WARNING!!! its so Cute

[Ali Campbell]

Love these Guys..


Jumping Spider by Abovelifesize, on Flickr

 

[Hamish Gill]

That is a wonderful picture matey!
Do you do much post process? Sharpening? Clarity?
Extra saturation?
I don't know how you get them so vivid!!??

 

[Ali Campbell]

Thanks Hamish.

Pretty simple processing in LR4

Apply this to all images.

Drop Temp down to 5293 (on all shots)
Adjust esposure if necessary
Contrast +20
Clarity +20
Vibrance +15
Saturation +2
Luminance Channel in noise reduction to 34


Then export to CS6 and deal with dust spots/resize.

Then sharpen with Nik Softwares Sharpener Pro. I brush the sharpening on certain areas rather than apply it to the image as a whole.

 

[Hamish Gill]

5293...
How did you come to that number?
I suppose you lighting is incredibly controlled ... But why 5293?
Is that the same for all flash guns?

I must get me some more nik software!
I've played with and enjoyed silver efex, just can't afford it at the mo :/

 

[alfie Wright]

That's my fav of all the macro you've posted so far, Ali. The shot, the detail, the colours, those eyes all wonderful!!!

 

[Lesley Jones]

Thank you Ali - an incredible photograph of my favourite little creature

 

[Paul Lange]

Great stuff Ali, I have been admiring your other post too. Do you stack exposures to get a deeper DOF too?