Steve Throndson

@Binary Hulled Ion I admire your precise approach to the pinhole project.  The photos will never be 'sharp', but you can aim for the optimum with a clean pinhole of the appropriate size for your...

Important step between these two - 'Select > All Layers'.  @hzmeyer - good luck - I think you'll be amazed at how well Photoshop does focus stacking.

That link didn't work - there's an extra 'T' at the end. Try this one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-16302606

@Binary Hulled Ion, The body cap will be pretty thick, so you may want to drill a fairly large hole in it, cover that hole with a thinner material (tinfoil perhaps) and then put the pinhole in...

Leonard, Thanks for the new word!  - never heard that one before. I should get out more  :) Some amazing photos at Google > Steampunk > Images.

In 2011, there was a pinhole photography challenge, right here on DPR http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Challenge.aspx?ID=5714&View=Results&Rows=4 You can make most any camera into a pinhole...

I read this on Wikipedia - so it must be true. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleconverter The article uses the term 'Teleside' converter for the devices that attach to the front of a lens, and...

Joe, I see you just recently joined.  Welcome to DPR! Hope you don't mind that I edited your picture a bit - brought out some detail in the white petals, darkened and blurred the...

Genevieve, I don't know about Lightroom, but in Photoshop I get noise when I try to lighten the shadows too much.  Halos appear when I'm reckless with the 'clarity' slider when processing raw files...

G'day! Nice photo.  I like the strong contrast between warm and cool colours - the old 'rule' of warm colours advancing and cool receding seems to work here, and helps to give the image some...

Placed 84^th in the challenge. " I heard a fly buzz - when I died - " . . . . Emily Dickenson

Placed 16^th in the challenge.

Placed 11^th in the challenge.

Placed 12^th in the challenge.

Vidau, Another interesting photo.  Like Brian, I would also like to know how you did it.  Will you share?   Thanks.

Canon Photostitch is on the disk that came with your Canon - it works quite well.   I'm no expert, but I'd suggest avoiding very short focal lengths, using a tripod, keeping it level, and shooting...

This is one of the best photos I've seen in a long while. It's beautiful! I think the soft, open tones are a part of the magic. There's a lot of detail to look at, and a pleasant feeling of...

Neil,
Fantastic photo, and perfect for the challenge! Thank you for posting the links to your other photos, and especially the setup. Really interesting to see how it's done. A great way to...

Thank you all very much for the encouraging comments!

Sometimes we can think too much and spoil things.  Here's a poem I came across that explains that: After English Class     By Jean Little I used to like "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." I...