Poppy

Posted by PaiR on Mon Jul 21, 2014 9:11 pm

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Probably some kind of Oriental Poppy is my guess. Love the paper like crumpled texture to its petals. The petals were so fragile and large that even a slight breeze would make them fold on the flower. I had to hold the petal on the left with my fingers to prevent it from folding onto the flower as I shot it.

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by Gary Briney on Mon Jul 21, 2014 9:39 pm

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Stunning image --- gorgeous color with lots of impact.

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by Carol Clarke on Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:20 am

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I love the vibrant colours and the superb, graphic quality of the image as a whole. A beauty!

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by Matthew Pugh on Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:06 am

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Hi

I'm happy to agree with the others - a really fine shot that it has been a pleasure to sit back an enjoy

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by wtracyparnell on Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:34 am

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Excellent detail and color, very nice indeed.

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by Bill Whala on Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:36 am

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What a terrific image!! Great in all of the right ways. I love it.

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by Tom Whelan on Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:02 pm

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Beautiful colors, patterns, and textures - lovely.

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by Glenn NK on Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:47 pm

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Gary Briney wrote:Stunning image --- gorgeous color with lots of impact.

That's the first thought I had - stunning.

I'd be interested in the tech details (can't view EXIF on this laptop). I thought it would have been a focus stack.

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by PaiR on Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:26 am

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Glenn NK wrote:
Gary Briney wrote:Stunning image --- gorgeous color with lots of impact.

That's the first thought I had - stunning.

I'd be interested in the tech details (can't view EXIF on this laptop). I thought it would have been a focus stack.

Glenn

Glenn, The EXIF is as follows. No Stacking done.

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by CactusD on Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:55 pm

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Very nice shot. The colour contrasts and details are great!
Interesting comments re. focus-stacking:
with a DX-crop at f16 I guess this was unnecessary, though it would have been more likely with a recent Nikon FX body I think. The only thing I can think where focus-stacking this might have improved this slightly is more detail in the central stigma tip.

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by PaiR on Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:06 pm

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CactusD wrote:Very nice shot. The colour contrasts and details are great!
Interesting comments re. focus-stacking:
with a DX-crop at f16 I guess this was unnecessary, though it would have been more likely with a recent Nikon FX body I think. The only thing I can think where focus-stacking this might have improved this slightly is more detail in the central stigma tip.

I make all my photos in natural settings. Wind makes it extremely difficult to stack photos. These poppies have delicate petals and even if I hold the flower with a plamp, the petals will still keep moving. Otherwise, I'd have shot at F/11 with plenty of photos to stack. Not only the center but the stamens in the 12'0 clock to 3'o clock positions also would have come into much better focus with stacking.

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by kostas nianiopoulos on Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:28 pm

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very pretty very well executed

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by CactusD on Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:06 am

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PaiR wrote:
CactusD wrote:Very nice shot. The colour contrasts and details are great!
Interesting comments re. focus-stacking:
with a DX-crop at f16 I guess this was unnecessary, though it would have been more likely with a recent Nikon FX body I think. The only thing I can think where focus-stacking this might have improved this slightly is more detail in the central stigma tip.
I make all my photos in natural settings. Wind makes it extremely difficult to stack photos. These poppies have delicate petals and even if I hold the flower with a plamp, the petals will still keep moving. Otherwise, I'd have shot at F/11 with plenty of photos to stack. Not only the center but the stamens in the 12'0 clock to 3'o clock positions also would have come into much better focus with stacking.

Yes, it must be said that the majority of my stacks of flowers (though not all) are done in controlled settings such as a greenhouse.

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by Glenn NK on Thu Jul 24, 2014 3:33 pm

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PaiR wrote: I make all my photos in natural settings. Wind makes it extremely difficult to stack photos. These poppies have delicate petals and even if I hold the flower with a plamp, the petals will still keep moving. Otherwise, I'd have shot at F/11 with plenty of photos to stack. Not only the center but the stamens in the 12'0 clock to 3'o clock positions also would have come into much better focus with stacking.

Like you I shoot flowers exclusively outdoors and wind is really problematic. I have Zerene, but lately I use less stacking and shoot more single shots at small apertures - but this brings the unwanted BG into focus, so I use a mask in Lighroom and blur the BG.

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by rajandesai on Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:51 pm