Dragonfly

Gérard-64 · Post by **Gérard-64** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:15 pm

Nikkor 70/300mm at 100mm+12X Raynox lens.Stacked with Helicon focus.

Planapo · Post by **Planapo** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:14 am

C'est une photo mangifique sous cet angle, Gérard!

Hope there are not too many mistakes in this one sentence...

--Betty

Gérard-64 · Post by **Gérard-64** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:18 am

Planapo wrote:C'est une photo mangifique sous cet angle, Gérard!

Hope there are not too many mistakes in this one sentence...

--Betty

Waou! you speek french better than I do!...
Merci Planapo.

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:56 am

Neat shot! Interesting technique,tele zoom plus close up lens. Never heard of Raynox tho!

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 3:53 am

Nice stack!

Very interesting. I wouldn't have considered using a zoom for this kind of work but it seems to have come out well! Am I right in assuming you used the zoom/diopter combo as you didn't have a prime to achieve that (lower) level of magnification?

Gérard-64 · Post by **Gérard-64** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:03 am

lauriek wrote:Nice stack!

Very interesting. I wouldn't have considered using a zoom for this kind of work but it seems to have come out well! Am I right in assuming you used the zoom/diopter combo as you didn't have a prime to achieve that (lower) level of magnification?

Lauriek,most of my pictures are done with the following combo:Nikkor 70/300mmVR+DCR 250,or 6,12,24X Raynox .
That way,when zooming I can obtain from 0.68/1 to 7.8/1 magnification.
However,I rarely use the extreme possibility(300mm+24X) because the results are always bad.In my opinion the Nikkor 70/300VR is good for this purpose from 70 to 135mm.
With this combo the working distance (from subject to front lens) is around 4 inches.

dmillard · Post by **dmillard** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:03 am

Gérard -

This is a very nice portrait.

David

P_T · Post by **P_T** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:58 am

Very nice lighting with barely noticeable halo artifact from focus stacking.

A small critique if I may. There seems to be banding in the background. I would suggest using a little blur tool in photoshop if the banding is actually artifact caused focus stacking.

There's also some moire pattern in the eyes. I suggest using a different sampling algorithm when you resize it.