I have been trying to get an images of these lichens for weeks but still need to try with a tripod or designated macro lens to see if I can get more lichens in focus. Yes, it was hand held, but instead of trying macro in Camera+ I tried standing back a little father. Imagine my surprise when I found the orange like ? ant/insect? Used auto focus on the insect. Because of the various layers in the tree trunk, the DOF is very shallow. I took in landscape mode but cropped to square to make ant in the upper third area for better composition. There is moss in the cracks but with highest aperture being f8, not going to get everything in focus. iPhone 6, Camera+. Edited in PSE 11.
Showing posts with label moss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moss. Show all posts
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Lichen& Moss with Orange Ant/Insect - Neighborhood
I have been trying to get an images of these lichens for weeks but still need to try with a tripod or designated macro lens to see if I can get more lichens in focus. Yes, it was hand held, but instead of trying macro in Camera+ I tried standing back a little father. Imagine my surprise when I found the orange like ? ant/insect? Used auto focus on the insect. Because of the various layers in the tree trunk, the DOF is very shallow. I took in landscape mode but cropped to square to make ant in the upper third area for better composition. There is moss in the cracks but with highest aperture being f8, not going to get everything in focus. iPhone 6, Camera+. Edited in PSE 11.
Monday, October 26, 2015
Lichen Colonies on Maple Tree in Neighborhood - Texture
Yesterday I was walking in the neighborhood and foiund some lichen colonies on a maple tree. I was intrigued because there was a lot of a golden color there. I was disappointed that the images I took were not as sharp as I had hoped. Should have done a playback instead of relying on the LED screen. Oh well, I hope to get back and try again when there is more sunshine. Sometimes you can salvage an image using apps. Taken with Camera+. Post processing done with PSE 11. Left image has just increase in highlights & mid-tones, then sharpened a lot to give texture.I had taken the image at an angle rather than landscape. changed mode to square, and tried to do macro which uses digital zoom--not as good as optical zoom. The right image I used a "Saturated Film" filter in PSE 11. You can even see the green moss in the cracks if you are able to enlarge the image.
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Labels:
autumn,
golden yellow,
Lichen,
moss,
neighborhood,
texture
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