings off of dragons...
Nice shot there Rich.
John,
The image prior to focal enhancement.
Rich
That's a fantastic shot, Rich! :cool: Yes, sharpening it up a bit adds a lot to the silhoutte effect and the image overall.
Is that an uncropped image? If you were able shoot and compose the photograph just like that - I'm even more impressed! :eek:
Amazing.
Risto
Thanks Risto,
Lucky shot I guess. This was the 100 mm lens set at center point auto focus. I do that to prevent the camera from selecting an area other than the subject when shooting in folage. I cannot hold a camera steady, and with it being so dark, there was a little movement. This happened to be a full frame view. The lens is somewhat limited shooting large areas, and I need to increase the distance for scenery. I usually use the 17-85 mm lens for scenery.
I don't know if the effect is sharpening as sharpening goes. This is a localized effect with a preview. Nice to control the amount of change. I did a global change, but got too many artificats. So, this was just the dragonfly itself.
Rich
Rich,
What did you use to sharpen this shot? The original looks good, but I have to admit the sharpened version is more appealing.
More appealing? :confused: It's a fantastic shot...Quote:
Originally Posted by raynerj1
Your insight and thoughts on the 'sharpened version' (original post) was, "Word must've gotten around you like to pull the wings off of dragons..."
Mmmm... :o
Risto
Sorry... No... That was my reply to...
"The only one I have seen land in several months."
This was my response to the original shot...
"Nice shot there Rich."
RTFR:D
This was Enhancer in focus mode. You can see the adjustment effects in the preview window before completing the effect. The blue marks the change area, and the red the non change area. You can mark however you want.
Rich
Looks like some cool software. I will have to check that out. Thanks:)
Great silhouette, Rich. Precision.
Rupert
Thanks Rupert,
Shooting something large in Macro does work at times.
Rich
Oooo... I like that dragon Rich. Did you sharpen this one or is it an unretouched shot?
John,
Just cropped, no other changes.
Rich
Even Better then... Very, very well done shot on this one Rich.
Excellent shot Rich
Focal Enhancement of the wings.
Rich
That's amazing Rich. Excellent photograph.
The focal enhancement is awesome. I really must grab a copy of that software. Can you adjust the amount of enhancement? It makes the "ribs" in the wings a little heavy, but without it the wings wouldn't be as clear. Are you able to adjust it a little less enhanced, just to test... curious I guess.
John,
You can see the effect of the parameter changes in the preview window. The window can be moved about as well. I think you could run effect on a selected area, and then do other areas with different settings.
I was trying a few more images.
Rich
I like the first of these two. The depth of filed doesn't look quiet right on the second shot. Don't get me wrong. Both shots are awesome. Maybe you could try a second copy of just the accentuated part, with a linear fade to make the DOF fade out and not be so abrupt at the body. Is it worth a try?
John,
A couple more.
Rich
Pretty nice rich. I think the top one is a touch too bright, you might want to tone it down a touch. The second one looks really great.
I guess it depends how your monitor (and/or video card) setting is John. Looks perfect on my screen ;)
The bottom one suffers a bit from the shadows across the wings.
The top photo is, well a top photo ;)
John,
The Black Dragon was shot with flash. I mostly need to have short times to compensate for my lack of stillness.
I was choosing vasious images to test the application. I was trying to mark the effect area better to prevent artifacts in the background area.
I tried to do multiple sessions on an image, but it seems I needed to save out each time.
Rch
nice Pics Rich...
okay Steve,
How about the top one in his set? I think it is too washed out. Not enough contrast. At least that is how it shows up on my screen.
The second one is great. If the DOF was a little more it would be an awesome shot. When one is doing Macros, the DOF can drive you crazy. Rich, did you use a macro lens, or a macro lens filter thing? Nice example of short DOF. What was the F-stop on this? between one and two?
Agreed- could use more clarity.
John,
100mm Macro lens at the minimum focal point. I think that in 9 inches from the sensor. The lens is about 6 inches long. So, front of the lens to target is about 3 inches.
Hand held. No time for a tripod.
Rich
Wow... In that case, it was an excellent shot. Trying to get a shot like that handheld is just durn lucky. The F-stop had to be at about minimum I bet for that DOF.
John,
F11, 125 & ETTL on camera fash. I made an off camera fixture, but dragonfly are a momentary thing. The flash degrade rapidly with distance. I was close enough to possible decrease the aperature. This close, I would have been in manual focus. The camera doesn't always auto focus this close. Now, the ploblem is me trying to hold the camera within a few mils.
Rich
F11? wow... I wonder what the DOF would be at the lowest F-stop? I have a F1.2 Normal lens and that has about a 1/2" DOF at F1.2 using macro. Your DOF looks to be about 1/2 to 3/4" at F11. Have you ever tested that?
Exellent shots, Rich!!
Thank you.