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My thanks to Davoud!
On 7/27/2017 10:03 PM, Davoud wrote:
Davoud: P.S. Here's one more y'all might like https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/34885963754. PeterN: Very well done. did you use focus stacking? Indeed, in Photoshop CC 2017. The key to making such photos and showing details is big, soft light, I have found. That's a 500 watt-second studio flash in a softbox with a white foamcore reflector. Sam Droege of the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, just down the road from me in Beltsville, MD, uses an analogous technique, though he makes many more such photos than I do and his setup is geared for mass production. See the BIML Flickr page here https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/ and read about his technique in this PDF ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laur...Take%20MacroPh otographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf. I tried the BIML technique a few years ago, when I was just starting in photographing small arthropods and flowers, and I found it to be unsuitable my purposes, in part because my "laboratory" is a kitchen counter. But BIML's top-quality photos show that it works for Droege and his crew. For my setup, please see this photo of a blue mud dauber wasp, Chalybion californicum, https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/7749871750 and my "laboratory" setup for that photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/18783033861. Unfortunately, the ISP at the motel here decided not to let me into Flickr any more.. I will have to wait until I get home and catch my breath, early next week. We went to Lenox, MA for the BSO concert. On this trip we plan to see the Saratoga battlefield for the first time. -- PeterN |
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My thanks to Davoud!
On 7/27/2017 10:03 PM, Davoud wrote:
snip For my setup, please see this photo of a blue mud dauber wasp, Chalybion californicum, https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/7749871750 and my "laboratory" setup for that photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/18783033861. I meant to add. is there a way of using focus stacking out in the field, with wild bugs, and the flowers blowing in the wind? -- PeterN |
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My thanks to Davoud!
On 7/28/2017 12:39 AM, Bill W wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:01:19 -0400, Ron C wrote: On 7/27/2017 9:13 PM, Bill W wrote: On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 21:10:45 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 7/27/2017 4:34 PM, David B. wrote: On 27-Jul-17 8:22 PM, PeterN wrote: On 7/27/2017 1:41 PM, David B. wrote: On 27-Jul-17 3:13 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 27, 2017, David B. wrote (in article ): On 26-Jul-17 9:08 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 26, 2017, Savageduck wrote (in iganews.com): On Jul 26, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 7/26/2017 10:47 AM, David B. wrote: On 26-Jul-17 3:35 PM, PeterN wrote: On 7/26/2017 2:24 AM, RichA wrote: On Tuesday, 18 July 2017 04:45:54 UTC-4, David B. wrote: I've just viewed the most fantastic images of birds - I have never seen finer, EVER! Other folk may view them he- http://www.primordial-light.com/aves.html I've made a note to explore David's work further when I return home to my iMac! Thank you for providing the route to find you, Davoud! :-D -- Regards, David B. Difficult, getting that close to a bird like those in the wild and not spooking them. Unless they are acclimated to people, or you use a long lens.. https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqsbscqwac...son%20birds%20 oy s ter%20cathcers%20terns_4192%20crop.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/9fjzuep8syetz60/my%20dinner.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ycftpxc2x5...%20with%20fish .j p g?dl=0 The images at the links you posted, Peter, are not a patch on the quality of those photographs taken by Davoud (in MY opinion, anyway). OK. You certainly are entitled to your opinion. Reasons for your opinion would be appreciated. I can’t speak for David and his opinion, but I have my opinion, and observations regarding those three shots. Starting with the Oyster catcher. At first I thought this was your old Oyster catcher shot from a few years back, then I saw that this was recently captured with the D500. The image quality (IQ) is awful, and that seems to be a result of several things, including your usual crop, and poor focusing on this particular part of your frame. If this is a demonstration of the IQ capability of the D500, I am disappointed. The hawk shot is just a ridiculously severe crop resulting in an image not much better than a thumbnail. It hardly seemed worth posting. I certainly have managed to wring out better quality images with my D70. The Osprey is a great capture, but again suffers from your cropping, and sharpening techniques in post. The edge halo detracts from the image just as it did when you first shared it. BTW: here is a D70 shot of Osprey with snack from 2004. https://www.dropbox.com/preview/Shared/Demo/dsc0067C.jpg Your comments say exactly what *I* had thought - thank you. Your link doesn't 'work' for me. :-( Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/thwydbv8ozw10gi/dsc0067C.jpg Wow! What a fantastic capture. Thanks for sharing with everyone here, 'Duck. :-) Using the word "fantastic" is quite an overstatement. It's a well focused image. The shadows are blocked, and although the bird's expression clearly says "don't even think to taking my fish, the composition is ruined by the static composition. Nice, yes, fantastic, no. As you recently said to me ..... ...... everyone is entitled to their own opinion. ;-) I certainly don't intend to force my opinion on anyone. I should have made it clear that comment was just my opinion. You shouldn't have to. It should already be clear that everything on usenet is opinion. I'm surprised "nospam" hasn't disagreed yet. ;-) Well, I assume he agrees. But I'd bet he also knows that I don't mean literally everything... Sadly, the use of exaggerations is becoming politically correct. I spent my working life taking words for their literal meaning, and see no reason to change. And yes I know what puffery is. -- PeterN |
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My thanks to Davoud!
