Another Macro

Cmar-Ireland · 30-09-2007 1:08pm #1

Out in the garden today, snapping all manner of bugs.
I thought this was the best of the bunch.

Taken with a Canon A80 with a reversed 50mm lens.
C&C please...

SuperSean11 · 30-09-2007 1:11pm

Looks great:D

Thirdfox · 30-09-2007 2:35pm

How did you mount the lens onto an A80? Shot is really sharp - not sure about the really cold colour though.

Cmar-Ireland · 30-09-2007 2:44pm

Thirdfox,
I used a reverse mount adapter, like this one.
Not an idead macro set up, but it can get results!

The cold colour may be from the silver surface I snapped it on. It was on the roof of the car!

Thirdfox · 30-09-2007 3:07pm

He he thought it was a kitchen table (probably not the most appetising place to find a fly

)

Maybe it could do with a bit post-processing...

what do you think?

Cmar-Ireland · 30-09-2007 4:24pm

That brought the colours out nicely.
For a noob to ps, how did you do that?

Ideo · 30-09-2007 4:53pm

its a pretty cool shot - well done! did you have to use manual settings when takign the photo?

unreggd · 30-09-2007 5:10pm

thats me motte!

great pictoor

Thirdfox · 30-09-2007 9:54pm

Cmar-Ireland wrote:

That brought the colours out nicely.
For a noob to ps, how did you do that?

I'm very new to photoshop too (only use about 5% of its functions

)

I adjusted levels to balance the pic a bit.
Then curves was adjusted a tiny bit.
Unsharp mask at 100% with 0.3 radius.
Colour balance randomly changed until the silver surface looked more silvery. (There must be a better way to change colour but I don't know what it is!)

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