Ant Portrait Stack - New picture added
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Ant Portrait Stack - New picture added
I managed to find a Red Wood ant (Formica pratensis) I stacked 58 picture. The result was not too good at first sight, because the overlapping parts. But I managed to pull out some more detail. I want to create a big print from this picture.
Canon 20D + 100mm macro + 58mm Minolta reversed + extension tube set
A crop from the face:
Canon 20D + 100mm macro + 58mm Minolta reversed + extension tube set
A crop from the face:
Last edited by acerola on Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:24 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Péter
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tpe: I just searched out your picture, I want to try the microscope objectives too. Lighting is just the usual. Tissue on top and an external flash. This time I used white base under the ant, so it also helped in the reflection.
Nicola: I now uploaded it to the internal server.
Thanks Rik, Beetleman
I'm not completely satisfied with the contrast and color. I was too inpatient to convert and correct the individual pictures from raw. So I have to correct it on the end result.
Nicola: I now uploaded it to the internal server.
Thanks Rik, Beetleman
I'm not completely satisfied with the contrast and color. I was too inpatient to convert and correct the individual pictures from raw. So I have to correct it on the end result.
Péter
Amazing !!. Truly excellent work and stack result. The detail is just out of this world, beautiful. The only nit I would have being a live macro shooter, would be in the antenna. Personally they just don't look right with both being down like that. But heck, this is just incredible to see.
All the best and so very well done, looking forward to more.
Danny.
All the best and so very well done, looking forward to more.
Danny.
Worry about the image that comes out of the box, rather than the box itself.
Thanks Danny,
I'm not aware on the unusual antenna position. OK, I have to force one of them down out of the way of the eye. But I still did not see they are in unusual position. I run thought my ant pictures and it seems there are more ant in similar antenna position. Here is one example. What do you think, Isn't it the same position?
I'm not aware on the unusual antenna position. OK, I have to force one of them down out of the way of the eye. But I still did not see they are in unusual position. I run thought my ant pictures and it seems there are more ant in similar antenna position. Here is one example. What do you think, Isn't it the same position?
Péter
You are right. And thats one heck of a shot as well. I guess I'm just used to seeing them waving the antenna in the air, sniffing the delights around them just amazing shots Peter. In that case, its perfect !!!. I wouldn't worry too much about the background, the eyes don't even get that far to look at it. Incredible work and shots. The eye is to die for.
All the best Peter, just love the ratio and DOF. Can't wait to see more.
Danny.
All the best Peter, just love the ratio and DOF. Can't wait to see more.
Danny.
Worry about the image that comes out of the box, rather than the box itself.
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Péter, there is one thing about the first picture I forgot to mention.
I notice a colored arc in the background, kind of a "rainbow" effect. It's pleasant, but I wonder if it's intended?
Color shifts like that often happen with digital cameras when one or two of the RGB channels saturate, but the other channel(s) don't. The reason I'm suspicious is that the color appears on what I would expect to be a uniform gradient of gray-to-white.
It's on my check-list to be sure that saturation like this doesn't happen during shooting, since if it does, there's no way to get rid of it later, short of masking in a new background. All that's required is to reduce the exposure a bit. Then if I want to push the background to pure white, or even to introduce the rainbow, I can do that afterward with Photoshop levels or curves.
Just a thought...
--Rik
I notice a colored arc in the background, kind of a "rainbow" effect. It's pleasant, but I wonder if it's intended?
Color shifts like that often happen with digital cameras when one or two of the RGB channels saturate, but the other channel(s) don't. The reason I'm suspicious is that the color appears on what I would expect to be a uniform gradient of gray-to-white.
It's on my check-list to be sure that saturation like this doesn't happen during shooting, since if it does, there's no way to get rid of it later, short of masking in a new background. All that's required is to reduce the exposure a bit. Then if I want to push the background to pure white, or even to introduce the rainbow, I can do that afterward with Photoshop levels or curves.
Just a thought...
--Rik
I reckon this image deserves to be in the Admins choice section,it is the best such pic I've ever seen! I'd be dancing if i'd taken this. Just amazing!
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