On Jul 28, 2017, PeterN wrote
(in article ): Unfortunately, the ISP at the motel here decided not to let me into Flickr any more.. Where is this motel? I will have to wait until I get home and catch my breath, early next week. We went to Lenox, MA for the BSO concert. On this trip we plan to see the Saratoga battlefield for the first time. Saratoga, that is in my old stomping grounds. Technically the Saratoga Battle field stretches from Ticonderoga down to just North of Albany. Then it has a reset up the Mohawk to Oriskany. That is an easy enough drive from Lenox. Just take 90 to Albany, and then 87 to Saratoga Springs. How much of Upstate are you planning to explore on this trip? -- Regards, Savageduck |
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My thanks to Davoud!
On Jul 28, 2017, PeterN wrote
(in article ): Sadly, the use of exaggerations is becoming politically correct. I spent my working life taking words for their literal meaning, and see no reason to change. And yes I know what puffery is. Aah! Scaramucci, thy name is puffery. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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My thanks to Davoud!
On 7/29/2017 2:03 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On Jul 28, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): Unfortunately, the ISP at the motel here decided not to let me into Flickr any more.. Where is this motel? I will have to wait until I get home and catch my breath, early next week. We went to Lenox, MA for the BSO concert. On this trip we plan to see the Saratoga battlefield for the first time. Saratoga, that is in my old stomping grounds. Technically the Saratoga Battle field stretches from Ticonderoga down to just North of Albany. Then it has a reset up the Mohawk to Oriskany. That is an easy enough drive from Lenox. Just take 90 to Albany, and then 87 to Saratoga Springs. How much of Upstate are you planning to explore on this trip? We will only have today, tomorrow morning it's the botanical gardens, then the concert at Lenox, then home. I would appreciate info on photogenic areas you have any suggestions. -- PeterN |
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My thanks to Davoud!
On Jul 29, 2017, PeterN wrote
(in article ): On 7/29/2017 2:03 AM, Savageduck wrote: On Jul 28, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): Unfortunately, the ISP at the motel here decided not to let me into Flickr any more.. Where is this motel? I will have to wait until I get home and catch my breath, early next week. We went to Lenox, MA for the BSO concert. On this trip we plan to see the Saratoga battlefield for the first time. Saratoga, that is in my old stomping grounds. Technically the Saratoga Battle field stretches from Ticonderoga down to just North of Albany. Then it has a reset up the Mohawk to Oriskany. That is an easy enough drive from Lenox. Just take 90 to Albany, and then 87 to Saratoga Springs. How much of Upstate are you planning to explore on this trip? We will only have today, tomorrow morning it's the botanical gardens, then the concert at Lenox, then home. I would appreciate info on photogenic areas you have any suggestions. Photogenic is in the eye of the beholder. However, there is plenty of scenic landscape up there. In the area North of Albany I have always enjoyed Corinth, Lake Luzerne, and Lake George. There is always something fascinating to find in the Mohawk Valley mill towns if you head up the ThruWay, or Rte 5 (a better scenic drive without tolls) from Albany. I haven’t been in the Albany/Saratoga Springs area, other than driving through, since 1974, and I am sure that much has changed. The last time I visited Upstate was in 2005, and then it was to visit family in Syracuse and Utica. Once family obligations were met we were able to take a scenic drive through the Adirondacks with overnight stops in Old Forge, and Lake Placid. Then across Lake Champlain to Burlington, VT, and back to NYC. That was a tough trip as my wife was not doing well and was mobility restricted to her wheelchair. It is time I made another trip back East. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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My thanks to Davoud!
Davoud:
For my setup, please see this photo of a blue mud dauber wasp, Chalybion californicum, https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/7749871750 and my "laboratory" setup for that photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/18783033861. PeterN: I meant to add. is there a way of using focus stacking out in the field, with wild bugs, and the flowers blowing in the wind? Tricky. Very tricky. In my experience, for focus stacking, the subject needs to be very still. Still, as in "dead." I've had focus stacking fail because the subject (mounted on an insect pin as seen in the "setup" link above) shifted ever so slightly. -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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My thanks to Davoud!
PeterN:
Sadly, the use of exaggerations is becoming politically correct. I spent my working life taking words for their literal meaning, and see no reason to change. And I spent my working life as a linguist, where literal translations were apt to be laughable. I translated /meanings/ . -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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My thanks to Davoud!
On 7/29/2017 9:57 AM, Savageduck wrote:
snip Photogenic is in the eye of the beholder. However, there is plenty of scenic landscape up there. Does that principle apply to digital noise? Is there an absolute tolerance level, Or a relative one that depends upon the image. In the area North of Albany I have always enjoyed Corinth, Lake Luzerne, and Lake George. There is always something fascinating to find in the Mohawk Valley mill towns if you head up the ThruWay, or Rte 5 (a better scenic drive without tolls) from Albany. I haven’t been in the Albany/Saratoga Springs area, other than driving through, since 1974, and I am sure that much has changed. The last time I visited Upstate was in 2005, and then it was to visit family in Syracuse and Utica. Once family obligations were met we were able to take a scenic drive through the Adirondacks with overnight stops in Old Forge, and Lake Placid. Then across Lake Champlain to Burlington, VT, and back to NYC. That was a tough trip as my wife was not doing well and was mobility restricted to her wheelchair. It is time I made another trip back East. -- PeterN |
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