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I think the improvement is pretty striking.

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... well i'm not one to do macro photography considering my lens options (which consists of only a 35mm f/2.0), but i found this guy on my balcony, and he could barely move because of the cold... so i brought him indoors, and put him under a lamp to warm him up...

... while i was waiting for him to recover i thought, why not... let me give macro a try... here are the results:

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... a few minutes later he was off doing his thing again :lol:
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I like the photos, Thomas and cybermystic.

A general question to you guys, do you sharpen your photos or are your close ups naturally sharp?

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pgtips wrote:
I like the photos, Thomas and cybermystic.

A general question to you guys, do you sharpen your photos or are your close ups naturally sharp?


... these are the only "close-ups" i've ever done, and yes, i did do some sharpening, but not much.
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Nice pics Thomas, and nice DoF too :) Wish I could find a bug subject that'll keep still...

My pics up to about a week ago were never sharpened. Only since I experimented with Elements do I try a little sharpening to help crisp it up some more.

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popo wrote:
Nice pics Thomas, and nice DoF too :) Wish I could find a bug subject that'll keep still...

My pics up to about a week ago were never sharpened. Only since I experimented with Elements do I try a little sharpening to help crisp it up some more.


thanks popo... just like you, i've only recently started sharpening my photos, and i'm still experimenting with it, so if anyone has some pearls of wisdom on the subject... i'm all ears :)
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I think the improvement is pretty striking. :oops:

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Always need to sharpen a JPEG straight out of the camera.
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I think the improvement is pretty striking..

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Taken today (12th September 2008) very up close and personal. An uncropped full frame macro of a bee on a Marigold - f#22.

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This image is a 50% crop of the previous image and has been processed from the RAW data (the previous image was processed from JPEG captured data).

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Even closer in :shock:
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Lemme guess.....

It's a Bee?

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I haven't had a macro lens yet, but I should put it in my list..LOL
Here is my shot, taken with standard zoom lens with closest distance.

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cybermystic wrote:
Taken today (12th September 2008) very up close and personal. An uncropped full frame macro of a bee on a Marigold - f#22.
Greg


Greg, What lens are these taken with? Do you use tubes or anything - they're awesome mate!

Here's the best I can do with my Nifty.....


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