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[lesno1]

[DanK]

You’re getting closer and closer! The third one in particular is a great capture.


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[lesno1]

You’re getting closer and closer! The third one in particular is a great capture.


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Thankyou Dan much appreciated

[Chataignier]

That's great macro shooting, especially the last one, terrific depth of field. What lens are you using ?

[lesno1]

That's great macro shooting, especially the last one, terrific depth of field. What lens are you using ?

Hi thanks for your comment i use a Sigma 105mm macro lens

[Cantab]

Hi thanks for your comment i use a Sigma 105mm macro lens

I agree with the others --a good set of images, particularly the DOF in the last one. Were you using flash, as a means to keep the aperture as small as possible?

[xpatUSA]

I remain fascinated by the difficulties resulting from the use of flash on dark but specular surfaces and the consequent lack of detail in such surfaces. I am not criticizing the use of the technique itself but I wondered if there were ways and means of getting around the effects thereof.

Since the scene gains a lot of DR from specular reflections - there is a class of functions that attempt bring such images into the range of say a normal monitor giving rise to the so-called "HDR" images. The GIMP offers four such functions under "Tone Mapping" and other Apps may do also. Here's the above image mapped by those functions at their default settings:



It is obvious that further work will improve each one and equally obvious that one is OTT - but the non-specular stuff does come up nicely and highlights do become less harsh, especially the Matiuk.

Of them all, I prefer the Matiuk 2006 but they are all adjustable to taste ...

[lesno1]

I agree with the others --a good set of images, particularly the DOF in the last one. Were you using flash, as a means to keep the aperture as small as possible?

Thanks yes i use a twin head flash with diffusion