More About Newville

I decided to stop by the Old Mill of Newville on my way to meet Carol, Gavin, and Lilly at Prairie Peddler last Saturday.  My plans did not work out.  Even though I should know the difference between 95 and 97, I seemed to have forgotten and became lost.  When I found myself I had trouble crossing the highway at the bottom of Cleveland Street to get to 95.  Once on 95, it did not take me long to get there.

Site of Old Newville Mill

Slater's Run empties into the Clearfork of the Mohican just upstream from this location.

Clearfork of the Mohican River

 At the risk of boring you, I must describe my encounters with people at the bridge.  Three girl bicyclists came along first.  They could not confirm the location.  Next, a gentleman in a pickup came along and confirmed the location and added the information that there was a canal which carried water to the wheel from upstream.

Old Mill Canal

The canal passed out of the shade and to the left of the white sycamore tree.  Later as I drove out I noted that the cut was deeper and at one point I saw a bridge crossing it.  I wondered if it connected to Slater's Run.

  Another person came along and informed me that just downstream around the bend there was a beaver dam.  I promised to go but was too tired to do it.  The bicycle girls came back going the other way being rescued by a husband, I assume.  One of them had a flat tire.  Others came by and the frequency increased such that it was way too crowded for me.

Site of Old Newville Mill

It was covered in chest deep weeds and I decided that later in the year might be a better time.  I saved the location in my GPS locator so I will get there more easily next time.

Site of Old Newville Mill

 The site is across the river from the camera.  Not unlike Alfred Hitchcock, I appear in some of my work.  Some one came along and gently honked at me to get off the bridge so they could pass.

Clearfork Valley

 The setting is just beautiful!  I got so caught up in it that I did not make it to Prairie Peddler.  I became so tired that I headed for home trying to avoid the crazy traffic.  I was too tired to fix dinner Saturday night and ate peanuts.

Today, I will try again for Prairie Peddler.

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Transition From Sun to Shade

Sunrise Pond

I have been discovering, or rediscovering, that the transition from sun to shade can be a fertile location in which to capture images.  I noticed this scene the other day and set to work.

Sunrise Pond

This is the same capture before I removed the flair.  I thought that I was not remembering the procedure to setup its removal but I was.  This flair was especially difficult to remove down near the bottom.

I did a little looking around on the web to see if there was a better way and discovered that there is software out there to add flair.  Now I am confused.  Do we take it out, avoid it, or what?  I still think that I like it removed or avoided better.

Sunrise Pond

One of my efforts to avoid it was holding an object between the sun and lens.  This one helped me to see what it should look like without the flair.  I also discovered during this process that you can undock images in PS5 and then clone from one to the other.  I did not have success with that and ended up not using it.

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What About the Corrolation Between Step Size and f/stop?

False Turkey-tail

This stack of 144 captures was shot at f/8.  It had the tell tale aura also.

With Aura

To date, my best effort has been the one I fixed.

False Turkey-tail

I intend to keep at this until I get it.  I hope I am not boring you.  I feel sorry for Carol.  Her eyes will have crossed long ago.

Aura Removed Manually

I keep wondering if I am reinventing the wheel here.  Does anyone know?

 

My theory is that as step size decreases, DOF must decrease.  As step size increases, DOF must increase.  I theorize that larger steps and DOF's yield less sharp, detailed images.  I theorize that f/2.8 will work for step "small" if the overall stack is not too deep.  I theorize that f/11 might work for step "large".  It might have to be f/16.  Stay tuned.

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"f/8 And Be There" Doesn't Always Work

False Turkey-tail

I have been trying to understand the cause/causes of the aura.  I have been trying different step sizes with the Camranger.  I am now assuming that as the step size decreases, the DOF must decrease by opening the aperture wider.

The above is a medium step stack of 18 images and at f/8.

With Aura

Since f/8 did not work with medium step in this case, I decided to try large step.

False Turkey-tail

This capture was a stack of 3, using large step.  It did not please me either.

With Aura

I quickly noted that this one needed more DOF, ie, f/8 was not enough for large steps.

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Finer Points of Macro

False Turkey-tail Post Processed

I found this composition the other day.  I have worked it a lot since.  I wanted to push my technique of focus stacking as far as I could.  I have noticed that stacks of 150 captures get touchy in the processing.  I have been plagued with an aura around what should be sharp edges.  This is my best effort to date for the 150 stack.  It had some post processing cleanup.

False Turkey-tail

This is the same stack as that above with out post precessing.  I hope that you can see the aura between the front most fungus and the wood under it.

Detail of Aura

It was feasible in this image to work it out, see the first image.  There was not that much to do but some require extensive work.

Detail of Aura Removed

 I used Healing Brush and Clone tools to remove the aura.

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False Turkey-tail Fungus

False Turkey-tail Fungus

The little Umbrella Inky Cap and Haymaker Mushrooms are not growing at Gorman at present.  The False Turkey-tail is growing on old wood in certain places.  I think it beautiful.

False Turkey-tail Fungus

The round ones are rare.  These images, of course, are focus stacks. 

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Bombini Bombus

Bumblebee

I noticed these bees active the other morning at a spot with early morning sun and little or no breeze.  I don't really need more shots of the bumble bee but it is fun for me.  I decided to try the Sigma 180 mm macro for the shoot.  I used it without any converters and with auto focus.  

Bumblebee

I enjoyed what might be one of the last insect shooting sessions for this season.  The warm sun was on my back, feeling good.  The bees were active.  I was sitting comfortably on my milk carton.

Bumblebee

I know there is no market for these images, but I really enjoy making them. 

Bumblebee

My main insect shooting activity is at the vernal pool.  It was not at all, this year, like it was last year.  It might have been the rain and cold air.  This kind of shooting is what I really enjoy in the summer whether it is bumblebees or dragonflies.  

Bumblebee

I saw a Shadow Darner, dragonfly, down at the vernal pool the other day.  It was hovering every so often but by the time I got setup it was gone and did not return so I left.  Maybe next year.

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