Scrub blazing star

Gallery: FloraPosted August 9, 201136 views10 comments

Haven't been shooting much but had a camera club meeting tonight so went out on a still overcast afternoon to take a macro of our local blazing star. It was really calm so this is about 18 stacked images to get the depth of field I was looking for. Thanks for any comments.

Nikon D200, Sigma 180 macro with Nikon PN11 extension tube
tripod, cable release, mirror lock-up
reflector umbrella for fill and to calm the little breeze
ISO 200
all at f8 @ 1/3 sec

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Dolph McCranie on August 9, 2011 at 6:37 PM

Beautiful image. I like stacking for depth of field. Did you use Helicon Focus? I assume you used the umbrella without flash. At any rate I like it a lot, the color is beautiful, focus is spot on as is the DOF with the stacking.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 9, 2011 at 7:30 PM

Good to see you posting Reed. The stack looks good to me as does the subject itself. Beautiful color.

pat

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 9, 2011 at 7:52 PM

Nice grouping, well photographed, Reed. Stacking is good for the most part - though I am not sure of the bits in the top left corner.

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on August 9, 2011 at 8:35 PM

Great DOF Reed. I'll echo the comment about the ULC

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 9, 2011 at 11:03 PM

Hi Reed

Incredible patterns of lines, color and detail.. except the ULC. A great presentation
Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on August 10, 2011 at 8:20 AM

Nice luminence here, Reed. 18 images? That's some stack. Good work.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on August 10, 2011 at 9:41 AM

Very nice. I like the sparkles of light on the petals, looks like they were dusted with glitter. Beautiful flower, beautiful image

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on August 10, 2011 at 10:53 AM

Great job Reed. I'm not expert in stacking. I like the imagewith nice sparkling color, but I'd suggest to crop a bit the upper part to remove the unsharp left top corner.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on August 10, 2011 at 9:03 PM

Some nice detail! I could also go for a tighter crop.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 14, 2011 at 10:42 AM

Reed: Nice work on the stack. I find the crop suggestions interesting as I would crop this from the bottom rather than the top. Great colors and clarity. >=))>

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