Stacked Fly

[alliec]

Managed to get out for an hour or so this evening. Its was a bit windy but I did manage to find this fly nestled amongst the brambles. Shot at ISO800 so its a bit noisy. Do you think it looks ok or does it need more contrast? I havent done any noise reduction yet.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/alliec_2006/Focusstacked2.jpg

Alistair.

[Pete]

Looks great to me. How would it look if you cool the WB more? Would make it look nice and winterish...

[Attic]

Looks fine, could do with some NR. Seems to have pretty good detail even at 800.

[alliec]

Thank you Pete and Alby for looking and commenting.

Pete do you have to adjust the white balance to the RAW umage or can it be done to the Jpeg image?

Alby..what software would you use for the noise reduction?

Alistair.

[willy b]

iso 800, bloody hell that is amazing!

I love the photo, think it is brilliant lol

[racketman]

looks great but you could selectively reduce the BG noise without spoiling resolution of fly.

[alliec]

looks great but you could selectively reduce the BG noise without spoiling resolution of fly.

Thank you racketman. How would you do that? Im a novice when it comes to PP:oops:

Alistair.

[Mrvile]

Use a program like Neat Image or Noise Ninja if you want to get the most out of the image. Photoshop's "remove noise" function isn't bad and will probably work for a simple image like this, but third party programs are generally better. But yeah, that can be a great image with a little noise reduction...

[skylab]

Really nice shot. Like the composition. I would leave the background that's just IMHO.

[Ran_photography]

For stacking, is it recommended to use a tripod?

[alliec]

Thank you mrville and skylab for the comments and advice it is much appreciated.:D

Ran..i dont think its necessary and most of mine are shot without a tripod as getting it into position often scares the insects away.

Alistair.

[mkuriger]

I wish I had that skill! that's a great capture

[Samdiver74]

Alistair
Great capture, you could use Noise reduction but I think it is great as is.
It would be a little bit of a pain creating a layer mask with the hairs this guy has just to keep fly detail and reduce noise in background, but it would be a great starting ground.
Also as this was ISO 800 and the image is stacked which camera were you using for this?

[alliec]

I wish I had that skill! that's a great capture

Thank you very much mkuriger:D

Alistair
Great capture, you could use Noise reduction but I think it is great as is.
It would be a little bit of a pain creating a layer mask with the hairs this guy has just to keep fly detail and reduce noise in background, but it would be a great starting ground.
Also as this was ISO 800 and the image is stacked which camera were you using for this?

Sam, thank you for the comments and advice:D. This was shot with a 350D and tamron 90mm macro.

Alistair.

[LordV]

Excellent shot- lovely light and colour
Brian V.

[Cactuspic]

Hi Alistair. Well captured and stacked. You caught the light beautifully.

Irwin

[alliec]

Excellent shot- lovely light and colour
Brian V.

Thank you very much brian:D.

Hi Alistair. Well captured and stacked. You caught the light beautifully.

Irwin

Thank you very much Irwin:D.

[Mrvile]

Alliec, just out of curiosity I took the shot and ran it through NeatImage to see how well it could handle it. I only did noise reduction - I generally run USM after noise reduction, but I didn't want to sharpen the image any more. Anyway, here is the result:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a214/Mrvile/flyedit.jpg

If you want the image removed, just let me know.

[Dragos Jianu]

My suggestion : Could use a bit more attitude :)

[Samdiver74]

Eric (Mrvile)
That looks pretty good. Very subtle but effective use of Neat image.
What were your settings?
I am really surprised it didn't degrade the fly's sharpness.

[devil350]

Great shot, calour, sharpness and light are really good, congrats ;-)

Laurent.

[Mrvile]

Eric (Mrvile)
That looks pretty good. Very subtle but effective use of Neat image.
What were your settings?
I am really surprised it didn't degrade the fly's sharpness.

Noise Levels - Luminance Channel 0%, Chrominance Channel 0%
Noise Reduction Amounts - Luminance Channel 80%, Chrominance Channel 100%

[Samdiver74]

Thanks Eric I might try those with Noise Ninja.