Re: PESO - Red wood ant
Den 03.07.2017 07.26, skrev mike wilson: Having watched Jostein at work, I can say that one of the many difficulties with this process is working out exactly what will be in frame when the multiplicity of in-focus wafers is amalgamated into one image. That's very true. The challenge is to put camera movement perpendicular to the exact crop you want. In 3D. :-) Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red wood ant
Den 02.07.2017 19.33, skrev Igor PDML-StR: Jostein, what Bruce has said is exactly my reaction. Thanks. The surrounding/background is a good setting for this photo. The only thing that could be improved is that the leg wouldn't be cut off. I am suspecting there was something distracting on the left that forced you doing that... It's a studio setup. :-) Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red wood ant
> On 02 July 2017 at 18:33 Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > Jostein, what Bruce has said is exactly my reaction. > > The surrounding/background is a good setting for this photo. > > The only thing that could be improved is that the leg wouldn't be cut off. > I am suspecting there was something distracting on the left that forced > you doing that... > > > Igor Having watched Jostein at work, I can say that one of the many difficulties with this process is working out exactly what will be in frame when the multiplicity of in-focus wafers is amalgamated into one image. > > > Bruce Walker Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:45:49 -0700 wrote: > > That's pretty damned amazing and impressive, Jostein! > > The effort of posing lifesize models pales in comparison to your chore. :) > > > > On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Jostein wrote: > > http://www.alunfoto.no/bloggposter/2017/06/formica/ > > > > Continuing my foray into entomology. A dead insect this time too. > > Meticulously prepped and arranged. Getting the legs and antennae right > > definitely counts as fiddly bits. > > > > Shot with 645D, FA 200/4 and reversed A 55/2.8 (almost 4X). Stacked from > a > > pile of shots. ~180, iirc. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red wood ant
Jostein, what Bruce has said is exactly my reaction. The surrounding/background is a good setting for this photo. The only thing that could be improved is that the leg wouldn't be cut off. I am suspecting there was something distracting on the left that forced you doing that... Igor Bruce Walker Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:45:49 -0700 wrote: That's pretty damned amazing and impressive, Jostein! The effort of posing lifesize models pales in comparison to your chore. :) On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Jostein wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/bloggposter/2017/06/formica/ Continuing my foray into entomology. A dead insect this time too. Meticulously prepped and arranged. Getting the legs and antennae right definitely counts as fiddly bits. Shot with 645D, FA 200/4 and reversed A 55/2.8 (almost 4X). Stacked from a pile of shots. ~180, iirc. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red wood ant
> On 30 June 2017 at 16:17 Jostein wrote: > > Den 30.06.2017 13.31, skrev Steve Cottrell: > > On 30/6/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> It sits on a slab of modelling clay. :-) > > > > This conjures up some interesting scenarios. Hoe about some miniature > > clay people running for their lives ;-) > > LOL > That would bring a whole new meaning into the concept of fiddlybits, > that's for sure! If they all looked like Joan Collins, I'm sure you would have plenty of assistant fiddlers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_the_Ants_(film) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red wood ant
On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 30/6/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>It sits on a slab of modelling clay. :-) > > This conjures up some interesting scenarios. Hoe about some miniature > clay people running for their lives ;-) Oh, yeah! Do it! :) Ray Harryhausen would definitely approve. (I watched the 1981 original Clash of the Titans last weekend.) -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red wood ant
Den 30.06.2017 13.31, skrev Steve Cottrell: On 30/6/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: It sits on a slab of modelling clay. :-) This conjures up some interesting scenarios. Hoe about some miniature clay people running for their lives ;-) LOL That would bring a whole new meaning into the concept of fiddlybits, that's for sure! Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Den 30.06.2017 13.54, skrev Paul Stenquist: Well done. Obviously a time consuming process. Focus stacking makes medium format macro feasible, Thanks Paul, Without stacking, I'd say that medF macro is more bokeh dependent. :-) Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red wood ant
Well done. Obviously a time consuming process. Focus stacking makes medium format macro feasible, Paul via phone > On Jun 30, 2017, at 7:13 AM, Jostein wrote: > > In a Newtonian sense, it has come to rest. > In a spiritual sense, it may have been laid to rest. > In a posing sense... I don't know. It has all six limbs on the ground. Humans > touching ground with all four limbs are usually crawling... > > Jostein > > Den 30.06.2017 13.00, skrev Chris Mitchell: >> Excellent. But is it sitting on the clay, or standing? We need to be told! >> Chris >>> On 30 June 2017 at 01:08, Jostein wrote: >>> http://www.alunfoto.no/bloggposter/2017/06/formica/ >>> >>> Continuing my foray into entomology. A dead insect this time too. >>> Meticulously prepped and arranged. Getting the legs and antennae right >>> definitely counts as fiddly bits. >>> >>> Shot with 645D, FA 200/4 and reversed A 55/2.8 (almost 4X). Stacked from a >>> pile of shots. ~180, iirc. >>> >>> Jostein >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red wood ant
