“This particular species of Peacock spider is found in the Lake Muir area of WA and was first described by Otto & Hill in 2017. We love the character and energy captured in this stunning shot of a Maratus electricus by photographer Paul Harrison ( on Instagram). Then as a finishing touch I used the Fine Bandpass Sharpening from James Ritson’s Macro preset.” Paul Harrison I cropped and used the Patch Tool for two tiny corners that went out of frame while changing the angle. Once I was satisfied with the stack work, I adjusted Levels, HSL Shift and Vibrance to make the colours pop a little more. While editing, I noticed two layers that weren’t in focus, and for that I used a combination of the Patch Tool, the Inpainting Brush Tool, the Blemish Removal Tool and again the Clone Brush Tool. It needed some brushing up and for that I used the Clone Brush Tool. Since I only shoot live insects in the field with a manual lens and no macrorail, the shots don’t always align perfectly. “In Affinity Photo I used Focus Merge to stack the 20 shots. I was able to get 20 shots of this colourful weevil,” Marit reveals. I’m always at the mercy of the whims of insects I’m photographing, so when it decided to pause for a bit and sit very still, I had to move fast. I held the petal of the tulip some 30 centimetres from the forget-me-nots to create this shade of blue. The blue you see in the background is from lovely out of focus forget-me-nots. “This is a green immigrant leaf weevil (Polydrusus formosus) sitting on the petal of a yellow tulip. The vibrant colours in this stunning shot captured by Marit van Ekelenburg ( on Instagram) immediately caught our attention.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |