Insects on Cistus flowers

[GardenersHelper]

I just processed these from my backlog. They were captured hand-held with a small sensor FZ330 bridge camera in May 2017 probably using a Raynox 150 on the FZ330 and a Venus Optics KX800 twin flash.

The raw files were processed to DNG with a preset in DXO PhotoLab, then to TIFF with a preset in Silkypix, then image-specific adjustments and export to JPEG using Lightroom, and then sharpening with a preset in Topaz Sharpen AI.

There are 1300 pixel high versions in this album at Flickr.

#1

1554 1 2017_05_05 P1230971_PLab SP9 LR 1300h AIS by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#2

1554 2 2017_05_05 P1230973_PLab SP9 LR 1300h AIS by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#3

1554 3 2017_05_05 P1230974_PLab SP9 LR 1300h AIS by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#4

1554 5 2017_05_05 P1230997_PLab SP9 LR 1300h AIS by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#5

1554 4 2017_05_05 P1230991_PLab SP9 LR 1300h AIS by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#6

1554 6 2017_05_05 P1240028_PLab SP9 LR 1300h AIS by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#7

1554 7 2017_05_05 P1240027_PLab SP9 LR 1300h AIS by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

 

[Norkie]

An excellent set, very well done

 

[Cobra]

Very nice as always

What are the last two?

 

[GardenersHelper]

An excellent set, very well done

Thanks.

Very nice as always

What are the last two?

Thanks. I'm very poor at identifying things, but I think it may be a Chafer Beetle, perhaps a Rose Chafer, Cetonia aurata.

 

[LCPete]

Really good excellent detail

 

[alfbranch]

Lovely work Nick

 

[GardenersHelper]

Really good excellent detail

Lovely work Nick

Thanks both.

 

[davholla]

The raw files were processed to DNG with a preset in DXO PhotoLab, then to TIFF with a preset in Silkypix, then image-specific adjustments and export to JPEG using Lightroom, and then sharpening with a preset in Topaz Sharpen AI.

Very good photos, how on earth did you think of doing such a long way of processing?
Also what did the photos like behind hand?

 

[GardenersHelper]

Very good photos

Thanks.

how on earth did you think of doing such a long way of processing?

It involved a lot of experiments over several years, helped periodically by detailed discussions at dpreview.com.

It looks very long-winded but it is actually a very fast way of dealing with large numbers of images because so much of it is done with presets operating in batch mode. By the time I get to make the image-specific adjustments most of the hard work has been done and for most of the images I'm just tweaking a bit.

Also what did the photos like behind hand?

I tried doing animated comparisons but I didn't think that worked too well, so I've done some side by side comparisons. The 1024 longest side forum rule makes them rather small, but there are 1300 pixel high versions in this album at Flickr.

The posted versions are on the right. On the left are the raw files' embedded JPEGs.

#1

1560 1 P1230971 Compare 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#2

1560 2 P1230973 Compare 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#3

1560 3 P1230974 Compare 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#4

1560 4 P1230991 Compare 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#5

1560 5 P1230997 Compare 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#6

1560 6 P1240027 Compare 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#7

1560 7 P1240028 Compare 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

 

[davholla]

I think the editing has made massive difference - I will have to try to do the same.