I'm new to macro, but have been doing digital photography as a hobby for about the last 10 years (and B&W film long before that).
For most of my shooting, I've tried to keep my post-processing as realistic as possible - boost some levels, fix some noise, etc. This is particularly the case for the sports photography that I spent most of the fall and winter doing.
Recently I find that I've been more aggressive with my post processing and trying to get a little more arty or a little more dramatic. I guess you could say I'm trying to find my style.
Anyway, here are some examples of post processing and pulling something interesting out of what might look boring at first.
Image is a buttercup taking with a D500 and Sigma 105mm macro @ f/8, 1/250s, ISO400. Handheld with cheap speedlight with the little plastic diffuser that it came with.
Image 1: RAW image with only Lightroom auto-tone applied. I consider this the "before" image
Image 2: Processing in Lightroom with Topaz Sharpen AI used for a little sharpen/denoise
Image 3: Processing in Lightroom, NIK Color Efex, Lightroom again, and Topaz Sharpen AI used for a little sharpen/denoise
For most of my shooting, I've tried to keep my post-processing as realistic as possible - boost some levels, fix some noise, etc. This is particularly the case for the sports photography that I spent most of the fall and winter doing.
Recently I find that I've been more aggressive with my post processing and trying to get a little more arty or a little more dramatic. I guess you could say I'm trying to find my style.
Anyway, here are some examples of post processing and pulling something interesting out of what might look boring at first.
Image is a buttercup taking with a D500 and Sigma 105mm macro @ f/8, 1/250s, ISO400. Handheld with cheap speedlight with the little plastic diffuser that it came with.
Image 1: RAW image with only Lightroom auto-tone applied. I consider this the "before" image
Image 2: Processing in Lightroom with Topaz Sharpen AI used for a little sharpen/denoise
Image 3: Processing in Lightroom, NIK Color Efex, Lightroom again, and Topaz Sharpen AI used for a little sharpen/denoise
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