microbat52 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Hi friends Sorry I havent posted much lately. Ive been doing some caving and of course I take a UV lamp for extra fun. I dont carry a tripod though so the quality is not that great. Most calcite/ gypsum glow bluish but some glow orange. Also they phosforesce in green wich is super fun. IMPORTANT: No formations were harvested or broken, thats 1) illegal and 2) awful thing to do. Helictites Broken stalactite Soda straws and "bulbs" Another broken stalactite. Link to comment
colinbm Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Good on you, thanks for sharing. Link to comment
Andy Perrin Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 This is very cool! I still want to try the laser stimulated fluorescence in a cave. Link to comment
microbat52 Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Just now, Andy Perrin said: This is very cool! I still want to try the laser stimulated fluorescence in a cave. Dude I would love to try that. Been talking to a friend that owns a UV laser hehe Link to comment
Doug A Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Great captures @microbat52. Didn't know things could be so colorful in a cave. Thanks for sharing, Doug A Link to comment
Nate Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Great shots! I hadn't heard of these formations, seems like a lot of fun exploring. Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 These are really lovely examples of fluorescent cave formations. I don't think we have ever had posted here this kind of work made in a cave. How fascinating it must be to see this for real and get to photograph it. Here is a way to stabilize your camera when you cannot pack a tripod or monopod. https://www.instructables.com/1-Camera-Image-Stabilizer/ Link to comment
ulf Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 I used that tripod-less image stabilisation metod, with a twist, for getting the right distance to the hinge point when using a tilt lens. That is much easier to do in the field than the instructions in the lens manual. For each degree of lens tilt there are a well defined distance from the lens to the intersect of the "plane" of focus defined by the Scheimpflug's principle: https://lensnotes.com/articles/principles-of-view-camera-focus/ I tied knots on the line at the correct distance to set a foot plate position, for each degree of tilt. Link to comment
microbat52 Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 6 hours ago, Andrea B. said: Here is a way to stabilize your camera when you cannot pack a tripod or monopod. https://www.instructables.com/1-Camera-Image-Stabilizer/ Ha! This is such a neat idea! Thanks Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Ulf wrote: I used that tripod-less image stabilisation metod, with a twist, for getting the right distance to the hinge point when using a tilt lens. Excellent idea! Here is a commercial version of the String Pod which has a retractable string. These are no longer made, but a few available on Ebay. I have no experience with this particular gadget, so do not know how well it worked. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2507978.m570.l1313&_nkw=steadepod&_sacat=0 And a few years ago Kirk made a Strap Pod which attached to a camera plate on the bottom of the cam. I have one of these and it is helpful. Sadly it is no longer made. However, the plate version style of Strap Pod can be quite pricey due to the need for the camera plate if you do not already have that. Here is a B&H photo of another Kirk Strap Pod which screwed in. The benefit of a strap is that it is easier to step on. It would be fairly easy to acquire strapping and attach it to a screw-in ring bolt which fit the tripod mount. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/555223-REG/Kirk_SP_UNV_SP_UNV_Strap_Pod_with.html Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 I'm going to make a String Pod topic. Link to comment
microbat52 Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 I did some more, still havent made the stringpod but i tested the olympus "firework settings" and it does a fairly good job at light painting. Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 These are truly otherworldly. Very enjoyable. Link to comment
Andy Perrin Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 I missed these! Those are neat, Microbat! Is the caving and your username somehow related? Link to comment
microbat52 Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 Glad you like them! #3 and #6 were really interesting. In visible It was all brown mud but in UV you can see different carbonate deposits doing glowy stuff. (Ha! I just happen to like bats and caves and a whole plethora of other unrelated things lol) Link to comment
Andy Perrin Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 I tried enhancing #3 with the Topaz plugins (this was a combo of Gigapixel and the DeNoiser). I also boosted shadows a little. Will remove if you don't like it! Link to comment
microbat52 Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 Just now, Andy Perrin said: I tried enhancing #3 with the Topaz plugins (this was a combo of Gigapixel and the DeNoiser). I also boosted shadows a little. Will remove if you don't like it! Dude that looks SHARP! I love it, can I mail it to you full size? I need to look into Topaz... Nevermind, so many $$... Link to comment
Andy Perrin Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Topaz does sales and bundles pretty often. Look for the sales. The last one was black friday but I'm sure there will be more. You can certainly message me the full size, or the RAW if you have it. Link to comment
Doug A Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 @microbat52 just noticed you added more images. They are really beautiful. Your photos are the only UV cave shots I've seen. Looking forward to seeing more. Thanks for sharing, Doug A Link to comment
microbat52 Posted August 8, 2023 Author Share Posted August 8, 2023 Glad you like them!! I bring more Ive been trying using a phone instead of a point and shoot. The phone software makes my life fairly easy stabilization-wise. Even if sometimes I like the less sharp glowy look. Link to comment
Andy Perrin Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Whoa! I love these new ones! The last one looks like the mouth of some strange dinosaur. Link to comment
Doug A Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Impressive additions @microbat52. They are sharp and vibrant. Great captures of a world very few will ever see. Thanks for sharing, Doug A Link to comment
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