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Some mixed bug shots from the garden

Brian v.

Tiny jumper on the greenhouse


Jumper on a windowsill


Mason bee Osmia caerulescens


Suspended - large caterpillar caught in a spider's web. The caterpillar was alive


Two male hoverflies Myathropa florea having a fight - A male I was watching took off and grabbed the other male in mid air and fell to the ground before they separated and took off a few seconds later.


Wasp Queen having a rest/clean


Minerbee in dandelion






May 12, 2013 at 01:43 AM
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very nice brian


May 12, 2013 at 07:26 AM
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excellent,esp like the mason and cat shots


May 12, 2013 at 07:36 AM
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Nice shots Brian ! Lately i was trying to find some good sharpening methods, what is your raw workflow y sharpening methods, if u dont mind?Andrei.


May 12, 2013 at 08:05 AM
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Thanks for the comments

Andrei.
Raw processing in DPP. Adjust colour temp of flash shots to 5500'C. Adjust exposure if necessary, check output JPG profile. No denoise, sharpening at level 3 process to JPG.

In PS I routinely use Noiseware pro to denoise at it's lowest setting - this takes care of all but extreme high ISO noise. I now find that I rarely have to do any levels correction in PS. I would then do any minor cropping (if necessary) sharpen using USM set at 200,1,1 but faded normally to around 50% (but adjust to taste) and save that shot as my master jpg at quality 12. I reduce the size of the shot for web posting to 9cm short side at 180 DPI, resharpen this with USM at 200,1,1 but faded to around 30% and save this at quality 10. This gives a file about 960 pixels longest side and between 100Kb to 200Kb size.

Any stacking is done between RAW and PS processing

Brian V.



May 13, 2013 at 12:59 AM
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Thanks a lot Brian, very useful information !!Andrei.


May 13, 2013 at 04:24 AM
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Nice set


May 13, 2013 at 06:20 AM
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DeVil wrote:
Nice set


Thanks Predrag
Brian v.



May 14, 2013 at 01:05 AM
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Brian,

The caterpillar is a noctuid, possibly the Lesser Yellow Underwing.

Harold



May 14, 2013 at 02:33 AM
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e6filmuser wrote:
Brian,

The caterpillar is a noctuid, possibly the Lesser Yellow Underwing.

Harold


Thanks for the info Harold
Brian v.



May 15, 2013 at 12:56 AM





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