Something totally different (when compared to unedited macro shots.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/naggobot/4913691526/
You can find the 111.5 Mb Gimp .xcf of this image from Ubuntu one URL
http://ubuntuone.com/p/DRX/
(I may need to remove high res at some point due to 2GB space limitation)
This is a stereographic Hugin composition of 26 images. After composing the image has been edited with Gimp. Edits have been:
1. Selective Gaussian blur of the image to get rid of CCD grain.
2. Unsharp mask to improve sharpness
3. Sky has been copied to separate layer and has been mixed with color mixer and then masked (If I remember right). This works as a soft light mask with opacity. Over all effect increases the blue end of the sky.
4. Ground part of the image has been copied to separate layer (addition setting) and then it has been masked with inverted BW mask with edited color levels. This brings out the shadowed parts of the tower structures.
Both have been blurred and overlay image layers are also blurred.
On top of everything there is a blanked layer containing the original image for easy comparison.
Edits are actually nothing special. I have been just starting to study editing and my primary source f information has been
http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/
I used Samsung WB500 camera which is a medium sized consumer pocket camera with a 10x wide angle lens (25-250mm in Kino measures if I remember right). All of the 26 shots were hand held and actual focal length was 4.2 mm which is as wide as the camera allows.
Please note that the same CC license that applies to Flickr low res image is applicable to high res .xcf image.
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