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WhiteLight

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LiZZY

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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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We have a lizard here called the green anole. They are all over the place here and we love them. They eat bugs. We have one that like to stay on the window here in the family room and it drives one of my dogs crazy. She will try to get the lizard from inside and can't then will go outside and try from there. This will go on for half and hour at the time. We sit a laugh at her every day when she does this.
 
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Tracsoft - Don Kuykendall said:
We have a lizard here called the green anole. They are all over the place here and we love them. They eat bugs. We have one that like to stay on the window here in the family room and it drives one of my dogs crazy. She will try to get the lizard from inside and can't then will go outside and try from there. This will go on for half and hour at the time. We sit a laugh at her every day when she does this.
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That sounds so much like my little fella too :)
But he's slightly smart.. he'll just sit & stare & stare at the lizard with no movement...
he'll wait patiently for any amount of time, sometimes for upto 2 hours without at one spot & somehow will the lizard to fall down & kill him.. :star:
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
Mine caught one once and did not kill it. She just brought it inside and played with it. I caught it and carried it back outside and released it away from the pups.

Now back to macro photography. Have you played with focus stacking yet? If you have photoshop you need to try this. I think you would really enjoy it and I know you are ready for a new challenge.
 
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Tracsoft - Don Kuykendall said:
Mine caught one once and did not kill it. She just brought it inside and played with it. I caught it and carried it back outside and released it away from the pups.

Now back to macro photography. Have you played with focus stacking yet? If you have photoshop you need to try this. I think you would really enjoy it and I know you are ready for a new challenge.
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No yet actually..
the funny part is that i don't actually have a proper photography table yet :p
i may just build one cos buying a new table for photography only seems to be turning out very expensive!

i just got delivery of a macro rail so focus stacking is definitely in the horizon..
btw looking forward for some more suggestions & ideas of macro/indoor shooting
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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WhiteLight said:
No yet actually..
the funny part is that i don't actually have a proper photography table yet :p
i may just build one cos buying a new table for photography only seems to be turning out very expensive!

i just got delivery of a macro rail so focus stacking is definitely in the horizon..
btw looking forward for some more suggestions & ideas of macro/indoor shooting
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You can do it without a rail. I have done it with just a tripod. Remember it is not just for macro.

Remember this one? Focus stacking!
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You use a Mac don't you?
 
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Oh yes.. i got the focusing rails just for kicks to see how it works and stuff..
I just tried it & for the $25 i paid i must say it's studier than the darn manfrotto 498RC2..

i am using a mac don..
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
WhiteLight said:
Oh yes.. i got the focusing rails just for kicks to see how it works and stuff..
I just tried it & for the $25 i paid i must say it's studier than the darn manfrotto 498RC2..

i am using a mac don..
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That is what I thought I remembered. To bad. there is a free program called digiCamControl - DSLR camera remote control open source software | digiCamControl that will do all the focusing for you. You set the far point and the near point and tell it how many steps you want in between and tell it to go. I have had it shoot 15 shots over a 6 inch subject. Then all I had to do was to stick it in Photoshop and tell it to focus stack them. You get exact focusing where it is needed without having to touch your camera or lens. Only the computer,
 
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BiTE ME

This is for sure gonna gross the daylights out of a lot of you..
it should did for me :p


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I know at least 3 people with teeth like that....... ;)
 
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