new pics from the 40D

[surfn]

well.......they looked completely awesome when viewing them in RAW format, amazingly vivid. but after converting them to jpeg, and cropping them down a bit........they look a bit average. i imagine the photo editing program i have that is 5 years old is at fault for this......

guess my photo software needs to get upgraded so i don't lose so much image quality in the conversion process.

the live view on the 40D is extreamely useful for macro photography, as i can digitally zoom in to just one polyp to see if it is in focus or not before i take the picture. before, by just looking through the view finder it was kinda a guessing game, trying to make out if a single polyp was in complete focus or not.

 

[b0bby1]

WOW, clearest shots i have ever seen! nice work surfn

 

[LorenK]

What lens are you using?

 

[surfn]

WOW, clearest shots i have ever seen! nice work surfn

thanks.....yes, they look MUCH clearer than with the XTi......the vividness blows me away......too bad i can't show ya'll what the RAW picture looked like.

battery just died on me.....so I'll have to try again tomorrow.

What lens are you using?

its the 150mm Sigma telephoto macro

 

[revhtree]

Hey surf awesome pics my man!!!

Do you mind if I try a little post processing on them??

 

[surfn]

Hey surf awesome pics my man!!!

Do you mind if I try a little post processing on them??

you mean send you the RAW files? sure!!!

but, each one is 10mb.......i'm not even sure how to transfer something that large....i don't think my email server will allow anything over 1.5mb.

 

[revhtree]

No I was just playing with the image you already posted....

 

[b0bby1]

i wish i could do that

 

[surfn]

wow, the polyps stand out much more......what did you do?

 

[revhtree]

Very simple....

Open PS...

Image > Adjust > Auto levels

Then go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask and adjust it how you like it.

 

[reef-nut]

I wish I had a camera that would do that. All I have is a Sony Mavica and I can not get a good picture ever!

 

[surfn]

 

[143gadgets]

Nice Al!!! Those look great!

 

[surfn]

 

[surfn]

 

[Azurel]

Sweet Sweet pics Al.......

 

[surfn]

Wow Al, your pics are looking outstanding. Have you ever looked into focus stacking? Takes a little more effort, but you could get some incredible looking pics using that method.

never heard of it

 

[Hopkins]

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

 

[surfn]

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

no idea how to do that stuff, or the HDR stuff with photoshop. not even sure if its on my old photoshop program......kinda doubt it.

 

[Patwa]

wow, the polyps stand out much more......what did you do?

as per what Rev did, you can also take your 10mb RAW files and just auto-level them in PS and then do some sharpening......colour reproduction should be ideal (this is tried and true on Nikons DSLRS, dunno about Canon)

Also...if you find your images are being washed out because of intense bright areas AND dark areas within the same image, then try tonemapping/high dynamic range imaging (HDR)...this technique was designed for landscapes, but I have done it on macros and it works just as well, imo

Zach.