Trying flower pics for a change

[Lord Vetinari]

Do either of these shots work?
same shot one in natural light , the other with flash, both have been focus stacked.

Brian V.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/valenb00/CRW_7376c.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/valenb00/CRW_7377sc.jpg

[Ann McRae]

I love glads. I much prefer #2 (and I am thinking it is natural light). Can you tell me what focus stacked means?


ann

[Allen]

Both are nice but No. 2 is my favorite. Only one slight fault, the tip of the flower is cut off at the top. You did a great
job of stacking, something I've tried but the wind never seems to be still enough.
Al

[Lord Vetinari]

I love glads. I much prefer #2 (and I am thinking it is natural light). Can you tell me what focus stacked means?


annYes #2 is natural light.
It means each picture is made up of two or pics which are taken at different focus depths. In both these cases they are made up of two pics one of the base open flowers and the other of the opening buds which were on a different focal plane. Then use a focus stacking programme (combinez5) which stacks the images and automatically chooses the in focus bits.
Brian V.

[Lord Vetinari]

Both are nice but No. 2 is my favorite. Only one slight fault, the tip of the flower is cut off at the top. You did a great
job of stacking, something I've tried but the wind never seems to be still enough.
AlThanks Al,
I have had quite a lot of practice with stacked macro insect shots. The programme I use to stack the images (combinez5) seems quite forgiving- these were blowing around and the shots were handheld.
Brian V.

[BigAl]

Nice shots Brian. :thumb I like the colors in #2, but prefer the DOF and detail in #1.

regards
alan

[Lord Vetinari]

Nice shots Brian. :thumb I like the colors in #2, but prefer the DOF and detail in #1.

regards
alanThanks Alan, I haven't found a way of combining colours without affecting DOF yet. :rofl