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Fly eye
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 12:45 pm
by Johann
Following the advice and tips from Charles Krebs and other forum members I got this shot from a fly's eye.
Omax, 10x objective, Canon 600D camera, 45 image stack in Photoshop CS6.
External lighting using a table tennis ball to diffuse.
There is still huge room for improvement but I'm happy with the result
Re: Fly eye
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 1:47 pm
by Crater Eddie
Hey, that came out great! Keep it up!
CE
Re: Fly eye
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 2:44 pm
by KurtM
Heck yeah, I'd be pretty happy with that too!
Re: Fly eye
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 2:47 pm
by billbillt
YES!!... That is getting close!!....
BillT
Re: Fly eye
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 3:36 pm
by 75RR
Nice try. How many lights did you use and can you control their brightness?
Re: Fly eye
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 4:25 pm
by rnabholz
Beautifully done!
There was ample opportunity for the wheels to come off during the capture and processing of a 45 image stack, but you did very well managing all of it.
Can't wait to see what is next.
Rod
Re: Fly eye
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 4:31 pm
by billben74
Nice.
Is that a single light? Details on the light? Ping pong ball "hollowed" out?
...I want to copy...
Re: Fly eye
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 5:06 pm
by McConkey
Wow awesome results!! This looks like an excellent technique to illuminate something from the top! Very very interesting!!
I'm with Bill on this one...would love to be a copycat so any other details would be awesome, I assume there's a hole in top of the ping pong ball for the objective to slide through?
Great work
Re: Fly eye
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 6:50 pm
by Rodney
I agree that is very nice.
Rodney
Re: Fly eye
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 9:39 pm
by gekko
Johann, that is an excellent, beautiful image (and not easy to do so well).
Re: Fly eye
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 10:56 pm
by rabitt
Really like the setup, is that a LED lamp shinning on the ball?
Excellent photos.
Rich B
Re: Fly eye
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 11:54 pm
by KurtM
I hope I don't step on Johann's toes, but here's the technique straight from the master. Enjoy:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3313
Re: Fly eye
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 2:17 am
by c-krebs
Johann,
Nice job! Looks really good.
It is a useful technique for many opaque objects as long as you have a couple objectives with sufficient working distance to let the light work for you.
Re: Fly eye
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 6:35 am
by Johann
Thanks for all the feedback everyone.
As Kurt mentioned, this technique was described properly by Charles:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3313
You can also see what the results should look like
In my case I used two LED lights of which I can control the brightness, however, I tend to set it at its brightest and move it further or closer to get the best looking effect.
I tried Zerene stacker but got better results using Photoshop.
I think we must do a little competition to see who gets the best photo using this technique - Charles can be the judge