Pollen Waterfalls

GOLDENORFE · December 17, 2010

shot in april, just got round to stacking!
mpe x4 - x5 mag if i remember correctly
all 7-12 frame focus stacks handheld

rhododendron flowers pollen grains

phil

#1 single pod!

#2 waterfalls!

#3 tumbling down a different flower!

micknewton · December 17, 2010

These are terrific shots, Phil!

What software did you use for stacking? I'm in the free trial period for Zerene Stacker and, so far, I think it does a very good job.

GOLDENORFE · December 17, 2010

yes i use zerene, easily the best software available at present.

phil

basflt · December 17, 2010

extreme macro & extreme nice pics

Lord Vetinari · December 17, 2010

Beautiful shots Phil - esp like #2
Brian v.

Wicked_Dark · December 17, 2010

wow. more hidden treasures. what else ya got left over from April??

micknewton · December 17, 2010

GOLDENORFE wrote: »

yes i use zerene, easily the best software available at present.

phil

Yeah, the only thing I don't like about it, so far, is the huge difference in price between the Personal and Professional licenses. It's $89 USD for a Personal license, but $289 USD for a Professional license.

Zerene wrote:

Professional Edition is for people who make money using Zerene Stacker. You need the Professional Edition to use Zerene Stacker in support of a corporation or government activity, or to make images for sale.

Personal Edition is for hobbyists and their families. It’s for people who use Zerene Stacker for satisfaction, not money.

I think it's kind of lame. There are no extra features (as far as I know) in the Pro edition, and how could they possibly know whether or not I'm selling photos made with a Personal edition?

Lord Vetinari · December 18, 2010

micknewton wrote: »

Yeah, the only thing I don't like about it, so far, is the huge difference in price between the Personal and Professional licenses. It's $89 USD for a Personal license, but $289 USD for a Professional license.

I think it's kind of lame. There are no extra features (as far as I know) in the Pro edition, and how could they possibly know whether or not I'm selling photos made with a Personal edition?

The pro edition subsidises the much lower price of the personal edition making it affordable for hobbyists.

Brian V.

ziggy53 · December 18, 2010

micknewton wrote: »

... how could they possibly know whether or not I'm selling photos made with a Personal edition?

You would be amazed at how many image editors add a unique "digital signature" to the output images, just so the software manufacturers can track usage. Sometimes some text is added to the EXIF and Makernote areas of the file too.

Some of these digital signatures are strong enough that they will persist even through Xerographic/optical copying.