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Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted December 2, 201277 views2 comments

There is a very vauge trace of a memory I can see in my mind regardig some sort of contest-sort-of-thing in the close up / macro forum.

I'm not sure if I imagined this in a dream or not, but I think it was supposed to start December 2. And since this is December 2, I'm going to post an image and a larger image. If it was a dream, awaken me.

So this image was taken at my second photo shoot with a new photography club to me called MAPS that I now belong to. We got there early in the one morning while the bees were still asleep. I set up my tripod and took a 12-shot stack of this bee. blah blah blah

This one was subsequently processed in Zerene with the most of it being in Pmax in the retouching process using specific images. I love the retoutch software they have.

Sort of a first attempt on my part, so I'm very open to every possible critique comment that can help me in the future, and even those that don't; let it fly, baby. I have a very thick skin.

If there is somthing you want to tell me that you may not want to broadcast to everyone else, there is a link at the bottom of the screen where you can e-mail me. I welcome and will respond to all e-mails.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on December 2, 2012 at 7:42 PM

Not really a contest, John, but rather just an invitation, during these next two weeks, for members to repost of any their favorite macro and close-up images (i.e., those that fit the criteria for this gallery) that did not previously receive a weekly pick. This gives everyone a "second bite at the apple" for a WP. There were many outstanding images that got edged out for a WP, but may have received a WP had they been posted a different week, so this gives members another try. Plus, it's good to see the "best of" of the macro gallery one more time at the end of the year, especially for the new members. Also, this gives members a chance to post something here that may have been posted in a different gallery where it also fit (images can fit the posting criteria for more than one gallery). As for you bumble bee, I well remember it for a couple weeks ago. This version seems to have lost some of the contrast and color from the repost of the previous version. I think I prefer the repost of the previous post because of the increased contrast and brighter color.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by John Clulow on December 3, 2012 at 8:00 AM

Thanks for your comment, Scott, and for the information about the activity you have going on.
I think I can fix the contrast and color issues you mentioned. Thanks for pointing them out !

Registered on November 1, 2012, 155 Posts, 1079 Comments