Beautiful and colorful composition!
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Thanks for yours comments!

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Very interesting sequence.

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Very nice set, the Moth lattice cocoon is my favourite!

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The prey add realism to scene, well done!

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Another great find, very interesting John.

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Usually comparing the in-camera correction with the Capture NX2 one, the last is better, very accurate and automatic, it works with any TIF or JPG file in the last version, not only with Nikon NEF ones.

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Just another processing for a micro shot



Nikon D300
Nikkor 200/4 AI
Nikon 10X/0.25 CFI
10X
Flash
One shot

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Rik, very good test and with a dose of suspense! :) Totally agree with your results. The Micro-Nikkor AF 105/2.8 D behaves in the same way with the CFI 10X. The rms mount CF Plan 5X/0.13 is not good with any tube lenses I've tried. Is usable only in the center of the image and up to about 20mm of co...

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Great color and detail, nice backgrounds too.

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The texture on the legs in the first picture is awesome, good job!

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Pau, great shots and interesting discussion about down-sampled images resolution. Can some "exotic" algorithm or down-sample technique work better or is a physical limit?

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Hi, I have a similar experience with a Tominon 17/4 objective, originally designed for large format high magnification photography, work fine with a tube lens behind, Rik considerations make perfect sense to me and other enlarger lenses can work fine too as "stopped-down" combos.

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Good volume representation in that black mineral.
The stereo pair have some troubles, excessive shift may be?

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