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EXPLORED - Highest position: #3 on Sunday, July 15th, 2012
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The story of this photo:
This is my latest macro shot. Over the last few weeks, I have been spending my time doing a lot of stuff that did not have too much to do with taking or editing photos. It did have to do with photography, but just not with the creative part of it. Anyway, yesterday, I got fed up with this stuff and I started messing around with my macro gear. The sun just went down and I found this tiny foilage with those delicate little hairs. I figured that this would look great against the sun. So, I got out my little syringe, applied a few droplets and took a whole bunch of shots with the sun in different spots relative to the foilage.
Initailly, I went with an aperture of f/20 to f/25 to get all of the leaves in focus. But that brought parts of the background too much into focus too. So, I went with f/8 which blurred the background entirely, and I took different shots with different foci. Then I used focus stacking in Photoshop to blend those images together. Et Voilà, subject in focus, background blurred.
And here is the lesson for you: Always know what you can do to an image in post-processing while you are shooting. This may help you solve problems and lets you create images that may be very difficult to create otherwise.
How it was shot:
> Taken with a tripod
> Three exposures - used focus stacking to bring the whole subject into focus
> Camera: Nikon D7000
> Lens: Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 105mm 1:2,8G VR
How it was post-processed:
> Post-processing was done in Photoshop
> Topaz DeNoise
> Topaz Infocus for sharpening
> Topaz Details for bringing out the details in the petals and some basic color correction
> Saturation adjustent layer (master)
> Vibrance layer (vibrance)
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Lucille has been a good girl
exploring outside without
her walking gear. This was yesterday.
As with Cats today is a different day.
Taken in Álftanes. Bessastaðir (The home of Icelandic president), Hallgrímskirkja-church and Mt. Esja in the background.
Explore, 25.12.2009.
A quote by Jung about exploring the Psyche.. I think it applied here too, at least it was in my head getting this view. Another trip to the river , its a long drive to this place and trying to time my original idea hasn't worked out in about just over a month.
Eight feet up a vertical rock wall to stand on a two foot square ledge with another sixty foot drop to the rocks and river below with a pack and heavy tripod. Thankfully the rocks have ledges that stick out and I could grab onto the trestle uprights to hold on once I got up there so this was from inside the trestle bridge, interestingly it was the last shot I took before I went to climb back down and leave.
Will I go back for the original shot... I don't know for now, maybe this is why I kept going back and just didn't know it. We'll see.
Nikon Nikkor 50mm 1.2 AIS.
Thanks for checking out my work...Appreciate all of you.
The last shot of the morning. Spent an enjoyable morning with Troy, Leighton and Angela at Three Cliffs Bay, Gower.
I was all packed up and heading for home when I noticed that the sand on this part of the beach was frozen.
Explore #88
Explore #113
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« Et quand la vérité n’ose pas aller toute nue, la robe qui l’habille le mieux, c’est l’humour. » de Doris Lussier
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Highest position: 7 on Friday, April 24, 2015
One of the lovely little houses that I stayed in during my most recent exploration of Japan. My goal on that trip was to head out of the big cities and really get to know the normal day to day life of the wider country and it was an awesome experience.
Test Roll
My children in the kids' pool captured with partially submerged camera.
Macromax + Marine Cam MC 35G
Fuji Superia 200
Scanned negative
Edit to add: Wow, my first photo on explore! Thanks so much.
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I never tire of this landscape. Taken on the way down from the mountain, showing a fairly rural area with a few quiet houses. Not too far from a city, however!
Taken while in a moving car, so excuse any slight blurs ☺
Great sunset reflecting in the lake.
Love this lens. It has the trioplan bokeh at a fraction of the price
Lens: Diaplan/ pentacon Av 80mm 2.8
Camera Sony A6000
Location Tineretului Park, Bucharest, Romania
Seen in Only Awesome Photos Group
Explored: May 23, 2016
Scary beauty, Horseshoe Bend near Page, Arizona
This is part of the Colorado River near Page in Arizona. Looking down from the edge of 1000 ft (300 m) cliff was scary.