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hkv
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by hkv » Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:06 am
Posting some details from a Peacock feather I had in a drawer for a couple of years, waiting to be photographed. It turned out to be very difficult to photograph these feathers. Reflections were very difficult to eliminate which made focus stacking impossible as white spots do not have sufficient contrast and was confusing the focus stacking software. I ended up using three levels of diffusers. 4 external light sources, all equipped with double diffusers. The first one a small test tube in plastic surrounded by a ping-pong ball. Then a half ping-pong ball was used over the objective to cover the specimen. The extreme level of diffusion ended up in an almost painterly style. In some images, I used a very faint red backlight to enhance the contrast of the feather. The objective used was an Olympus UPLXAPO4X.
Peacock feather by
Håkan Kvarnström, on Flickr
Peacock feather by
Håkan Kvarnström, on Flickr
Peacock feather by
Håkan Kvarnström, on Flickr
Peacock feather by
Håkan Kvarnström, on Flickr
Peacock feather by
Håkan Kvarnström, on Flickr
Peacock feather by
Håkan Kvarnström, on Flickr
Peacock feather by
Håkan Kvarnström, on Flickr
Peacock feather by
Håkan Kvarnström, on Flickr
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tgss
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by tgss » Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:17 am
Beautiful! A tribute to your skill and patience. Thanks for sharing.
Tom W.
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75RR
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by 75RR » Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:11 pm
Great image set!
Zeiss Standard WL (somewhat fashion challenged) & Wild M8
Olympus E-P2 (Micro Four Thirds Camera)
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DonSchaeffer
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by DonSchaeffer » Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:37 pm
Beautiful! Did you use polaroid?
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hkv
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by hkv » Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:48 pm
Thanks all!
DonSchaeffer wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:37 pm
Beautiful! Did you use polaroid?
No, I used regular light using 4 external lamps with diffusers. No pol-filters were used.
/Håkan
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MicroBob
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by MicroBob » Wed Jul 22, 2020 5:42 pm
Hi Håkan,
great images, a lot of effort well spent! And thank you for pointing out the crucial points of the method. Everybody knows that peacock feathers are beautiful, but not that they are this beautiful.
Bob
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by MichaelG. » Wed Jul 22, 2020 5:54 pm
MicroBob wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 5:42 pm
Hi Håkan,
great images, a lot of effort well spent! And thank you for pointing out the crucial points of the method. Everybody knows that peacock feathers are beautiful, but not that they are this beautiful.
Bob
+1 from me ... and one more from my wife !!
MichaelG.
Too many 'projects'
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hkv
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by hkv » Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:12 pm
MichaelG. wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 5:54 pm
MicroBob wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 5:42 pm
Hi Håkan,
great images, a lot of effort well spent! And thank you for pointing out the crucial points of the method. Everybody knows that peacock feathers are beautiful, but not that they are this beautiful.
Bob
+1 from me ... and one more from my wife !!
MichaelG.
Great! I am glad she liked them!
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PeteM
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by PeteM » Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:11 am
Wow.