And yet more macros

[Lord Vetinari]

A few of my recent shots
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.valentine/CRW_3759c.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.valentine/CRW_3814c.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.valentine/CRW_3830c.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.valentine/CRW_3839c.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.valentine/CRW_3847c.jpg

The following 3 shots are from a sequence of 47 shots of this fly I called Rodney who recently set a world record for bubble blowing of six consecutive bubbles.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.valentine/CRW_3854c.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.valentine/CRW_3865c.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.valentine/CRW_3879c.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.valentine/CRW_3944c.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.valentine/CRW_3909c.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.valentine/CRW_3980c.jpg

[nzmacro]

Nice work and shots Brian, as usual with your work. :thumb . You see that third shot there with the spider, see how the comp with the tiny leaves all coming on an angle, that is one heck of a 3D effect for my eyes. Love it !!. The last shot is a real stunner as well Brian. Great colours, lighting and DOF. Impressive as always sir :thumb :thumb

Danny.

[Lord Vetinari]

Nice work and shots Brian, as usual with your work. :thumb . You see that third shot there with the spider, see how the comp with the tiny leaves all coming on an angle, that is one heck of a 3D effect for my eyes. Love it !!. The last shot is a real stunner as well Brian. Great colours, lighting and DOF. Impressive as always sir :thumb :thumb

Danny.Thanks Danny- appreciate the comments. I've been trying to go for a "softer" look ie not too much post processing sharpening.
What do you think?

Brian V.

[USAIR]

Great macros
Nice color and great detail :thumb

Thanks
Fred

[MuskyDude]

Very nice Brian, these are terriffic macros! :thumb Excellent details!!!!



AJ

[Phil U.]

That's a lot of critter photos. All very nice. That last one just POPS. The color is stunning - very sharp and great lighting. :clap

[nzmacro]

Thanks Danny- appreciate the comments. I've been trying to go for a "softer" look ie not too much post processing sharpening.
What do you think?

Brian V.
Personally and only IMO, I would give then a slightly more boost in sharpness. Not much though. I've seen a fair bit of your amazing shots Brian and I do like the sharpness turned up a bit, not much, just a tad. BUT, I've had others comment that I sharpen too much sometimes :wink , ya just can't win :D . Either way we all know what can be done anyway, so why not try it. I'll join you in that case :thumb

Danny.

[Higgmeister]

I've been trying to go for a "softer" look ie not too much post processing sharpening.
What do you think?

Brian V. Outstanding macros once again:thumb. It's kinda funny in that you want to soften your shots and I'm trying to sharpen mine. I shot without in-camera sharpening and don't think I sharpen enough. I need to figure out a better way of sharpening effectively. I personally like a sharp, crisp photo, especially macros.

Thanks for sharing,
Chris

[Phil U.]

Outstanding macros once again:thumb. It's kinda funny in that you want to soften your shots and I'm trying to sharpen mine. I shot without in-camera sharpening and don't think I sharpen enough. I need to figure out a better way of sharpening effectively. I personally like a sharp, crisp photo, especially macros.

Thanks for sharing,
Chris

I highly reccomend rutt's sharpening method. He posted 2 tutorials - they're sticky posts in the Photoshop Shenanigans (http://www.dgrin.com/forumdisplay.php?f=10) forum. The Part 2 tutorial really gives you fine-grained control over your sharpening. I've got the method described in there rolled up into a useable Photoshop action that I've been using with good success. The action won't do it for you automatically (you'll still have to understand the material in his tutorials) but it'll walk you through the steps to make it faster and so you won't forget anything. If anyone is interested, just PM me with your e-mail address and I'll send it to you.

[Lord Vetinari]

Thanks all for the comments.

With regards to the sharpening I think it is a reaction to quite a few insect macros I've seen recently which in my personal opinion are way over sharpened. It's not that I don't sharpen. Most of the pics get sharpening (although it appears to be minimal) during raw processing using DPP set to level 5 (max) sharpening, then they get level2 sharpening using a Focus Magic plugin. neither of these seem to give the same effect as USM. However I'm still learning!
Cheers

Brian V.