Star of Bethlehem

Adalbert · Post by **Adalbert** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 6:16 am

Hello everybody,

This time the poinsettia:

( CANON EOS M3 + CANON EF 100L macro + NIKON LU PLAN 10x / 0.30 )

BR, ADi

Troels · Post by **Troels** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 12:42 pm

Very nice!

Troels

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 5:00 pm

Excellent images! Very nice.
(When imaging yellow pollen is often difficult to get good detail and tonalities, but it is excellent here)

Sumguy01 · Post by **Sumguy01** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:22 pm

Very nice.
Thanks for sharing.

Beatsy · Post by **Beatsy** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 1:40 am

Great images, especially the first. Love the pollen surface detail.

Adalbert · Post by **Adalbert** » Wed Dec 14, 2016 5:01 am

Hi guys,
Many thanks for your comments!
It was not easy to take the photographs of this wilted plant.
BR, ADi

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Wed Dec 14, 2016 9:23 am

The last couple of times I tried I gave up because I couldn't stop them moving

Well done, maybe you made me have another go!

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Fri Dec 16, 2016 11:38 am

Being from Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) very impressive.

Mike

Adalbert · Post by **Adalbert** » Tue Dec 20, 2016 8:19 am

Hi Mike,
Great!
I only know Bethlehem Steel :-)
BR, ADi

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Tue Dec 20, 2016 10:53 am

Bethlehem Pennsylvania was settled by Moravians from Bohemia. On a mountain above the City of bethlehm, there is a giant star illuminated all year long.

Mike

Adalbert · Post by **Adalbert** » Thu Dec 22, 2016 11:58 am

Hi Mike,
OK, so I have just tried to take the star with a giant magnification :-)
(with 200 tele as a tube lens, magnification ca. 55x )

( CANON EOS M3 + CANON EF 70-200L + Olympus MSPlan 50x / 0.55 ULWD )

BR, ADi

MacroLab3D · Post by **MacroLab3D** » Thu May 04, 2017 6:44 am

That's it! I am buying M3!

By the way - impressive stackings without typical halos. A lot of post process or magic? Zerene Stacker? Implessive!

Adalbert · Post by **Adalbert** » Thu May 04, 2017 11:39 am

Hi MacroLab3D,
The big issue is the system of the M3. Magic lantern cannot be used but chdk.
Yes, Zerene, sub-stacks (Pmax->Pmax, Dmap) & retouching.
BR, ADi

MacroLab3D · Post by **MacroLab3D** » Thu May 04, 2017 11:47 am

Adalbert wrote:Hi MacroLab3D,
Magic lantern cannot be used but chdk.
BR, ADi

Never heard of such things. I am using Digital Photo Professional 4. If this works - i am fine. Perfect camera for macro?

Adalbert · Post by **Adalbert** » Thu May 04, 2017 1:44 pm

Hi MacroLab3D,
The internal operating system of the M3 is not the same as in the cameras with a mirror.
Magic lantern can manage the external lenses but CHDK cannot up to now

BTW, Magic Lantern and CHDK are firmware enhancements that are loaded from the SD-card.
BR, ADi