love em!
with the reflections in the dew drops, are you just maneuvering around the drop until you see what you want in the reflection, or are you manipulating it to achieve the desired effect??
--Craig...
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Truly amazing photos, and very generous of you to share your technique. I recently downloaded CombineZP (the new version) but did not realize that it could align frames well enough for use with handheld shots.
Lord VetinariRegistered UsersPosts: 15,901Major grins
edited June 2, 2009
Thanks again for the kind comments
Dan , I think all the stacking progs I've come across allow for some frame movement. In fact these shots were stacked by hand. The flower dewdrops are very simple to do by hand and it's just as fast. #1 is not that simple but most stacking programs make a hash of mass small drop photos either not aligning properly or leaving multiple haloes around the drops.
These are very striking images. In particular, this one looks like the head of some alien insect with a set of antenna-bound eyes protruding up into the frame.
To quote Garth and Wayne "I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy"
Amazing shots--gives me something to shoot for, get it? lol, ok not funny.
Makes me want to pack up my bags and leave the site until I have something presentable.
But I won't.
Pics are so amazing they don't even look real.
To Digital Grin: Please add a smilie emoticon that has a little gun blowing it's little brains out. Will come in handy when viewing all great photography I not yet capable of---- yet.
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Lord VetinariRegistered UsersPosts: 15,901Major grins
edited June 3, 2009
Thanks for the comments everybody - I have had quite a bit of practice doing dewdrop refractions but still enjoy the results
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Brian you really should be Moderating this forum ya know
These are truly amazing, nature and Brian at their best :ivar
.... Skippy
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:skippy Everyone has the right to be stupid, but some people just abuse the privilege :dgrin
Thanks Skippy for the kind comments
Not sure being able to do dewdrop shots and moderating a forum have anything to do with each other really
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with the reflections in the dew drops, are you just maneuvering around the drop until you see what you want in the reflection, or are you manipulating it to achieve the desired effect??
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nuff said...
Craig I cheat by placing the flower behind the dewdrops
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still amazing though, gonna give it a go at some point soon
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Truly amazing photos, and very generous of you to share your technique. I recently downloaded CombineZP (the new version) but did not realize that it could align frames well enough for use with handheld shots.
Dan
Dan , I think all the stacking progs I've come across allow for some frame movement. In fact these shots were stacked by hand. The flower dewdrops are very simple to do by hand and it's just as fast. #1 is not that simple but most stacking programs make a hash of mass small drop photos either not aligning properly or leaving multiple haloes around the drops.
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Thank for those motivating shots
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Amazing shots--gives me something to shoot for, get it? lol, ok not funny.
Makes me want to pack up my bags and leave the site until I have something presentable.
But I won't.
Pics are so amazing they don't even look real.
To Digital Grin: Please add a smilie emoticon that has a little gun blowing it's little brains out. Will come in handy when viewing all great photography I not yet capable of---- yet.
_________
Brian V.
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Brian V.
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