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Its a hard life for a snail. Everytime in movement with a big house. I have oberserved the snail a few days with the troublesome ways through a garden. Photographed in Sri Lanka.
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Ich fragte eine Schnecke, warum sie so langsam wäre.
Sie antwortete, dadurch hätte sie mehr Zeit,
die Welt zu sehen.
(Wolfgang J. Reus).
Stelle mir ein Leben mit einem Haus auf dem Rücken beschwerlich vor. Ich habe die Schnecke einige Tage auf ihrem beschwerlichen Weg durch einen Garten observiert.
Aufgenommen in Sri Lanka.
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My name there is "alles-schlumpf".
Drei verlassene Schneckenhäuser & eine Hortensienblüte mit drei Blütenblättern.
Auswahlfoto
Für "Crazy Tuesday"
Thema "Rule of Odds" am 01.03.2022.
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Ein leeres Haus auf eisigem Grund...
An abandoned housing on frosty ground...
Aufnahmedatum: 05.02.2012
Handheld Laowa 15mm F4 Shift Macro on a Nikon Z6II. Candid macro of a ladybug clinging to a twig and a small snail tucked nearby
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I spotted this wee fella in the shallow waters of Ladram Bay last Sunday. I picked up the snail shell and saw the crab retracted all the way back. A few moments passed then suddenly the claws and head appeared and it started crawling on my palm. I put it back onto the sand and after taking the photo I made sure to place the crab safely back into a rock pool. Fascinating sea life!
Z5
Z MC 50mm f/2.8
SB-5000 + Westcott Apollo Orb
SB-5000 + Westcott Apollo Medium
WR-R10 (CLS radio trigger)
Induro GIT 404L Tripod
Induro BHD3 ball-head
Helicon (focus stacking)
DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro (B&W conversion)
Last week, I spent time with the new Z-Mount 105mm Micro. This week, I'm moving to the new 50mm micro for Nikon Z.
One of my favorite images from last week was an old and dirty snail shell. That same shell is revisited here. I was inspired by an instagram photographer @fran_kitz_photography
For this image. I used two over sized soft boxes... oversized for the subject anyway. (The shell is only about the size of my thumb.)
Both soft boxes were places slightly behind the shell to let the light just graze the shell facing the camera. It took a couple of hours of trail and error before I finally settled on this set-up.
(NOTE: the image was captured vertically to help light it the way I wanted, then rotated in post.)
The 50mm micro like it's big brother the 105mm micro has an insanely shallow depth of field when working this close. With the image from last week, I wanted that look. This image needed the exact opposite look and feel.
Focus Shift Shooting (found in the PHOTO SHOOTING MENU... last page) was used to automate the capture process. FSS will automatically calculate the different focus planes needed... move the lens and capture each image... without any input from me.
In this case, the Z5 created 75 differently focused images of the shell... about 75 images that cover about 1/2 an inch in total photographed depth.
I did capture JPG and NEF. For this I used the JPGs... just under 9MB each.
Almost 650MB of JPG images!
I am often asked why the cameras don't stack in camera. 650MB... on a Z5... on a Z7II the grouping would have come in closer to 1875MB... WAY too much file size to process and manipulate with the needed amount of control.
Enter stacking software in post. I am using Helicon. There are others out there, but I prefer Helicon. The stacking process is ridiculously easy when you have the right tool for the job! Helicon opened, stacked and saved this image in less than 2 minutes... using the default settings!
I took the TIF from Helicon into PSE where Silver Efex Pro was used for B&W conversion.
Zoom in on the picture. Go on... Look at the detail that the 50mm micro captured! I have left this shell dirty on purpose.. much to the dismay of my wife. I want the little extra detail in the random bits of dirt and hair.
I think I am going to really like this lens... a lot!
People say that XPERIA phones don't have macro modes, but the new sensor is REALLY good at cropping in. This is a 2X "zoom" (crop) from the XPERIA 1 V. Light edits for contrast and shadows.
welcome to my little swirl house
in the orchard on the tree,
I live in a swirly room
that's just big enough for me.
you can stay here my friend,
stay to the very end,
squeeze in and see.
now that you swirled in my friend,
come close and cuddle in with me.
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