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Dewdrop refractions

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
edited December 20, 2006 in Holy Macro
Some more of these shots :)

Brian V.

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Don't be sad

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Workers Unite

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Cross-eye stereogram

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Festive Greetings

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Cross-eye stereogram

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Brian V.
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2006
    Brian,
    Oh man, you did it again! thumb.gifbowdown.gif
    Magnificent job!
    And I *love* stereograms! deal.gifclap.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2006
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Some more of these shots :)

    Brian V.
    Click on Pics for larger size
    Don't be sad
    Workers Unite
    Cross-eye stereogram
    Festive Greetings
    Cross-eye stereogram

    You are sooooooooooooo good at this stuff Brian, you just never cease to amaze me with you Stunning Macro Images clap.gifclap.gif
    Yup you are indeed the Macro KING :ivar .... Skippy (Australia)
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    ultravoxultravox Registered Users Posts: 776 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2006
    Oh my God...
    Killers! Focus stacking?
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    Cristian.
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    Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2006
    Thanks for the kind comments everyone- much appreciated.

    Skippy- certainly not the King- just lucky enough to practice a lot :)
    Ultravox- Yes they are all focus stacked with 2 to 5 shots.
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    wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2006
    lol3.gif Superb, again. The flowers in the first one look like eyes.
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    Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2006
    iloveyou.gifgreat series Brian !! loved them all
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    schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2006
    Great job! It's been ages since I've seen a stereogram but I love those! :wow
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    DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2006
    Wish I lived closer
    and could come watch you in action while you take these photos! Hey... maybe you could have someone video you?

    I lost track of a guy in Germany who used to use one of those stand up magnifiers for his macro work. Think he did mainly bugs...

    Love your drops!
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    mgd_harveymgd_harvey Registered Users Posts: 73 Big grins
    edited December 18, 2006
    Awesome shots. I love the refractions you've used!

    The stereo is great too :D

    Thanks for sharing.
    Mark
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    So much has changed in our photo-world, and yet basically nothing's changed - It's still the pictures that really matter. David Noton
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    BPCooperBPCooper Registered Users Posts: 134 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2006
    WOW

    The ones of the rose could NOT be more perfect and well executed.

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    ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2006
    These are gorgeous :) Great job.
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    BaldyBaldy Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 2,853 moderator
    edited December 18, 2006
    Oh. My. Gosh. bowdown.gifbowbowdown.gif
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    Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2006
    Dee wrote:
    and could come watch you in action while you take these photos! Hey... maybe you could have someone video you?

    I lost track of a guy in Germany who used to use one of those stand up magnifiers for his macro work. Think he did mainly bugs...

    Love your drops!
    Thanks Dee,
    Don't think you would find it that interesting see description here
    http://www.flickr.com/groups/macroviewers/discuss/72157594313729574/
    I end up looking like someone paying their devotions on a prayer mat rolleyes1.gif .
    I often do these in my front garden , I'm sure the people in the flats over the road find it all very odd as it's normally fairly early in the morning.
    Brian V.
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    Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2006
    Thanks for the kind comments everyone thumb.gif
    Very much appreciated.
    Brian V.
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    jsedlakjsedlak Registered Users Posts: 487 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2006
    wow!!! How do you do these shots!? bowdown.gif
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    Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2006
    jsedlak wrote:
    wow!!! How do you do these shots!? bowdown.gif
    thanks
    see reply above

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    ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 23,830 moderator
    edited December 19, 2006
    More greatness Brian!

    How much of your work is published? (More should be.)

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    Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2006
    ziggy53 wrote:
    More greatness Brian!

    How much of your work is published? (More should be.)

    ziggy53
    Thanks for the compliment ziggy.
    I've had some work published ( a two page spread in the Daily Mirror- one of the UKs National papers plus a few pics in an academic book on flies coming out shortly).
    I really only "publish" on my Flickr gallery which is fairly popular (about 360000 views) and that keeps me happy plus a lot of interaction with other photogs on how to take the shots.

    Brian V.
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    AussierooAussieroo Registered Users Posts: 234 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2006
    A great concept I haven't come accross before. Thanks for sharing your experience. I have read your Tutorial on focus stacking. First I had heard of that as well. Always wondered how some managed to get such great DOF yet be so close macro wise. Now I know. Now to set myself up and do some practice. Thanks again,just fabulous work.
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    Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited December 20, 2006
    Aussieroo wrote:
    A great concept I haven't come accross before. Thanks for sharing your experience. I have read your Tutorial on focus stacking. First I had heard of that as well. Always wondered how some managed to get such great DOF yet be so close macro wise. Now I know. Now to set myself up and do some practice. Thanks again,just fabulous work.

    Thanks for the comments.
    There are obviously other ways of getting greater DOF eg smaller apertures or image cropping but both have their drawbacks.
    Brian V.
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