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My First 'Proper' Focus Stacked Image
Seapy:
Recently I revisited one of my favourite botanic gardens, Ness Gardens, on the Wirral.
Apart from the prime reason I went to get a selection of good images of Peris Formosa Forrestii, I also took some exposures suitable for focus stacking. It was slightly overcast with almost no shadows, a slight breeze occasionally so ideal conditions.
The subject was a rather nice Carex Dallii bush in a sheltered corner of the gardens.
I used the D3 with micro Nikkor 105mm f/4.0 lens, the five exposures were @ 1/100sec at f11, ISO400.
The front stacked image:
And a close to 100% crop:
The stacked 100% crop:
And finally the stacked image:
I really enjoyed creating this image, I have been fascinated by focus stacking for a long time. I intend to do many more. Remarkably while I didn't realise at the time I was surprised to see that the plant is actually quite hairy, my close vision isn't particularly good (without glasses) but it was a really good lucky choice to show off such a hairy plant.
Ron Scubadiver:
Incredible detail.
JohnMM:
--- Quote from: Seapy on May 25, 2018, 21:13:06 ---
The subject was a rather nice Carex Dallii bush in a sheltered corner ...
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It looks like a Grevillea. There's a popular cultivar called 'Canberra Gem' found in this colour.
armando_m:
Very nice results
Seapy:
--- Quote from: JohnMM on May 25, 2018, 21:33:50 ---It looks like a Grevillea. There's a popular cultivar called 'Canberra Gem' found in this colour.
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Mmmm, I'm no botanist... I was going by the label below the bush bearing the flowers... I guess labels get moved or placed in the wrong area.
Will check out images of Grevillea and compare. Grevilliea genus will do just as well, it does indeed seem to match well with Grevillea Johnsonii. Both commemorative names, two in one photograph! Extra good. ;D ;D ;D
Thank you for the correction.
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