Simplify used on the background. Short focus stack on the fly.
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Simplify used on the background. Short focus stack on the fly.
This is great! I love macro photography like this! How did you get that fly to stay put long enough to do a focus stack? The all green bkgd is awesome with the narrow DOF & soft swaths of color. Great details and very cool colors on the fly. Nice touch with that one leg just over the edge of the leaf. I like the unusual placement of the fly looking out of the frame. It continues the line of the main view in the leaf.
What Nancy said -- just wonderful! You must have composited the fly -- I can't see how to Simplify just the BG and leave the fly so sharp, but there are a lot of settings in Simplify (and all the other Topaz stuff) that I've never figured out.
Great detail on the fly, love the title, good work Mitch.
Not very good technique, but I held the shutter down and swept the focus. If the shutter speed is high enough, you can stack the photos later.
I should have mentioned that I masked the fly and only applied simplify to the background.
Very inventive technique, Mitch. And -- given the results -- I think it is a very good one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mitch Carucci
Great stacking and colours on the fly. I like all the negative space too.
Hi, Mitch, sorry I'm late and I think it's all been said above. I like your stacking technique - I'll have to give it a try.:S3:
