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petty spurge - seeds

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Petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus)- seeds

Camera: Sony NEX-5R
Objective: Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 5x
Light: 2 led lamps 4.3 W
Stack: 200 shots - 30um
Last edited by nic on Sat Feb 03, 2018 3:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Nicola, your images are lovely!

But they would be even better if you posted larger versions of them.

The one here is only 567x430; maximum accepted by the forum would be 1024x777

Just be sure to adjust the JPEG quality to keep the file length at 300 KB or below.

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Post by nic »

rjlittlefield wrote:Nicola, your images are lovely!

But they would be even better if you posted larger versions of them.

The one here is only 567x430; maximum accepted by the forum would be 1024x777

Just be sure to adjust the JPEG quality to keep the file length at 300 KB or below.

--Rik
Thanks Rik. In order to stay below 300 KB I reduced the size of the image, but obviously I did something wrong .. I'm still learning the post-production .. :oops:
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Post by Lou Jost »

Those are very interesting seeds, very nicely photographed.

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Lou Jost wrote:Those are very interesting seeds, very nicely photographed.
thanks Lou!
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nic wrote:In order to stay below 300 KB I reduced the size of the image
The trick is to leave the image size at 1024 pixels on the long dimension, then set the image quality (JPEG compression factor) during the save as necessary to get the file length under 300 KB.

If you're using Adobe Photoshop, then the "Save for web" function will produce shorter files at same quality, by removing metadata. At present your image metadata says that you're using CS4 on a Mac. I've never used that particular combination, but extrapolating from other versions I suggest looking for File > "Export for web and devices".

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rjlittlefield wrote:
nic wrote:In order to stay below 300 KB I reduced the size of the image
The trick is to leave the image size at 1024 pixels on the long dimension, then set the image quality (JPEG compression factor) during the save as necessary to get the file length under 300 KB.

If you're using Adobe Photoshop, then the "Save for web" function will produce shorter files at same quality, by removing metadata. At present your image metadata says that you're using CS4 on a Mac. I've never used that particular combination, but extrapolating from other versions I suggest looking for File > "Export for web and devices".

--Rik
Thanks a lot Rik! I'll try ..


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Petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus) - seeds

Camera: Sony NEX-5R
Objective: Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 5x
Light: 2 led lamps 4.3 W
Stack: 200 shots - 30um
nicola merloni

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Post by Sumguy01 »

:smt038 Very nice.
Thanks for sharing.

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Post by Chris S. »

Nicola,

Excellent! I like how you've arranged your lighting to bring out the texture and topology of these seeds.

Presenting the larger image was well worth the effort--wonderful to look at.

--Chris S.

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Chris S. wrote: ... I like how you've arranged your lighting to bring out the texture and topology of these seeds. ..
--Chris S.
Thanks Chris! I placed the seeds on a small concave lens and I put a green paper sheet below. Obviously I put a light diffuser around the seeds.
I'll post soon my setup in the forum 'equipment discussion' - I'm still working on it ... :-)
.. .. thanks again indeed for the advice!
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