A Great Macro Photo: http://macronatureforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,5420.0.html...

jrconcours Loc: Ocean View, DE

http://macronatureforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,5420.0.html

Sher Loc: Colorful Colorado

Wish I knew how to do that... Thanks for sharing

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

It is pretty, and it is quite contrived.

This is a "table top studio set-up", where the background flowers are precisely placed and lighted, as is the glycerin drops hanging from the foreground stem. Once the exposure & composition are reviewed and tweaked, an image is captured, then flipped for this upside-down view.

abby Loc: Tampa, Florida

jrconcours wrote:

http://macronatureforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,5420.0.html

Nice!
Please comment on Nikonian72's comment.
Is this how you shot this? Any post-processing?
Thanks

jrconcours Loc: Ocean View, DE

abby wrote:

jrconcours wrote:

http://macronatureforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,5420.0.html

Nice!
Please comment on Nikonian72's comment.
Is this how you shot this? Any post-processing?
Thanks

I didn't shoot it, just found it on the net and wanted to share it.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

jrconcours wrote:

I didn't shoot it, just found it on the net and wanted to share it.

I appreciate that you have shared this macro image with us. Viewing successful macro-photography is how we all learn.

This photograph is by Carlo Galliani: http://www.pbase.com/carlogalliani/image/143051514

I have great admiration for his work. I know how it is done technically, but do not have the patience, nor experience, nor the equipment set-up for this type of macro capture.

I previously used the term "contrived" because this is not an "as found" situation. As a macro-photographer, I have no problem with the use of table-top studios, but I know that I am never going to find in the field, a situation this perfect & pretty.

Carlos is also known for his nature photography.
http://www.pbase.com/carlogalliani

jrconcours Loc: Ocean View, DE

Thanks Nikonian, I've seen some of Carlo's other work and he is very good.

NIKONUT Loc: San Diego

Nikonian72 wrote:

It is pretty, and it is quite contrived.
This is a "table top studio set-up", where the background flowers are precisely placed and lighted, as is the glycerin drops hanging from the foreground stem. Once the exposure & composition are reviewed and tweaked, an image is captured, then flipped for this upside-down view.

I want to thank you Nikonian72, for your observation on this photograph. I was a member of the Photographic Society if America (PSA) for quite a few years and their big thing was that all images were to be free of "the hand of man". Members always displayed very nice work most of which was done in a studio type of set-up. My concept of animal, plant and other subjects were done in the natural arenas and not basically staged. I dropped my membership because of that.

Photographic manipulations used in commercial and other applications have been around it seems like forever and can be very misleading (food, models, just to name a few). It seems that all this and Post-processing is going to be around a long time. Happy shooting.

Dunatic

I viewed this site and was amazed by all the photography Carlo does. It seems like his images are very sharp and crisp. That is, when he wants them like that. I don't know much about Photoshop, but maybe some of you can tell me if it is the equipment he uses that makes the images look so good? Or is it his ability to sharpen them and tweak them in Photoshop? I'm wondering how many of the macro bug shots were set up in a studio vs. in nature. Anyway...thanks for posting. Cheryl

ShooterOR

Dunatic wrote:

I viewed this site and was amazed by all the photography Carlo does. It seems like his images are very sharp and crisp. That is, when he wants them like that. I don't know much about Photoshop, but maybe some of you can tell me if it is the equipment he uses that makes the images look so good? Or is it his ability to sharpen them and tweak them in Photoshop? I'm wondering how many of the macro bug shots were set up in a studio vs. in nature. Anyway...thanks for posting. Cheryl

It looks like "photo stacking" to me.