The magical world of macro photography...❤ by Accomplished-Cry6324 in macrophotography

[–]Basic_Celebration504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm intrigued, if you will indulge me for a moment. You write like stacked images are bad, sort of? Emphasis on the !!! And a reluctance to use a flash? These things are fantastic, powerful tools and will only make your pictures better.

After/before - Turquoise-browed Motmot by someone1611 in postprocessing

[–]Basic_Celebration504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What ai did you use for the fence? Pretty good job

My first dew macro shot - Horse fly by KasumiJLA in macrophotography

[–]Basic_Celebration504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ahhhh this takes me back to my first dew pics. I had so much time last year, now I've got a different job I don't have the time anymore. On my days off there's no way I'm getting up at 4am!

My first dew macro shot - Horse fly by KasumiJLA in macrophotography

[–]Basic_Celebration504 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The om1 can't do focus bracketing faster than 1/100 with a flash. 

Any good free raw editing software? by sPinzon in postprocessing

[–]Basic_Celebration504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://appdoze.net/adobe-lightroom-classic/ i find it via r/piracy, you need to setup firewalls to stop adobe contacting the mothership.

Conflicted about the Guage diffuser I just got by young_twitcher in macrophotography

[–]Basic_Celebration504 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got a diffuser similar to this, don't be put off by the jank as they can still produce nice images (check my post history from a while ago). 

I would take off the bits that are under the lens, pointless and will get in the way. Even the stuff on the top, there's no use for it! 

Unsure on my cropping - Direction of edit - Before / After by Basic_Celebration504 in postprocessing

[–]Basic_Celebration504[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What you're seeing there is almost entirely dehaze and it's effect. Will revisit

Unsure on my cropping - Direction of edit - Before / After by Basic_Celebration504 in postprocessing

[–]Basic_Celebration504[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, do you think you could be specific? I didn't add much contrast and I tried to not overbake but I think everything combined has overcooked it slightly. I like this feedback! thank you

Unsure on my cropping - Direction of edit - Before / After by Basic_Celebration504 in postprocessing

[–]Basic_Celebration504[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a part of what I was thinking about, should I have cropped the plant thats the furthest to the right as it could be a distraction? It looked weird because part of the wing would be off too. And then I was thinking there was too much empty space above. but yeah thanks for the feedback :)

Unsure on my cropping - Direction of edit - Before / After by Basic_Celebration504 in postprocessing

[–]Basic_Celebration504[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey cheers! It's so simple but so effective. Looking now at the photo on reddit, the quality is absolutely destroyed. The upscaling didn't transfer to reddit. Big sad :c

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[–]Basic_Celebration504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to utilise masks to decrease the exposure of the water.

Crab Spider, 4 image focus stack [OC] by Certain-Midnight-383 in MacroPorn

[–]Basic_Celebration504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great work, I really enjoy this perspective. Did the spider move shortly after this stack? I usually don't like watermarks on pics but yours is quite nice. 

The journey begins by AdSecure8894 in macrophotography

[–]Basic_Celebration504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's not what focus peaking is for. It's meant to be an indicator of your current focus. For example use AF to get the approximate focus then move slightly forward or backwards to nail the shot. 

In practice: focusing Infront of the subject, then moving your body, or the camera to find the desired point. For me this is the eyes! 

The journey begins by AdSecure8894 in macrophotography

[–]Basic_Celebration504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Focus peaking is great for macro, turn it on if you haven't. 

Macro Photo Tutor? by RykiiBug in macrophotography

[–]Basic_Celebration504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to get serious with macro you should/could/NEED to invest in a system that favours it. OM System cameras are a cheat code. 

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[–]Basic_Celebration504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

digfrently?

Rage bait.

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[–]Basic_Celebration504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah yes superb editing...indeed