Water Splash

First attempt today with water splash art. I used a zip lock bag with a knife stab to drop water into a glass. The background was a manila envelope. My plan is to make some water drop collision images without spending hundreds of dollars for high tech gadgets. I will continue to develop a strategy to accomplish this task on a budget. This shot is nice but it isn't a collision. I see I will need a better drop making method, maybe something with a valve and a stabilized way to hold it also.

What a Cutie

Light painting with small pen streamlight.

Raisin Hell

Not a rock, not an asteroid, and not a turd. It's a raisin. Who would of thought a raisin would have so much detail and texture. Canon Powershot sx50 hs zoomed to 200mm with raynor 250 magnification filter On a focusing rail. ISO 80, 1/1000 sec. at f-7.1. Twenty eight exposures, focus stacked in Zerene Stacker, finished in Aurora HDR Pro and Photoshop CC.

Dried up Liatris

For lack of a better subject today I made this image of a dried out liatris seed pod from my garden. I readjusted my macro set up to get a softer illumination of the subject. I intend to shoot more insects this summer and I want to be prepared. I took 33 images and merged them in Zerene Stacker to get maximum depth of field and sharpness of the fuzzy seed pod. I then finished up the image in Aurora 2017 and Photoshop CC. I will be showing behind the scenes photos of my set up in future installments.

The Big Picture

I used a 1/2.3 sensor point n shoot camera with 12 megapixels to make this 30 image picture of my backyard. The thirty images merged in Photoshop CC yielded a super high resolution image worthy of any full frame DSLR camera. Something to think about before you buy your next $6500 camera.

100% crop from the image above.

No Re-Egrets

A redo of white egret image from past Florida trip.

High Key Waterfall

I shot this in color but changed it to high key black and white. I used Nik Silver Effects Pro 2 for the conversion to black and white. I like the mystical wintery look of this picture.