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Sally Morgan
{K:9219} 11/10/2007
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Martin - you've been a lot busier than I have!
I'm not normally a fungus fan - but this one's lovely.
With the warm yellows, oranges and reds set against the green moss - it's very attractive.
Did you ever find out what it is?
Sally
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Martin Halley
{K:580} 11/5/2007
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Dan, I use Photoshop CS2 which has an HDR (High Dynamic Range) utility built-in which I imaging is just like Photomatix. However, by using layers and changing their relative opacities it is possible to position the perceived lighting source at any point around the subject. Try it, take two images of a subject one lit from above left and the other above right and open them as two layers and then slowly reduce the opacity of the upper layer. Its just like a movie with the light being shifted across the subject. Extremely useful and when combined with two more, front and back, the range is almost limitless. It is also very useful for eliminating blown highlights and blocked shadows (see example attached).
HDR on the other hand seems merely allows a high dynamic range without the option of fine tuning the effective lighting positions.
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Dan Gheban
{K:3787} 11/4/2007
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Thanks for details. In a situation like this one with multiple shots, in my mind appears the opportunity to use the Photomatix (http://www.hdrsoft.com/) software. You deliberately use Photoshop instead Photomatix?
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Martin Halley
{K:580} 11/3/2007
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Dan, Thanks for your comments. I use multple lighting shots (front, left, right and rear) and blend them using Photoshop layers. I use a mini tripod (the type with bendy legs) to hold the camera absolutely steady while I take the 4 shots using a slave flash (Metz 28 CS-2 Digital with wide-angle adaptor in place).
Using the same set-up it should be possible to freeze insectrs in flight as the Metz fires down to an incredible 1/45,000 of a second.
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jim ell
{K:459} 10/31/2007
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Great lighting and composition.
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Dan Gheban
{K:3787} 10/31/2007
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Excellent your mushroom series. I have a series of my own in http://www.badorgood.com/detail.php?id=102372
What I like the most is haw expertly you use the lights!
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