IMG_7075.CR2.pp3 (11.2 KB)
@andabata Thank you for the raw.
Attempted to evoke the surrealism and realism of death, and the desolation it brings. Simple processing using PhotoFlow
and gmic
. I will include the details later. I have other ideas that I might try out later .
Quick alternative edit (ant found here: here, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ant97: Mother, I found a wasp! How would you like it prepared?
Queen: Sunny side up! I like the raw CR2 juices!
PS I barely have any masking and compositing experience so I tried using a proprietary software first. The following result is done entirely in GIMP
. I also cloned out the clipped highlights on the ant. I brightened up the original raw, warmed up the WB and added a bit of green to bring out more of the yellow.
I was looking to neutralize the background but make the colors of the wasp pop. Used darktable.
@wiegemalt I like your crop and rotation.
That was what I was attempting to do — dead and desolate, though I couldn’t pull it off (no likes ). It might also have to do with my failed first foray into trying other color spaces.
This isn’t Instagram
No worries, I only jest .
Second attempt
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PhotoFlow
a) Hot pixel and lens corrections
b) Linear gamma ACES with no clipping
c) Scale and rotate -
gmic
a) Replace D65 L* with D50 L*
b) Curve to lighten L*
c) Subdue reds and blues
d) Remove more hot pixels
e) Prep for your enjoyment
Edit: oops, wrong copy.
Without scale and rotation
With scale and rotation
I didn’t try this one 'cause I prefer live ones.
I have to shoot with an 75-300mm zoom usually at around 180mm or so with a close up lens on 'cause Olympus chose to do a silly focal length macro lens. Only good point is that the zoom set up will match many crop camera dedicated macro lenses and I can usually work from around 300mm away.
John
That’s a fly.
Yep I know. One of many that tries to look a little like a wasp or bee etc.
John
I like the silliness
Lovely
Eristalis sp. even. Can’t say wich one exactly.
I’m a bit late, but I still wanted to give it a try. Done entierly in RT, using newlocallab for desaturating the background.
IMG_7075.CR2.pp3 (12.7 KB)
Thanks for sharing!
IMG_7075-2.jpg.out.pp3 (10.9 KB)
That is really a nice picture . I was playing around in Rawtherapee and I think I like this version.