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13 July 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Props to Lightroom 3 Noise Reduction Upgrade

Well I’m happy with the results of the new Lightroom’s noise reduction upgrade.  Figured I’d post some quick test.  Took a slightly overexposed shot at 6400 iso into the corner of my dark-lit living room.  Here’s the original, which the D90 did a reasonable job controlling really for the iso level.

And here’s a version with [...]

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07 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

St Paul Como Zoo

A few images taken at the Como Zoo in St. Paul.

That new macro I got looks right through wires!

Okay not really from that distance but it’s always good to keep up on your clone painting skills.  

Curious as to what this little pineapple looking plant is?  Guess I should have took a picture of [...]

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25 March 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Tamron 90mm 2.8 Macro

Went into a camera shop in St. Cloud looking for a few small accessories and walked out with a new (used slightly) macro.  Ha, what can I say…  it was a good deal.  Here’s a few I’ve taken trying it out this week.

I used this focus stacking software called CombineZP to get a larger depth [...]

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07 March 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Built a lightbox.

Well I decided to build a lightbox. Turned out pretty cool, and by that I mean I used Daylight 6500k diffused through some white cloth, which gave a nice cool light. Lighting is fairly balanced which makes for soft area shadows and a nice global illumination. Which is going to be really [...]

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27 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Amerikan Junk at The Rox.

Well turns out fast moving punk rockers in low ambient lighting makes for a tough shot. But I was able to catch a few!

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