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skydive1200
Joined: 21 Jun 2014 Posts: 3
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 7:11 am Post subject: Shy Fly |
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Photo stack of a deerfly (?) that was trying to get the breakfast buffet on my leg when it got swatted. I attribute the left leg position to the action of being swatted and it reminded me of a sweet young lady being shy about getting her photo taken. El Nikkor 80mm reversed on a Nikon PB-4 bellows using a Nikon D300 body. Lit with a single speedlight. Image was assembled from a 30 shot stack with Zerene Stacker.
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apt403
Joined: 06 May 2019 Posts: 37 Location: Yelm, WA
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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Nice shot! The EL Nikkors are looking like a pretty solid value proposition. DMAX?
What do you think of the PB-4 bellows, as far as rigidity is concerned? I'm trying to decide between the three varieties at the moment. |
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skydive1200
Joined: 21 Jun 2014 Posts: 3
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 4:57 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the kind word. If I remember correctly this was a Dmap stack which left a halo that I haven't read about how to resolve.
The PB-4 bellows is a rock solid piece of hardware. Everything is metal save for the bellows itself. Locking screws for the mounts (camera and lens) are very secure. I hear that some of the Nikon bodies won't work with the PB-4 so you would have to research those limitations. |
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rjlittlefield Site Admin

Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 20185 Location: Richland, Washington State, USA
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 9:08 am Post subject: |
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Yes, that's a deer fly. It's a member of the horse fly family, Tabanidae. Many of them have brightly colored and patterened eyes. The colors fade shortly after death, so you've done a good job capturing them here.
skydive1200 wrote: | If I remember correctly this was a Dmap stack which left a halo that I haven't read about how to resolve. |
There's a control that appears half-way through DMap, giving you a slider to adjust the contrast threshold. Push the slider right, to higher numbers, until all the featureless and out-of-focus regions go "black in preview". For general discussion, see the "How To Use DMap" tutoria,l linked from the main Tutorials index page, at https://zerenesystems.com/cms/stacker/docs/tutorials/tutorialsindex .
--Rik |
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skydive1200
Joined: 21 Jun 2014 Posts: 3
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 10:23 am Post subject: |
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Ha Ha! Thanks Rik, yeah that makes a difference.
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