Hi folks, having finally devised a working process using PhotoLab to replace my long winded previous one which generated too much duplication across my laptop, mini and storage discs, I am now back to processing photos for my hand made family photo book which this spring is about Bees in the garden.
These 2 images are jpg exports from macos Pages. Chapter 2 - Flight pictures. Hopefully show how I seem to be getting better at photographing the bees as they fly away from the flower to their next stop.
I used OM1 and 60mm macro from a standing distance near to the flowers - say 4to 6 feet distance from the bees.
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Nice! I’ve got a very similar shot, see here (but note the page might be slow to load):
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/forums/album.php?albumid=394&attachmentid=38010
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HI Willy. Nice pics but I’m quite jealous. We haven’t seen a Hummingbird Hawkmoth here to take photos since 2006. I found some in my archive taken with my Canon EOS 40D and here is a jpg - probably produced with an old version of photoshop.
Unfortunately for some reason PhotoLab8 does not show the Light and Colour tools for these od photos so I can’t directly do changes to compare the old to the new. If I am doing something wrong I would appreciate if anyone colud give some guidance so I might be able to process old photos in the future.
Panic over re: missing tools - I clicked on worksapce standard and they all came back.
Very difficult to take. He/she was very fast and did’n stay on place. Taken with a 70-200 glass and a Canon 5DS.
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MikeA and stuck also very nice. But difficult to take!
Willy
Agreed, I think it was more luck than skill that produced my shot. It was taken with a lowly Canon 400D fitted with an equally lowly Canon EF-S 55-250 f/4-5.6 IS II.
Luck and taking lots of pics. In October 2023 I had taken almost a hundred photos of Red Admiral butterflies in the garden and a Comma joined in. But when processing I spotted this tiny insect flying by. It was identified by the Beemachine AI website as a Lasioglossum species of bee which was the first for me ever. I hadn’t even seen it.
Hi Willy, love the photos.
Your comment about the quality and age of your best photos and my archive got me thinking about what’s changed over the years. So I thought I’d share and see what other people think.
Old: Heavy - particularly lenses. (The reason I changed from my old Canon to Olympus).
Low pixel counts so needed very good pics to get decent A3 or bigger prints.
Needed to plan the shot properly, speed and aperture, to get good ISO.
Camera software fairly primitive e.g. slow autofocus and no computational modes.
Software like Photoshop was good but slow and lots of work to get right.
New: Lighter kit all round - good for aging joints.
Higher pixel counts so less work to get prints.
Crops can now have same pixel count as old full frame.
No ISO concerns using software like PhotoLab8 so no need to plan just point and shoot in M mode.
I know composition is important but for my nature pics that’s not an issue.
Camera software getting sophisticated, in many cases no need for post processing, iPhone anyone?
Computers and software getting faster so having more photos to process is not a major problem.
Any other thoughts?
Best regards
Mike
Hi Mike,
The oldest cameras I have are the Canon 30D 8,2 mP and the Canon 5D 12 mP. The newest Canon 5D IV 30,4 mP and the Canon 5Ds with 50,6 mP. The difference?
The oldest have the best colors.
Kind regards, Willy
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