Christmas Cookies
Some macro shots of sugar crystals on Christmas cookies. Panasonic GX85, Olympus 60mm macro, 26mm extension tubes, Raynox dcr-250. Handheld single frame. Thoughts, comments, and critiques, always welcome.
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Don L
Foggy start to a Sunday morning
Down on the waterfront this morning, tide was out, Heron were sitting along the water fishing. There was a boat coming across the water from Bremerton heading into Port Orchard.
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Last: Sep 21, 2026
Colin Andersson-Hamill
Tiffany
One of ur Tiffany lamps. Taken the day I bought my Hasselblad. This is not edited apart from a crop. It is a tandard lamp.
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Very cool! I need to get a raynox soon.
Thanks! I just got the raynox about a week ago and am loving it. I have a cheap set of diopters that came free with a lens, they are so soft I'm better of cropping. The raynox is in a whole different ballgame!
I love all of them. I use to do research in crystals to kill breast cancer. I used a microscope back then. Any way I fell in love with the phase transformation process from a liquid to a crystal.. I love you have done with out the aid of a microscope.
Thanks! The macro world can be captivating. It's amazing how attainable and affordable it is to shoot macro in today's day and age.
Pretty neato! Though, they look about .5 stop underexposed.
Thanks! I brought the exposure up some from the raw files already, but I'll try bringing them up a little more. I usually try to err on the side of too little post than too much. It's helpful to get feedback from others.
I raised to exposure on a couple of them. Also played around with a few sliders, because just raising exposure seemed to loose contrast. And added one new pic. Does this look better, or did I go too far?
Definitely an improvement. They are more colorful and whites aren't dingy like before.
Thanks! The whites are yellowish in real life, because of the cookie showing through. You're right about looking dingy, I think they look better as a more snow white.
Looks like candy country )
Thanks!