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These were captured hand-held several days ago using a Sony A7sii with a Laowa 100mm 2X macro lens and a Yongnuo YN24EX twin flash. The third one used two 2X teleconverters and the rest (in a different session the day before) used one 2X teleconverter and one 1.4X teleconverter.

These are single-image captures (i.e. not stacked). The raw files were processed using presets in DXO PhotoLab, Adobe Lightroom and Topaz DeNoise AI, with image-specific adjustments in Lightroom. Images 2, 7 and 8 had a round trip from Lightroom to Photoshop and back to deal with some cloning that was too difficult to do in Lightroom.

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very nice :smt041

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Beautifully clear and they make a really interesting set. Ta.

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Spectacular!

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Adalbert wrote:
Thu Jun 10, 2021 3:51 am
very nice :smt041
Beatsy wrote:
Thu Jun 10, 2021 4:52 am
Beautifully clear and they make a really interesting set. Ta.
Olympusman wrote:
Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:13 pm
Spectacular!

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Thank you all for the encouraging comments. :)
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=D> Very nice.
Thanks for sharing.

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very nice set, i like the most No.6.

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Sumguy01 wrote:
Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:55 am
=D> Very nice.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. :)
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zook wrote:
Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:41 pm
very nice set, i like the most No.6.
Thank you. I like #6 best too. I feel I got very lucky with that one.
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Excellent set Nick!

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Dalantech wrote:
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Excellent set Nick!
Thanks John. :)
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Those are fantastic.
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MarkSturtevant wrote:
Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:54 pm
Those are fantastic.
Thanks Mark. :)
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Wonderfull photos and great technique!

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micro_pix wrote:
Tue Jun 15, 2021 3:53 am
Wonderfull photos and great technique!

Dave
Thanks Dave. :)
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