Hibernation
Mar 6, 2012 12:55:09 #
I was out geocaching with my wife a few weeks ago and ran across this. It is a Western Fence Swift (Blue Belly Lizard) inside a hole in a telephone pole.
It was also the site that wintering Ladybird beetles had chosen. Since I could only hand-hold the exposure, I took two shots and blended them together to obtain the depth of field.
First shot - foreground focus
Second shot - background focus
Third shot - blended
Has anyone here used the focus blending feature in CS5? I was curious. First time for me. The jury is still out for this technique, although it seemed to work for this shot. Time hasn't been available for me to test this on any other shots yet.
It was also the site that wintering Ladybird beetles had chosen. Since I could only hand-hold the exposure, I took two shots and blended them together to obtain the depth of field.
First shot - foreground focus
Second shot - background focus
Third shot - blended
Has anyone here used the focus blending feature in CS5? I was curious. First time for me. The jury is still out for this technique, although it seemed to work for this shot. Time hasn't been available for me to test this on any other shots yet.
Forground
Background
Blended
Mar 6, 2012 12:57:48 #
WOW! I am digging the ladybug photographs...the contrast of the red on the brown wood is fantastic and the texture is sublime...What an odd place to find ladybugs but it sure works for this photo :)
Mar 6, 2012 13:41:40 #
Mar 6, 2012 15:02:57 #
Don't know why the jury is out. The results are in the finished product. Nice shot.
Mar 6, 2012 23:35:39 #
Mar 7, 2012 08:41:16 #
Great job blending, you nailed it! I have a neat shot of these beetles but its not blended like yours. How did you get them to not move.
Mar 7, 2012 09:05:54 #
rlaugh wrote:
Great job blending, you nailed it! I have a neat shot of these beetles but its not blended like yours. How did you get them to not move.
It was a nice sunny day, but it was cold. Since they are exothermic like the lizard (body temp is regulated by the outside temp), their core temp was not high enough to allow them to move very much.
Mar 7, 2012 09:55:09 #
Mar 7, 2012 15:41:42 #
Great shots,and you brought the lizard out of hiding real good detail of him too.
Mar 7, 2012 16:57:04 #
Mar 20, 2012 01:02:36 #
Bozsik wrote:
I was out geocaching with my wife a few weeks ago ... (show quote)
The focus blending was a perfect answer to a DOF problem, with great results. Well done, look forward to more of your posts.
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