Adobe announced availability of CS4 suite of products including Photoshop CS4. link to press release http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/pdfs/200810/101508AdobeCS4avail.pdf
Apple updated Aperture to version 2.1.2 today. Update link http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/aperture212.html
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This was one of my first attempts at macro. Equipments used were canon EOS 400D, EF 50mm f1.8 , Kenko Extension tube set. 20mm and 36mm extension tubes were stacked in order to get this level of magnification. This is a true 1:1 macro as i have used more than 50mm of extension tubing. The extension tubes are a great way to get macros without investing in new optics, but the close focusing makes it very difficult to use.You kinda loose AF and focus on infinity. Also painful is the high iso and the thin DOF that you have to live with in order to get a picture. Live view is reported to help a lot in taking shots like these less stressful to the eye.
HDR or High Dynamic Photography can give dramatic results when used properly. Photomatrix is the best HDR program that i have tried. Recently noted that they have released a plugin for Adobe Lightroom.
The above picture is a sample HDR from my archives and i did not use this specific program/plugin to create this effect. This was achieved by merging 3 separate Exposures of various levels in the HDR program.
The Plugin can be downloaded for Lightroom 2 or 1.3/1.4 here. Versions older than 1.3 are not supported. The instructions for setting up the plugin is also available ay the site.
Try shooting a sunset with normal , +2/3 and 2/3 exposure brackets and combine them in Lightroom. If you dont have Lightroom, then you can try the same using a trial version of Photomatrix pro (adds watermarks) or few free utilities available.
If you dont have any HDR photos available, then you can use Photoshop, and follow this tutorial to give an HDR look to your photos
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