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64 Mar 25 Reply My reply is under Patrick's comment, Jerry. Mar 16th
64 Mar 25 Reply Interesting comments, thanks. It was pretty dim in there as you can see from the setting, and I didn't have a tripod with me, so I didn't try HDR here. In hindsight, it might have been worth it, as the ISO was high and so the sensor latitude will have been fairly low. However I've revisited the file and increased the exposure in the bottom third. Does this help?

I'm afraid I don't know how to alter the gamma on part of the image using Affinity - its help system didn't help much with this. Dodging mid-brightness pixels? How do you do that?



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95 Mar 25 Comment Margaret,
Please would you reply to this comment? Tom thinks he's fixed the server problem and that notifications should now be working again, and he would like feedback from users.
Thanks,
Stuart		 Mar 27th
95 Mar 25 Comment Carol,
Please would you reply to this comment? Tom thinks he's fixed the server problem and that notifications should now be working again, and he would like feedback from users.
Thanks,
Stuart		 Mar 26th
95 Mar 25 Reply Thanks! Had I been shooting on film, I don't think I'd have got these images, as I took a couple of hundred shots in the 10-15 minutes or so. Scatter-gun approach! Mar 20th
95 Mar 25 Reply Thanks, Gloria. Yes, the details revealed by macro are the reason why it fascinates me. Whilst I'm not much of a bug-shooter, pictures like these encourage me to do more. I was outside today with my camera, but found nothing interesting. But summer is coming. Mar 20th
95 Mar 25 Reply Yes, I hadn't bothered much with that image, so with your encouragement I've processed it a bit more and then run it through Topaz denoise with the sharpen setting as well as the denoise setting set quite high. Mar 10th
95 Mar 25 Comment Thanks Margaret. Points all accepted! I was shooting a moving target all the time, so these were the best of about 40 frames, then I thought I owed it some peace. The ring is just its rear body being very out of focus, I think. It tended to leave its rear wings out for a second or so after folding its front wings, so maybe those are part of the blurry part. Mar 7th
95 Mar 25 Comment Thanks for a breath of Spring, Carol. These, according to the trusty PL@ntNet site, are probably Sempervivum montanum L. (Mountain Houseleek). They are fairly common in coastal USA, and prolific here in Europe. Luck us, they are pretty.

You have enhanced the original significantly I think.
Being me, I would probably increase the contrast of the flowers, and make the background a bit less pink, but that's just a bloke's approach.

I love the stamens, they resemble the patterns in a good water-drop shot with the crowns bursting outwards.

Some would say you are breaking the "rule of odds", but what's wrong with a couple? I like it.		 Mar 7th
95 Mar 25 Comment Cheryl, if you are new to macro, we can look forwards to some stunning shots I'm sure, because this is lovely in my view, not a beginner result at all.

I've often wondered whether to go to a Sony system, I have a friend who gets the most amazing results, I'm often amazed.

But that's to take nothing away from you, you have planned and executed this skillfully. Sharp, perfect exposure, lots of interesting detail, about 1:1, just fab. (Sorry to be so 70s!)		 Mar 6th
95 Mar 25 Comment I think this is a very nice picture of a Poinsettia. The striking red petals are offset by the yellow centre. It's all nice and sharp by and large, only the bottom left petal is going a bit soft. The phone has done an excellent job technically despite f1.8 - but we are getting used to this happening. I wonder how close it can go? Can you make the centre the dominant part of the picture? Mar 6th
95 Mar 25 Comment I think this is an interesting subject. I like the shapes, textures and colours. I might tone down the highlights a little, a judge is likely to chunter. I like the sharpness, and the natural background. The little stigma (?) - there's a good project for you next month! See if you can fill the frame with them.
The flower seems to be a bit jammed into the bottom left corner to me, and I would prefer to see all the lower sepal.		 Mar 6th
95 Mar 25 Comment I love this, a beautiful result, Margaret. The peripheral arms of some crystals make me look all around and also highlight the slightly lighter star of the show in the centre. The backgound is delightfully simple, its slightly changing shade and depth make it an interesting, smooth foil to the sharpness of the crystals. Crystal sharp, too. Absolutely ace, well done. Mar 6th
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