gardenersassistant
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This is one of a pair of "hello" posts. (The other one is this post of three invertebrates in the Abstract/Macro/Still Life/Digital Art forum.)
These are from my archive as I haven't done much photography so far this year, having I think burnt out a bit doing too much in the second half of last year trying to sort out new arrangements for photographing invertebrates. Luckily, with spring coming I can feel my enthusiasm returning.
#1 As for almost all of my botanical subjects, these images were captured in our garden. (My wife is the Gardener, the one with the knowledge and the vision. I get to dig holes, clear away dead leaves, manage the compost heaps etc, hence my username.)
This image was focus stacked using 32 JPEGs extracted from a 6K video captured hand-held in natural light with Panasonic's Post Focus function using a Panasonic G9 micro four thirds camera and an Olympus 60mm macro lens. The JPEGs were extracted from the video, aligned and focus stacked with Helicon Focus using two different stacking methods and then merging the two stacked images and post processing the merged image in Lightroom.
1462 19 1457 05 2019_03_11 P1015812 G9+60 HHPFS32f F2.8 1-500 ISO400 EV-1 A29,2+innerC1 LR 1300h-sharpen by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#2 This is a single-capture image probably captured using aperture bracketing. (This gives me a set of captures from maximum to minimum aperture at one stop intervals with a single press of the shutter button. I can then make a carefully considered selection of which to use during selection/post processing, with the decision mainly based on the balance between focus coverage of the subject on the one hand and on the other hand the rendition of the background.)
The image was captured in natural light using a Panasonic G80 micro four thirds camera and a 14-140mm lens, probably with a low power Canon 500D close-up lens. The raw file was processed with DXO PhotoLab and then Lightroom.
1304 15 14-140 P1010105_DxO LR7 1400h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#3 Sometimes I enjoy the challenge of using equipment which is not well attuned to the task in hand. This image was captured in natural light using a Panasonic TZ90 travel camera (small, flat, fits in a pocket, with 20 megapixels crammed on to its small, 1/2.3" sensor, and a lens that goes from 24mm to 720mm full frame equivalent). I don't recall now, but looking at the images in the set this one comes from I think it might have been an experimental session where I rigged the camera so it could use close-up lenses. If so, it would probably have been a Canon 500D close-up lens.
The raw file was processed with Lightroom and then Topaz DeNoise AI.
1747 08 2019_05_14 P1020670 LR 1300h DNAIAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
These are from my archive as I haven't done much photography so far this year, having I think burnt out a bit doing too much in the second half of last year trying to sort out new arrangements for photographing invertebrates. Luckily, with spring coming I can feel my enthusiasm returning.
#1 As for almost all of my botanical subjects, these images were captured in our garden. (My wife is the Gardener, the one with the knowledge and the vision. I get to dig holes, clear away dead leaves, manage the compost heaps etc, hence my username.)
This image was focus stacked using 32 JPEGs extracted from a 6K video captured hand-held in natural light with Panasonic's Post Focus function using a Panasonic G9 micro four thirds camera and an Olympus 60mm macro lens. The JPEGs were extracted from the video, aligned and focus stacked with Helicon Focus using two different stacking methods and then merging the two stacked images and post processing the merged image in Lightroom.
1462 19 1457 05 2019_03_11 P1015812 G9+60 HHPFS32f F2.8 1-500 ISO400 EV-1 A29,2+innerC1 LR 1300h-sharpen by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#2 This is a single-capture image probably captured using aperture bracketing. (This gives me a set of captures from maximum to minimum aperture at one stop intervals with a single press of the shutter button. I can then make a carefully considered selection of which to use during selection/post processing, with the decision mainly based on the balance between focus coverage of the subject on the one hand and on the other hand the rendition of the background.)
The image was captured in natural light using a Panasonic G80 micro four thirds camera and a 14-140mm lens, probably with a low power Canon 500D close-up lens. The raw file was processed with DXO PhotoLab and then Lightroom.
1304 15 14-140 P1010105_DxO LR7 1400h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#3 Sometimes I enjoy the challenge of using equipment which is not well attuned to the task in hand. This image was captured in natural light using a Panasonic TZ90 travel camera (small, flat, fits in a pocket, with 20 megapixels crammed on to its small, 1/2.3" sensor, and a lens that goes from 24mm to 720mm full frame equivalent). I don't recall now, but looking at the images in the set this one comes from I think it might have been an experimental session where I rigged the camera so it could use close-up lenses. If so, it would probably have been a Canon 500D close-up lens.
The raw file was processed with Lightroom and then Topaz DeNoise AI.
1747 08 2019_05_14 P1020670 LR 1300h DNAIAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
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