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53 May 21 Comment Incredible portrait, Arabella! I happen to like seeing all the feathers, even if it overshadows the face a bit. You captured so much wonderful detail. The only suggestion I would make is to darken the background a bit to help his face show up more, and do some targeted dodging & burning of his face to add more depth: May 16th
53 May 21 Comment Wow! Your image sparked a whole lotta activity this month!

Even at a distance, I imagine the sound of all those geese honking and flapping their wings was quite the experience.

In the other 2 renditions, as with this version, I flipped the image horizontally so they were flying left to right. I also removed some distractions, including the water, and actually some of the geese as the scene was very chaotic. What do you think?		 May 16th
53 May 21 Reply Here's Miriam's version flipped: May 16th
53 May 21 Reply And here's my take on Arabella's discovery: May 16th
53 May 21 Comment Here's a take on the suggestions. I did it in a hurry so the cloning is not the bestest, but it should get the point across: May 16th
53 May 21 Comment Great concept with this lighthouse and executed well. Monochrome is the right choice.

I chose a slightly different crop and removed the fencing. What do you think?		 May 16th
53 May 21 Comment What a location! I bet you got lots of images here - I know I would have.

I agree with Miriam's removal of the extra kayaks. I had a go at bringing out more color and texture. What do y'all think?		 May 16th
53 May 21 Reply That does create a natural diagonal - something I wouldn't have seen on my own. Thanks for the insight. d:¬{D May 9th
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95 May 21 Comment This will probably work really well with the hummingbird. I have to agree with Bill, though, that this seems more of a close-up.

I didn't notice the butterfly until I read your description. Since it doesn't really jump out, I don't really see it as a distraction.		 May 16th
95 May 21 Comment Great to have you with us, Tiffany! What a wonderful image to start off with - you may end up making us all look bad. d;¬{D

Can you tell us a bit about what equipment you're using for your macro work - camera, lens, etc.?		 May 16th
95 May 21 Reply Brown is good - in an earthy sort of way. d;¬{D May 16th
95 May 21 Reply MeWe is a relatively new social networking site (like Facebook, Twitter, etc.) without the rampant censorship - https://mewe.com/

I don't think a real microscope is in my future, so I'll stick with the 5x limit for now. I may try an extension tube just to see how difficult it will be. d;¬{D		 May 16th
95 May 21 Comment Lovely flower - simple yet involved and a good subject for macro.

So tell us what you thought about using the extension tubes? Did they pass the signal to the lens or just extend the focal distance?

I got a set that passes the signal from the camera to the lens and use them with my macro lens, which gets me to 2x magnification.

I had a go at targeted dodging & burning on your image to bring out more depth, as well as a little added clarity:		 May 16th
95 May 21 Reply You're rockin' that day-glo theme! d;¬{D May 4th
95 May 21 Comment Not bad at all for a single image at 4x magnification, especially with such a shallow DOF. You've managed a lot of detail in the hairs. It would have been cool to see a stack of this to compensate for the DOF.

The thing I miss when using my Laowa Ultra Macro is a polarizing filter and it appears you have the same issue with a lot of specular highlights present. I'm playing around with under-exposing a bit to help combat that.

It is a bummer that magnification is not an EXIF field, but manual lenses don't do a lot of communication with the camera anyway. Still, it simplifies things to only have to deal with one lens without a lot of added pieces.

Someone I converse with on MeWe also has a Laowa Ultra Macro and is playing around with using it with extension tubes to get even closer. I don't know - it's difficult enough to get everything right at 5:1 - I can't imagine how difficult it would be even closer with a DSLR.		 May 4th
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