sunrise
by Tiberius

Comment:
you have taken me into a world of simplicity .. this is absolutely gorgeous .. many congrats on the ribbon .. :)

Sway
by Neat

Comment:
you are so creative .. this is delicate ...
and somehow emotive .. dont ask me how or why .. !! .. ;)
congrats on such a beautiful image and the blue .. :)

Cold Feet
by GolferDDS

Comment:
this is SPECTACULAR .. !! ..
such a beautiful image ..
definitely a ribbon . .:)

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

Comment:
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 .. ;)