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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Michael Erlewine on August 16, 2017, 02:57:58

Title: Close-Up
Post by: Michael Erlewine on August 16, 2017, 02:57:58: Nikon D810, Voigtlander 125mm f/2.5 APO-Lanthar
Title: Re: Close-Up
Post by: Bill Mellen on August 16, 2017, 03:16:57: Another beautiful image Michael!
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Post by: ArthurDent on August 16, 2017, 04:01:40: Really spectacular. Focus stacking?
Title: Re: Close-Up
Post by: Michael Erlewine on August 16, 2017, 08:33:19: Quote from: ArthurDent on August 16, 2017, 04:01:40
Really spectacular. Focus stacking?
Yes, stacked. Zerene Stacker
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Post by: Jakov Minić on August 16, 2017, 10:51:40: Michael, yet another wonderful image, thank you!
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Post by: Akira on August 16, 2017, 12:56:50: The image is beautiful as always, and I love the serene atmosphere, again, as always.

However, as admirer of your images, I would have to say that the way that the petals right behind the pistil are blurred would be a bit too abrupt? The transition between the blurred petals and the petal wrapping around the stem of the bud doesn't look very natural or smooth, at least to me.
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Post by: armando_m on August 16, 2017, 16:39:59: A beautiful result

Whenever I have done focus stacking I have trouble with :
1. where to start - Ie: here the very tip of the flower pistil is not in focus
2. how much to move the focus point - if to shallow I get to many images, to wide I get lines of OOF in the middle of focused areas
3. how wide the aperture - this in conjunction with the above is a problem, if to wide the aperture the movements have to be much more precise, if I went to far, do I go back ? how much ?
4. where to end is easier but is still a question to be answered

I have not attempted a focus stack in while
Title: Re: Close-Up
Post by: Ann on August 16, 2017, 21:03:25: A beautiful image, Michael, and a great example of what some superb technical skill can achieve with Zerene.