I had not posted for quite some time. One of the reasons (apart from a lot of other work) was that I was wrestling with the processing and archiving of digital images. I also had a lot of problems with dust on the sensor. I got a bit fed up with all the computer work. This year I switched to Adobe Lightroom. It works well for archiving and I can do the basic processing of raw files in it too. The real advantage is that I can remove the dust spots in all the images at once. You can retouch one image and copy it into all images.
Here are 2 images of Paramecium. I think the first one is perhaps a bit too dark. The polars are too far crossed. And now I am writing this and see the pictures I also think the colours are slightly wrong.I often use the colour picker to make the background middle grey but often shift it a bit to a cooler grey. This makes it a bit more aquatic looking. One of the reasons why I often shoot in raw. I can always adjust the colours afterwards.
Wim