On 30/6/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: >It sits on a slab of modelling clay. :-) This conjures up some interesting scenarios. Hoe about some miniature clay people running for their lives ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red wood ant
In a Newtonian sense, it has come to rest. In a spiritual sense, it may have been laid to rest. In a posing sense... I don't know. It has all six limbs on the ground. Humans touching ground with all four limbs are usually crawling... Jostein Den 30.06.2017 13.00, skrev Chris Mitchell: Excellent. But is it sitting on the clay, or standing? We need to be told! Chris On 30 June 2017 at 01:08, Jostein wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/bloggposter/2017/06/formica/ Continuing my foray into entomology. A dead insect this time too. Meticulously prepped and arranged. Getting the legs and antennae right definitely counts as fiddly bits. Shot with 645D, FA 200/4 and reversed A 55/2.8 (almost 4X). Stacked from a pile of shots. ~180, iirc. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Excellent. But is it sitting on the clay, or standing? We need to be told! Chris On 30 June 2017 at 01:08, Jostein wrote: > http://www.alunfoto.no/bloggposter/2017/06/formica/ > > Continuing my foray into entomology. A dead insect this time too. > Meticulously prepped and arranged. Getting the legs and antennae right > definitely counts as fiddly bits. > > Shot with 645D, FA 200/4 and reversed A 55/2.8 (almost 4X). Stacked from a > pile of shots. ~180, iirc. > > Jostein > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Den 30.06.2017 02.44, skrev Bruce Walker: That's pretty damned amazing and impressive, Jostein! Thanks! The effort of posing lifesize models pales in comparison to your chore. :) :-) Not sure about that. At least you don't have to kill yours to make them pose in the first place... Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Den 30.06.2017 05.32, skrev Marnie (aka Doe): I am not big on bugs, but that is a great shot. Marnie aka Doe Maybe if anything is close enough it is interesting. Heh. Thanks Marnie. Probably is, for varying interpretations of interesting. Polar bears and cobras come to mind... :-) Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Glad to hear, Ann! With your stated scepticism towards bugs and all. :-) Jostein Den 30.06.2017 05.56, skrev ann sanfedele: oh that's definitely a keeper... love it! ann On 6/29/2017 8:08 PM, Jostein wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/bloggposter/2017/06/formica/ Continuing my foray into entomology. A dead insect this time too. Meticulously prepped and arranged. Getting the legs and antennae right definitely counts as fiddly bits. Shot with 645D, FA 200/4 and reversed A 55/2.8 (almost 4X). Stacked from a pile of shots. ~180, iirc. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Den 30.06.2017 10.00, skrev Steve Cottrell: On 30/6/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.alunfoto.no/bloggposter/2017/06/formica/ Very cool. Colour's amazing - like the choice of surface. Formica? Rock? Formica is the latin genus name. Three species so alike you need specialist skills to discern them. It sits on a slab of modelling clay. :-) Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 30/6/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://www.alunfoto.no/bloggposter/2017/06/formica/ > >Continuing my foray into entomology. A dead insect this time too. >Meticulously prepped and arranged. Getting the legs and antennae right >definitely counts as fiddly bits. > >Shot with 645D, FA 200/4 and reversed A 55/2.8 (almost 4X). Stacked from >a pile of shots. ~180, iirc. Very cool. Colour's amazing - like the choice of surface. Formica? Rock? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Forwarded Message Subject:Re: PESO - Red wood ant Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 21:31:02 -0400 From: ann sanfedele To: Jostein oh that's definitely a keeper... love it! ann On 6/29/2017 8:08 PM, Jostein wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/bloggposter/2017/06/formica/ Continuing my foray into entomology. A dead insect this time too. Meticulously prepped and arranged. Getting the legs and antennae right definitely counts as fiddly bits. Shot with 645D, FA 200/4 and reversed A 55/2.8 (almost 4X). Stacked from a pile of shots. ~180, iirc. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red wood ant
I am not big on bugs, but that is a great shot. Marnie aka Doe Maybe if anything is close enough it is interesting. Heh. On 6/29/2017 5:44 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Jostein wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/bloggposter/2017/06/formica/ Continuing my foray into entomology. A dead insect this time too. Meticulously prepped and arranged. Getting the legs and antennae right definitely counts as fiddly bits. Shot with 645D, FA 200/4 and reversed A 55/2.8 (almost 4X). Stacked from a pile of shots. ~180, iirc. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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That's pretty damned amazing and impressive, Jostein! The effort of posing lifesize models pales in comparison to your chore. :) On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Jostein wrote: > http://www.alunfoto.no/bloggposter/2017/06/formica/ > > Continuing my foray into entomology. A dead insect this time too. > Meticulously prepped and arranged. Getting the legs and antennae right > definitely counts as fiddly bits. > > Shot with 645D, FA 200/4 and reversed A 55/2.8 (almost 4X). Stacked from a > pile of shots. ~180, iirc. > > Jostein > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - Red wood ant
http://www.alunfoto.no/bloggposter/2017/06/formica/ Continuing my foray into entomology. A dead insect this time too. Meticulously prepped and arranged. Getting the legs and antennae right definitely counts as fiddly bits. Shot with 645D, FA 200/4 and reversed A 55/2.8 (almost 4X). Stacked from a pile of shots. ~180, iirc. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
