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You're certainly right about getting to know your tiny subjects when they're alive. My intent in getting this close-up in the OP from less than an inch away from this dragon was a single image. ...

I had wanted to get a 44AF2 when they were first announced. Seeing that they are still available from fofokoch, I sent them an e-mail asking if they would ship one to me in the U.S. Unfortunately, ...

Very nice macro work, Dimitri. 66 images of a living insect (it is living??? I assume) is amazing. Do you use rails and turn slowly during a burst? or what is your technique? What software for the ...

I've been In Virginia for the last few days and today the first Ginger Flower bloomed in the gardens (during a light rain). Out came my NX1 with 60mm Macro for this image: Ginger Flower, Hedychium ...

The little columbines are one of my favorite Spring blooms. I like the way your choice of flash with very small aperture creates a very black background for the red to stand out against. Thanks ...

Just a reminder thread of how capable our NX1 cameras remain, with some of my recent images of tiny creatures captured with the 60mm Macro. Feel free to add your own recent images to keep the ...

When you know you're finished and closing the last image (ctrl/w), just add a quick ctrl/q to close the program. Fast. Simple. And Photoshop doesn't have to guess if you are actually finished or not.

When I did a search on "hairy hyrax", the search returned: this post (that was really quick indexing), but no other wildlife results. "Hyrax" did lead to rock hyrax and rock badger, so I learned ...

Very nice set. Well done.

Nice detail at 1/200th. Handheld or tripod? Even considering the weather, nice set. I tend to not slosh around in the rain anymore, but it does present some good opportunities.

Shhh, don't tell anyone, the second is for me as well. But the first one met the parameters of the assignment, so "officially" I'm "proud" of that one. :-)

I am sure you are excited about your new website, so congratulations. And I am sure that when you invite people to your site to view your photography, you will want them to come back often to see ...

In a recent thread, whisky showed us a hummingbird moth viewed straight on, an unusual pose I was intrigued by. In a reply, I said I was going to try to capture a similar pose. With the wild ...

Thank you for your kind thoughts. I'm glad you enjoyed the "canvases".

I've also been playing with .SRW files today. No problems with these either. Unfortunately I don't have any of the raw formats you are using to test. Joe Fedric updated his crashing article 12 days ...

I downloaded 1.0.9 this morning to my WIN 7 Pro workstation. It appears to be working fine with .CR2 raw files using both internal effects and external Topaz plug-ins. This is with less than an ...

All images in my " A Painter's Canvas " gallery were created in Topaz Impression (click on individual images, not slide show images, to enlarge). Within Impression, besides making adjustments to ...

Clarification: Seeing my reflection was in the (cutting room floor) image prior to the one above, before I ducked down and then caught the above image. When the shadows are brought up in the ...

As seen in all 4 images, at 150mm and MFD, it is very sharp as well. In the original (non downsized) of the above green frog, you can see my reflection in the eye, just below the sun. I had to ...

Thanks for looking and commenting. I use a lot of different websites for identifying flora and fauna. And being on the Preserve all the time gives me a lot of practice.