Dandelion seed head

[alfredo]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. These are exquisite, my dear alfredo!

Wonderful macro shots with such gorgeous detail...

Thank you for sharing them.

[alfredo]

2. Thanks. I've never been a fan of zoom lenses, but they make Macro much easier.

So does this little device.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. I have never seen one of those...what is it?

[alfredo]

9. LED lights. They aren't anywhere near a ring light, but they do OK.

[Solly Mack]

3. :)

Nice!

[alfredo]

4. Thanks.

[Solly Mack]

5. Your dandelions made me happy.

[alfredo]

6. Glad I could do something good for you.

[Binkie The Clown]

7. Very nice.

I did one of those a while back. I put it against a royal blue cloth for the background.

Have you tried a "stacker" program. I've just read about them. They are supposed to let you get extreme depth of field by combining several photos of the same object at different focus points.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_stacking

(Forgive me if this is old news to you.)

[alfredo]

10. A controlled setting is needed. Most of what I do now is handheld. Using the zoom and backing

off seems to help lengthen the DOF.

[Blue_In_AK]

11. These are awesome, Alfredo!

You are magic with the macro.

[alfredo]

12. Thanks. It seems like learning is not linear. It's one plateau, a surge, then another plateau.

The new Photos app that came with the new OSX 10.10.3 update has changed everything when it comes to RAW conversion. It's a detuned version of Aperture.

So far I haven't found a way to export directly to GIMP, but have found a different way to handle exports.

[juxtaposed]

13. why post number 2 when the first has it all?

[alfredo]

14. It's the first one's wingman.

I wanted to see which treatment garners the best feedback.