Macro Stitching a Moth

This panorama of Oleander Hawk-moth is by using 5 macro photos. In this tutorial I will use Adobe Photoshop CS4 which has greatly improved panorama tools, to produce this macro panorama. This version makes stitching odd photos so much easier than any other program I know of. If you notice these photos are not sequential … Read more

Focus Stacking Using CombineZ

After trying out the Auto-Blending in Photoshop CS4 I wanted to compare this method with my other favorite focus stacking software CombineZ. There are quite a few tutorials out there on usage of the CombineZ. I highly recommend the great tutorial from Brian at Digital grin. Brian is one of the greatest Macro specialist I … Read more

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Auto-Blending Focus Tutorial

The other day, I found a Long horned beetle clinging to the siding of my house. I grabbed my trusty Canon 5D Mark II and a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro lens and my Feisol tripod. As I could not get all the parts of this beetle in focus I remembered the auto-align and … Read more

Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers

It has been hectic week, I upgraded to Vista 64bit version. Upped my RAM from 3GB to 6GB to take advantage of 64 bit (or was it otherway round  đŸ˜‰ ) Now my adobe photoshop CS4 64 bit version Rocks, I can use nearly 4GB for the Photoshop. Lightroom 2.1 is also 64bit, I found … Read more

What new in Adobe Photoshop CS4

New Adobe Photoshop CS4 has just been released (23rd Sep 2008). Even though it looks similar to CS3 there are lot of improvements. It has nicely evolved from CS3 incorporating quite a few new features. Here are few features I liked in Adobe Photoshop CS4. To make work flow easier Adobe Photoshop CS4 now adds … Read more

Exciting time ahead

I have been dormant from blogging for a long time. Last one year has been quite a refreshing one. Photography has become a major part in my life. It was all because of the purchase of the DSLR camera Canon EOS 40D. I was happy shooting from bridge camera till then but it never used … Read more