Really Enjoying My Macro Lens

[zkogut]

Just thought I'd share how cool my new macro lens is. This is the same spider only the one with the finger is with a 35mm lens for perspective. The large spider is actually that little 1mm spider only with a 1:1 Nikon Macro lens. Pretty cool huh?

-Zak

[Shadowman]

Yes, pretty cool.

[deetheturk]

Well done Zak, keep them coming

[nikon66]

Do so on.

[Downrigger]

Nifty, Zak = looks like lots more fun to come.

[John 2]

Enjoy. Gives you anew perspective for your Photography.

[marlunn]

nice one Zak, thats why I love my macro lens, you get to see things that your eye cant make detail out on - aint they lovely !

[NorthernFocus]

Yes that is a very cool perspective. There is a whole new world about to be unveiled for you.

[zkogut]

I agree with all of you. Macro's are great! I've had this lens for a few months but only recently have I really mastered using it. I'm getting so much more detail in my photos and I love that extension tubes help me get even closer. Here's a picture I did when I first bought the lens and caught a small Wolf Spider.

[chauncey]

Zak, it looks like you've been playing with a stacking program that left some muddy areas...you can take
some bits and pieces from the originals, then align and blend them in to fix all that.

[Suzan J]

Hi Zak: I agee that macro is like discovering a whole new world. I'm glad you posted the first shot for comparison purposes which shows the true size of the spider. I would hate to think that the second shot was the ACTUAL SIZE! I like to photograph bugs too, but I am screaming on the inside the entire time.

[zkogut]

Hi Zak: I agee that macro is like discovering a whole new world. I'm glad you posted the first shot for comparison purposes which shows the true size of the spider. I would hate to think that the second shot was the ACTUAL SIZE! I like to photograph bugs too, but I am screaming on the inside the entire time.

Haha, moving from Upstate NY to AZ made me get over Spiders and other creepy crawlies pretty quickly. I used to get cold sweats and nightmares from photographing them and now I almost wanna pet them. I had a giant Black Widow Spider hanging from my steering wheel the 6th month I was living out here. Had to adjust pretty quickly lol.

[zkogut]

Zak, it looks like you've been playing with a stacking program that left some muddy areas...you can take
some bits and pieces from the originals, then align and blend them in to fix all that.

Yeah, I use CS6 and had some success with stacking but I get a lot of muddy areas. I've also used Zerene but the trial ran out and I don't like it that much, so I've decided to stick with CS6. The only problem is that PS is extremely hard to find the layer that has the data I'm missing in it and also make it blend well. I guess I'll just have to practice more with it. Thanks for the advice.

-Zak

[chauncey]

Once the stacking is finished>flatten the image>go back into LR and choose the appropriate image or
images and open the one at a time>select entire image and auto align it into the flattened stack>add
mask and brush away undesired parts...repeat the whole process as needed.

[zkogut]

Once the stacking is finished>flatten the image>go back into LR and choose the appropriate image or
images and open the one at a time>select entire image and auto align it into the flattened stack>add
mask and brush away undesired parts...repeat the whole process as needed.

Chauncey,
Won't flattening the image just take the top layer and make it the final copy? Unless you mean I should stack>blend>then flatten? Also, I don't have LR because I thought PS was the best of all the programs. I can do everything I need in PS and people have told me that LR is just a better organizing tool than PS but not a better editor....am I wrong?

-Zak