Before and after post processing

[bob williams]

Does this count?

Ok, Nitehawk, What did you do here and why? Just curious[*-)]---I am guessing I just became the victim of a joke


Bob

[HDNitehawk]

Ok, Nitehawk, What did you do here and why? Just curious[img]/emoticons/emotion-42.gif[/img]---I am guessing I just became the victim of a joke


Bob

Nah no joke...it was photoshop CS4, colored pencil. Maybe not what OP had in mind. It looks really cool printed off but shrinking it down to post here takes away from it.


Of course, I like it as a picture more. Other than maybe setting the picture style, it came out of the camera just as it looks now.

[bob williams]

Nah no joke...it was photoshop CS4, colored pencil. Maybe not what OP had in mind. It looks really cool printed off but shrinking it down to post here takes away from it.


Of course, I like it as a picture more. Other than maybe setting the picture style, it came out of the camera just as it looks now.

Oh, OK,----Well, your right it probably doesn't look as good on screen as it did printed---But, If you could brighten the butterfly and increase vibrance a bit, itmight be a pretty cool shot even on screen. Just my 2cw


Thanks for sharing,


Bob

[neuroanatomist]

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The image I used as an example of backfocusing in the AFMA thread seems like a good candidate for this one as well (the size reduction here masks the fact that the focal plane is behind the eye, despite using spot AF on the eye). It was shot with the 70-300mm DO lens, which due to the diffractive optics really benefits from increasing both the contrast and the sharpness during post processing. I also cropped and changed the orientation, and pushed the saturation a bit to brighten the subject and also add some 'pop' to the little ladybug on the underside of the lily pad.


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[Jayson]

I can't find the original, but thought about posting a stacked image.


Focus on the eye was crisp, but not so much the rest of him.





I shifted focus slightly and was able to get a little more of the hairs on his back in focus.





Here is the resulting image after combining the two photos in photoshop CS5. I was only able to capture two shots as the little guy decided to fly away or I would have maybe a little more in focus. All shots were taken with the Canon 7D, 100mm macro (original), and modified 430 ex II to make the light softer.





Hope that was interesting to someone who doesn't understand focus stacking.


Jayson

[Baker]

Here is a shot I took a couple of months ago


BEFORE


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AFTER


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[ddt0725]

Tonight I bought the DxO Optics 6 &amp; the Helicon Filter 5.0. Here's a few photos I quickly tried them on ...