MomentsForZen
Moth With A Large Set Of Antennae - Barton - ACT - Australia - 20170113 @ 04:01
The warm summer weather has brought out many moths and other nocturnal insects. At the same time, the Kamerar company has released a pair of lens attachments to supplement the "native" capabilities of the dual lenses of the iPhone 7 Plus (see link below). These events have allowed me to try out the macro lens attachment on some of my favorite subjects - moths.
This is a simple but rather plain more-or-less overhead shot of a moth that I saw one morning. I wouldn't normally post a photograph that presented this basic composition, but in this instance, it makes it easier to appreciate the features and colors that are present in other photographs of this moth that I shall be posting. The use of the macro lens attachment when taking the other photographs allowed me to highlight different parts of the moth. However, in some instances (and for some people), the extreme and unusual perspectives could make it more difficult to understand the relationships between different physical features and the colors of these features.
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Links for background information ...
kamerar.com/products/kamerar-zoom-lens-kit-for-iphone-7-plus
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[ Location - Barton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia ]
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Photography notes ...
The photograph was taken using the following hardware ...
- iPhone 7 Plus.
- 56mm* (x2) lens [* 35mm equivalent value of the focal length].
- Gizmon TLR Bluetooth Remote Shutter.
- Gray Card made by ProCamera.
I acquired the photograph (4032 x 3024 pixels) with an ISO of 20, exposure time of 1/710 seconds, and an aperture of f/1.8. The iPhone flash was used.
Post-processing ...
- I downloaded the photographs from my iPhone 7 Plus to the MacBook Air 11" using a lightning/USB cable and the iExplorer app (Macroplant).
- Sometimes I do this over WiFi using PhotoSync (touchbyte GmbH). Notably, I have found that iExplorer does not handle properly the images that have been edited using the native Apple iPhone "Photos" app (i.e., it will only transfer the original image, not the edited image).
- I viewed and sorted the photographs that were taken using XnViewMP (Pierre-e-Gougelet) and Lightroom (Adobe Systems Incorporated). Saved the images that had some chance of being posted online.
PhotoSync - Copied the JPEG file to my iPad Mini for further processing, review, enjoyment, and posting to social media.
Handy Photo - Made various basic lighting and color adjustments to the image.
Handy Photo - Used the Retouch tool to "repair" a few spots on the wings.
FrontView - Applied a trapezoidal crop and modified the aspect ratio to change the apparent perspective.
Photoshop Express - Cropped the image to 4:3 aspect ratio (2647 x 1985 pixels).
Photoshop Express - Applied final lighting adjustments.
Pixlr - Added dark "Uneven" vignettes to the top corners.
Exif Editor - Copied the EXIF data from the original photograph to the final image.
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Moth With A Large Set Of Antennae - Barton - ACT - Australia - 20170113 @ 04:01
The warm summer weather has brought out many moths and other nocturnal insects. At the same time, the Kamerar company has released a pair of lens attachments to supplement the "native" capabilities of the dual lenses of the iPhone 7 Plus (see link below). These events have allowed me to try out the macro lens attachment on some of my favorite subjects - moths.
This is a simple but rather plain more-or-less overhead shot of a moth that I saw one morning. I wouldn't normally post a photograph that presented this basic composition, but in this instance, it makes it easier to appreciate the features and colors that are present in other photographs of this moth that I shall be posting. The use of the macro lens attachment when taking the other photographs allowed me to highlight different parts of the moth. However, in some instances (and for some people), the extreme and unusual perspectives could make it more difficult to understand the relationships between different physical features and the colors of these features.
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Links for background information ...
kamerar.com/products/kamerar-zoom-lens-kit-for-iphone-7-plus
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[ Location - Barton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia ]
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Photography notes ...
The photograph was taken using the following hardware ...
- iPhone 7 Plus.
- 56mm* (x2) lens [* 35mm equivalent value of the focal length].
- Gizmon TLR Bluetooth Remote Shutter.
- Gray Card made by ProCamera.
I acquired the photograph (4032 x 3024 pixels) with an ISO of 20, exposure time of 1/710 seconds, and an aperture of f/1.8. The iPhone flash was used.
Post-processing ...
- I downloaded the photographs from my iPhone 7 Plus to the MacBook Air 11" using a lightning/USB cable and the iExplorer app (Macroplant).
- Sometimes I do this over WiFi using PhotoSync (touchbyte GmbH). Notably, I have found that iExplorer does not handle properly the images that have been edited using the native Apple iPhone "Photos" app (i.e., it will only transfer the original image, not the edited image).
- I viewed and sorted the photographs that were taken using XnViewMP (Pierre-e-Gougelet) and Lightroom (Adobe Systems Incorporated). Saved the images that had some chance of being posted online.
PhotoSync - Copied the JPEG file to my iPad Mini for further processing, review, enjoyment, and posting to social media.
Handy Photo - Made various basic lighting and color adjustments to the image.
Handy Photo - Used the Retouch tool to "repair" a few spots on the wings.
FrontView - Applied a trapezoidal crop and modified the aspect ratio to change the apparent perspective.
Photoshop Express - Cropped the image to 4:3 aspect ratio (2647 x 1985 pixels).
Photoshop Express - Applied final lighting adjustments.
Pixlr - Added dark "Uneven" vignettes to the top corners.
Exif Editor - Copied the EXIF data from the original photograph to the final image.
@MomentsForZen #MiniMomentsForZen #MMFZ #MomentsForZen #MFZ #iPhone7Plus #iPhone #iExplorer #PhotoSync #XnViewMP #Lightroom #HandyPhoto #FrontView #PhotoshopExpress #Pixlr #ExifEditor #Moth #Antennae