• Members 4254 posts
    April 17, 2023, 7:34 a.m.

    Which part of the critique do you disagree with?

    In part he is confirming my earlier observation that your images are 'mushy' in parts.

    Now, whether the 'mushiness' resulting from the post processing of the raw data is acceptable to you or not is your choice to make.

  • Members 2365 posts
    April 17, 2023, 7:51 a.m.

    extreme macro of living subjects with a 2-4 mm fov 70 stacked images shot in 7 secs :-) extreme macro is whoever can get the shot wins. sorry but your comments have no meaning to a extreme macro shooter. extreme macro shooters of live subjects hve extreme setups to even try and get the shot let alone get a perfect one. imagine getting 70 precise slices that barely overlap in 1.5mm of dof .๐Ÿคจdo you have any idea how difficult that is. there wouldn't be a hand full of photographers in the world that have tried. mushiness well... have you ever herd of movement it just clarifies my live subjects are alive ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜’

  • Members 4254 posts
    April 17, 2023, 7:55 a.m.

    No, the mushiness is clearly post processing artefacts, not motion blur.

  • Members 2365 posts
    April 17, 2023, 7:58 a.m.

    elaborate. this should be fun.

  • Members 4254 posts
    April 17, 2023, 8 a.m.

    After you answer my earlier question:

    Which part of Ian's critique do you disagree with and why?

  • April 17, 2023, 8:06 a.m.

    I have reason to believe that image has been photoshopped. My experience is that spiders wouldn't be seen dead in a wooly hat. Their style is the Fedora.

  • Members 2365 posts
    April 17, 2023, 8:08 a.m.

    i didn't read it, i have heard it all before , i only listen to critique if an image is posted to prove they know what they are talking about. its my policy . my galleries were my resume on dpr and i did have 750 images up till i was told to take them down.

  • April 17, 2023, 8:09 a.m.

    You two are giving me an idea for a sitcom script.

  • Members 2365 posts
    April 17, 2023, 8:11 a.m.

    now that would have looked cool ๐Ÿ‘Œ

  • Members 2365 posts
    April 17, 2023, 8:21 a.m.

    i will be really quick. none of it . because you dont shoot raw . you dont use NR because your stacking 70 images ,you have to sharpen the detail because the optical position is not fixed and causes focus breathing and you have to rely on software to determine the stacking precision. note you can only stack image perfectly from a front on positing .if you want a 3d effect you need to shoot at 25 deg to the subject and guess what happens ? itas why not many can successfully shoot these images because they have not figured out the correct optical position. (microscope objective) the spiders also have hair on them and you cant stack very fine hair in 70 stacked. images

  • Members 2365 posts
    April 17, 2023, 8:22 a.m.

    you can get lucky
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    w755web (2023_04_06 11_05_50 UTC).jpg

    JPG, 2.2ย MB, uploaded by DonaldB on April 17, 2023.

  • Members 4254 posts
    April 17, 2023, 8:23 a.m.

    If you don't shoot raw, then what are you shooting assuming you are aware that sooc jpegs come from the same raw file that raw shooters use.

  • Members 2365 posts
    April 17, 2023, 8:31 a.m.

    imagine trying to stack 70 100 meg images . the whole process takes a full day as it is to shoot 1 of these images its not a push of the button like you imagine. i have shot flies laying live magets and then photographing them while they are jumping around and the tube egs are clear not white and you can see an unborn fly inside . thats very cool i can tell you.

  • Members 2365 posts
    April 17, 2023, 8:34 a.m.

    this is one of my all time best images ,its a live mosquito head. at 10x
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    w788 (2023_04_06 20_18_00 UTC)web.jpg

    JPG, 3.0ย MB, uploaded by DonaldB on April 17, 2023.

  • Members 4254 posts
    April 17, 2023, 8:35 a.m.

    You're running away from the question again :-)

    You said you didn't shoot raw, so how were the images you stacked created?

  • Members 4254 posts
    April 17, 2023, 8:46 a.m.

    I like it.........maybe you can call it "Dumb and Dumber" ๐Ÿ™‚ ..............................oh wait......I think that might already be taken......I'll go and check

  • Members 2365 posts
    April 17, 2023, 9:04 a.m.

    jpegs only to shoot 10 frames per second silent shutter and stacked in zerene. i have even shot 60 hiress 80 meg images total finished image 240 megs.

  • Members 2365 posts
    April 17, 2023, 9:13 a.m.

    jpegs only to shoot 10 frames per second silent shutter and stacked in zerene. i have even shot 60 hiress 80 meg images total finished image 240 megs.
    i dont want to offend people useing m43 but some of my early work was shot with m43 and the stacking programs stack noise which is a pain in the a..s thats why shooting sony a6300 the images are so much cleaner.