Toothwort (stacked)

Gallery: FloraPosted April 21, 2013101 views8 comments

Toothwort
(lathraea squamaria)

My first sojourn into the big wide world of the forest for a while. Found this single stem of Toothwort. Used to be quite common but hard to find now. It is parasitic on hazel and other tree roots, so has no leaves. First time I have found one in all its pink glory- its usually either too early or over. 6 stacked images. I’ll post a single comparison at f18 if anyone is interested.
Combined CZM
Nikon D7000
Sigma 150mm macro.
500 iso @ f5.6 Slight crop.
Levels etc paint Shop Pro . Cheers JR Take a look at the biggie -it shows what this technique can produce.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on April 21, 2013 at 4:07 PM

Most excellent definition from the stack, John, and beautifully composed with just the perfect ground for setting off the subject. Lovely, delicate colouring too. So nice to see this unusual flower.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 21, 2013 at 7:49 PM

Excellent, John. A very neat looking plant and very well photographed and processed. There is some kind of odd processing artifact in the upper part of the frame, but it's not over the Toothwort,, so it should be easy to blur out.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on April 21, 2013 at 8:39 PM

John:

Beautiful image of an uncommon flower. Not seen one before so this is a treat. The stack of the toothwort is perfect and the bg is really nice. The larger version is a pleasure to view.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Smith on April 22, 2013 at 9:42 PM

Stacking is superb answer to details while keeping the b/g soft and blurry. Until this ...I thought only of stacking so that adequate dof could be achieved. But, now I think it is also to avoid an over-reach of dof that might capture items you would rather leave soft. Well done. Interesting specimen.

Registered on September 5, 2008, 449 Posts, 2444 Comments

Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on April 23, 2013 at 5:53 PM

What a cool plant & excellent job stacking! My only nit is that there is some strange texture in the upper BG...if you clone from just one of the images it will probably disappear.

Registered on December 13, 2011, 216 Posts, 1671 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on April 23, 2013 at 9:05 PM

Hi John Thanks for sharing this rare beautiful flower ... Love the superb light and color, and excellent detail produced from the stack

Albert Darmo
Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on April 24, 2013 at 6:11 AM

Thanks all.
Not sure what the faint circles are in the to back upper right but they are not on the original so thats ok
JR

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on April 27, 2013 at 1:45 AM

John: Great find and a wonderful capture. Top notch shot. >=))>

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