Thistle Flower and Buds


Posted by Gene Gwin on Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:00 am

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Photo taken at Laguna Seca Ranch in South Texas Apil 5, 2019.

Nikon D850, Sigma 180 Macro, 1/500 sec at f/5.6, ISO 450, 9 images stacked in Helicon.

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by SantaFeJoe on Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:27 am
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Very nice image against a clean BG in nice light.  My only recommendation would be to include the part of the stalk just below the frame where the bud is attached to maintain unity. Overall, you’re doing great with the stacking.

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by Tom Whelan on Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:21 pm
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Fine image, excellent background, nice flower detail.
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by Matthew Pugh on Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:09 am
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Hi

A nice image that places the image elements nicely in the frame. I like it

Regarding suggestions - personally I often feel stacked image have a little bit of a flat look if you get my drift. Perhaps introducing a little side lighting would help add some defining shadows. How this works with stacking though - no idea lol


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by Gene Gwin on Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:51 am
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Matthew Pugh wrote:Hi

A nice image that places the image elements nicely in the frame. I like it

Regarding suggestions - personally I often feel stacked image have a little bit of a flat look if you get my drift. Perhaps introducing a little side lighting would help add some defining shadows. How this works with stacking though - no idea lol


All the best
Matthew
Matthew,  Thanks for the input.  I was also concerned about the lighting and I'm still trying to work that out.  I got an additional light source coming and I hope that will solve the problem.  My other concern about this image is that it is too "clinical" in that there's nothing else in the frame, which is probably not realistic.  I have some ideas on that, and hopefully it will work.
 

by WILDSUDIPTA on Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:19 am
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Beautiful
 

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