Amazon Pics Part 60

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Amazon Pics Part 60

Post by Moebius »

Still more from the Amazon riverbanks.

I know, background is very busy. Perhaps I should have tried a smaller f-stop?
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These next two are ho hum... but not sure if I have shown these two species.

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Post by Ken Ramos »

Hmm...another one with its behind in the air :lol: Really a nice set of images here Ken, I like the second one the best, beautiful little butterfly. :D

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Post by beetleman »

To me..It really doesn`t matter if you have shown the same species before. Each photo is different in my eyes and a pleasure to look at :wink: As for the first photo, nature doesn`t always give us a perfect background all the time.
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Post by rjlittlefield »

Ken,

I haven't commented much on your Amazon pics, but rest assured that I'm enjoying them very much -- every day, a new treat!

About the background in pic #1, possibly some technique like described at http://www.photomacrography1.net/forum/ ... php?t=4989 would help. (Try about a 3-pixel gaussian blur on just the OOF background.)

--Rik

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Post by Moebius »

Thanks for the comments everyone, even if this particular trio of photos is not anywhere near the 'cream of the crop' for this trip.

Rik, thanks for the suggestion. I have gotten other good suggestions from forum members using levels/masking/blending, etc. that I definitely want to learn and use. I will be going back to each picture I deem worthy and reprocess them again with all the new tricks I will have learned. I will then put them in my gallery and in a photobook. However, for now, think of these pictures as round one of the processing.

I like your technique and have saved the link to study when round one is complete.

Ken

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