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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 813478" data-attributes="member: 50197">Here is a comparison of straight from the camera and after post processing.This is straight from the Z5. Original NEF file with no presets. Subject is a little underexposed, and overall it is a very flat image.[ATTACH=full]398625[/ATTACH]Here it is with a little processing. Perhaps a little too saturated for some tastes. The greens could probably be toned down a bit. All the information, colors and detail is there in the RAW files. I cropped it a little. I normally leave a little extra room for cropping with handheld macro. It's difficult working so close to maintain good framing, so I give it a little extra room so I can crop in and fine tune composition later. I'm usually squatting down trying to balance myself and camera 6 inches to a foot from my subject, and I just can't hold that as still as I could 30 years ago. Plus, subjects like bees don't often stay very still.[ATTACH=full]398626[/ATTACH]Edited to add that I just remembered that I ran the second image through Topaz sharpen just to give a little extra sharpness for possible large printing. The image may not have really needed it, but I routinely run most of my macro through Topaz, just to get that extra detail.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 813478, member: 50197"] Here is a comparison of straight from the camera and after post processing. This is straight from the Z5. Original NEF file with no presets. Subject is a little underexposed, and overall it is a very flat image. [ATTACH type="full" alt="_DAB5096.jpg"]398625[/ATTACH] Here it is with a little processing. Perhaps a little too saturated for some tastes. The greens could probably be toned down a bit. All the information, colors and detail is there in the RAW files. I cropped it a little. I normally leave a little extra room for cropping with handheld macro. It's difficult working so close to maintain good framing, so I give it a little extra room so I can crop in and fine tune composition later. I'm usually squatting down trying to balance myself and camera 6 inches to a foot from my subject, and I just can't hold that as still as I could 30 years ago. Plus, subjects like bees don't often stay very still. [ATTACH type="full" alt="_DAB5096-topaz-sharpen.jpg"]398626[/ATTACH] Edited to add that I just remembered that I ran the second image through Topaz sharpen just to give a little extra sharpness for possible large printing. The image may not have really needed it, but I routinely run most of my macro through Topaz, just to get that extra detail. [/QUOTE]

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