Queen Wasp
by GolferDDS

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Originally posted by GolferDDS: Originally posted by roz: brilliant macro Larry .. loving all the details .. and congratulations on the 4th place .. :) and thanks for the info on the wasps .. i'm always eager to find out more about our little friends in the insect/arachnid/etc world .. and btw .. when i do a stack i submit all of them to the sc for validation .. but i dont think i've had more than 9 or 10 .. i'm interested to know whether you'd have to submit all 143 or just a few for sc to get an idea .. ?? .. and more questions .. lol .. what program do you use to stack .. ?? .. i used to do everything manually up till only a few months ago .. then i found bracketing on my camera .. talk about a game changer .. :) Hi Roz, Thank you for your comment. I downloaded the images into Lightroom. I export the chosen images as a category to the desktop and then import them into Photoshop where there is a process for photostacking the jpegs using "Scripts-load files into stack then Edit-Auto Blend. The final image is then edited as desired. There are tutorials in You Tube on how to do this. I used an inexpensive photo rail for taking the images although there is an in camera setting for this I have not tried but plan to soon. I submitted 5 of the stacked images (about 1 every 25 captures) for validation. I think SC can get what they need from this. I will wait to see if they need any more information.

thanks for all the information Larry .. so interesting ..
i've never used tripods or photo rails .. i honestly don't now how ppl do it when insects can fly away at the drop of a hat .. so hats off to you .. !! .. lol ..
i'll be checking this out when i next do a focus stack .. "Scripts-load files into stack then Edit-Auto Blend." ..
thanks again and have an excellent week .. :)

:-D
by glad2badad

Comment:
this is so cool ..
a photo full of personality ..
congrats on the ribbon ..
btw .. i'm interested in the horse's teeth .. is the discolouration a natural thing ..

Queen Wasp
by GolferDDS

Comment:
brilliant macro Larry .. loving all the details ..
and congratulations on the 4th place .. :)

and thanks for the info on the wasps .. i'm always eager to find out more about our little friends in the insect/arachnid/etc world ..

and btw .. when i do a stack i submit all of them to the sc for validation .. but i dont think i've had more than 9 or 10 ..
i'm interested to know whether you'd have to submit all 143 or just a few for sc to get an idea .. ?? ..

and more questions .. lol .. what program do you use to stack .. ?? ..
i used to do everything manually up till only a few months ago .. then i found bracketing on my camera .. talk about a game changer .. :)

That was then
by Neat

Comment:
love this so much .. what a great image .. should ribbon .. :)

Tea For Two
by GolferDDS

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thanks for the info Larry .. much appreciated ..
you really are an amazing photographer .. :)

Flight
by MaryO

Comment:
many congratulations on the blue .
an incredible image .. pure art .. !! .. :)

the back end
by mitalapo

Comment:
well .. you've got me guessing .. which is never a bad thing .. ;)

Tea For Two
by GolferDDS

Comment:
this is so clever .. i'd love to know what the curly things are .. definitely not smoke .. but what .. !! .. ?? ..

Curves and Angles
by noraneko

Comment:
gorgeous lighting and colours in this image .. it totally works . :)

Cliché Creek
by glad2badad

Comment:
this totally deserves a ribbon ... for a pretty ordinary subject matter you have created a brilliant piece of art .. so good .. !! ..