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Are You Tasty? (30)
red45
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (30243) | NOTE: This picture is probably about 1-1.5 mm high.
Another 'monster' shot from my aquarium. Today close-up of head of Phantom Midge Larva. Not very pretty, isn't it? One day I sat down and was watching how these creatures hunt. It was really impressive. They float in water, their body is almost transparent - victims don't see them. Where one of Dapnias or Cyclops swim close enough Phantom Midge Larva suddenly makes move like released spring. Too fast to see its move! Split second later victim is in Phantom Midge Larva jaws.
Photo taken with support of reversed Helios lens. |
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red45
(30243)
More details.
Edited by:extramundi
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USM 0.3 275%
Saved as TIF
Default noise reduction in NeatImage
Saved as TIF again
Severe shadows and highlights, dont remember the values, but quite high.
Color equilibration: In the yellow-blue slider of ilumination, +10 to decrease yellow lighting.
USM 0.2 250%
Save as jpg for TN.
Feel free to ask if you dont understand something, but my software is in spanish, so maybe my translation is awful.
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red45
(30243)
LAB-AB-blur, NeatImage, Sharpening
Edited by:AdrianW
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Purpose: To fix the chromatic aberration (coloured fringes), reduce noise, and bring out a bit more detail.
How? Converted to LAB mode, selected A-channel applied GaussianBlur 4px, repeated with B-channel. Also reduces colour noise.
Loaded into NeatImage, used the top right hand area to create a noise profile. Filtered.
Sharpened using USM three passes on L channel: (10% 20px 0) (40% 1.2px 0) (20% 0.8px 0). Faded to 45% - could have used lower values, but I have that setup as an Action.
Ran a high-pass Sharpen: NewLayerViaCopy, HighPass 10px. Merge HardLight. (30%)
Finally if there were any fringes remaining, used CloneTool in Color mode to mop them up :)
I hope you like it! |
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