Assassin bug - 2 shot pano
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Assassin bug - 2 shot pano
Assassin bug by yeatzee (now 17, but still learning), on Flickr
2 image panorama, roughly 70 exposures per final image. F/5.6 with the el nikkor/bellows and the three new jansjo desk lamps used. Quite an accomplishment, and Im VERY pleased to have finally done it
100% crop
and another which I found quite interesting
what do you guys think?
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Using my geared head I just shifted the camera down a bit and combined the two with microsoft iceelf wrote:Very nice results. What technique did you use to create the pano?
Thanks Rik! I don't know if I've told you this enough but zerene is a godsendrjlittlefield wrote:Looks perfect to me too -- very nicely shot & processed!
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Thanks! Yea im hoping I dont get any more "its not sharp" commentslauriek wrote:Looks very nice to me, can't see anything wrong at all!
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Well, of course it's not as sharp as it could be. Swap in an Oly 20 or 38 running wide open, or even better a microscope objective, and it would be considerably sharper, but at the cost of more expensive optics, deeper stacks, more trouble with transparent foreground artifact, etc etc. What you have here is good work.yeatzee wrote: im hoping I dont get any more "its not sharp" comments
Remember, "Illegitimi non carborundum."
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The surface textures of highly detailed bug photos continue to fascinate me, probably because they are so unfamiliar, and also knowing how hard they are to capture and display faithfully.
Before I began working with macro and enjoying the stacking efforts of others, I never thought about bugs having surface textures!
Your progress in this very difficult specialized branch of photography is amazing. Just consider where your work will be in X years, especially if this rate of progress continues even at a fraction of your recent progress.
Before I began working with macro and enjoying the stacking efforts of others, I never thought about bugs having surface textures!
Your progress in this very difficult specialized branch of photography is amazing. Just consider where your work will be in X years, especially if this rate of progress continues even at a fraction of your recent progress.
-Phil
"Diffraction never sleeps"
"Diffraction never sleeps"
Ya I've been trying all sorts of backgrounds, in this case attempting to compliment the subjects coloring. Other examples with different subjects I've tried stark contrast as well. In this case however, I like the bglothman wrote:Excellent result. I would like to see this bug with another background colour, for me in this example background and objekt are too similar. What about a dark violet.
Good lord! I just checked, those oly 38's go for basically 2x the money i've *ever* spent on a lens! Thats essentially two NEW sigma macro's, the most expensive lens I've ever purchased! Dang, that really sucks because i know even in the future there's pretty much no way to justify that purchase Thanks for the compliments.... just gotta work with my $20 el nikkor at this pointrjlittlefield wrote:Well, of course it's not as sharp as it could be. Swap in an Oly 20 or 38 running wide open, or even better a microscope objective, and it would be considerably sharper, but at the cost of more expensive optics, deeper stacks, more trouble with transparent foreground artifact, etc etc. What you have here is good work.yeatzee wrote: im hoping I dont get any more "its not sharp" comments
Remember, "Illegitimi non carborundum."
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Yes I completely agree! The most agonizing thing is waiting for the images to come together in zerene..... I just want to see all that detail! I want to see what that bug really looks likeDQE wrote:The surface textures of highly detailed bug photos continue to fascinate me, probably because they are so unfamiliar, and also knowing how hard they are to capture and display faithfully.
Before I began working with macro and enjoying the stacking efforts of others, I never thought about bugs having surface textures!
Your progress in this very difficult specialized branch of photography is amazing. Just consider where your work will be in X years, especially if this rate of progress continues even at a fraction of your recent progress.
Thanks, that honestly means a lot to get a complement like that. I do put a lot of effort into this, and its nice to show/talk about it with people who understand! On other forums I just get looked down upon because they are dead, therefore its easy to get photo's like the ones seen on this forum! Now that I have a componon 80, once I get an adapter I can finally start really pushing for early morning natural light stacks...... from there hopefully I can finally get an objective!
Thanks! Everyone should own the el nikkor..... especially when they can be had for under $30!abpho wrote:Pretty sweet. I'd like to get that lens.
Nice!
On your flikr page you mention it was about an inch long. About the same as my African sucker then.
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... 1394#91394 There's quite a difference in the syringe department though - a good subject for a closer look perhaps.
Does that Pentax of yours have any anti-wobble features? EFSC sure makes a difference for me.
On your flikr page you mention it was about an inch long. About the same as my African sucker then.
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... 1394#91394 There's quite a difference in the syringe department though - a good subject for a closer look perhaps.
Does that Pentax of yours have any anti-wobble features? EFSC sure makes a difference for me.
I dont have any good way to get a quality closeup of it though I can reverse my 28mm on the bellows like I did here:ChrisR wrote:Nice!
On your flikr page you mention it was about an inch long. About the same as my African sucker then.
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... 1394#91394 There's quite a difference in the syringe department though - a good subject for a closer look perhaps.
Does that Pentax of yours have any anti-wobble features? EFSC sure makes a difference for me.
http://photomacrography.net/forum/viewt ... highlight=
but the IQ just isn't as good as I'd like
ESFC? Haven't a single clue what that is hahahaha. Anti-wobble feature? As in something like Mirror up?
Electronic Cutter Front Shurtain, or change them round a bit. It the Canon thing where it opens the shutter curtain mechanically, but waits before it turns the sensor on electrically, so there's no wobble. For us geeks it's cool.
I'll send you a 10x 0.25 lens for your bellows then. You can send it back if you get bored/rich/decide to fly helicopters and stop taking pictures. It'll be worth it to see what you can do with it. Pm me your address.I dont have any good way to get a quality closeup of it though
Rik sent me a PM and described it in detail.... VERY interesting! Im surprised I haven't heard about before, and that no other brand does this. Oh well, I still love my pentax (and my neighbor just ordered the K-5! Maybe I can borrow it for a stack )ChrisR wrote:Electronic Cutter Front Shurtain, or change them round a bit. It the Canon thing where it opens the shutter curtain mechanically, but waits before it turns the sensor on electrically, so there's no wobble. For us geeks it's cool.
I'll send you a 10x 0.25 lens for your bellows then. You can send it back if you get bored/rich/decide to fly helicopters and stop taking pictures. It'll be worth it to see what you can do with it. Pm me your address.I dont have any good way to get a quality closeup of it though
Are you serious? PM SENT!
I just had to google "Electronic Shutter Front Curtain" to find out more about it. Is it the same as "electronic front curtain shutter" described here? http://www.mhohner.de/newsitem2/efcs