The inner parts of one of my red tulips. I love how they open up and change every day.
Canon 50D
Canon 75-300mm
Canon 500D diopter
0.5 sec, f40 Going for max dof
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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on April 5, 2010 at 11:22 AM
Kathy, I think you succeeded quite well here. You captured the innards of the Tulip when it had just the right amount of curvature. It looks as though your POF was on the Tulip's stigma.
I think you are most likely butting up against equipment/software deficiencies. It is possible to hand blend multiple images with different focal points but it's time consuming. Helicon Focus is one possibility. Here's a pointer to an article worth exploring ... http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/Helicon.shtml
Keep up the good work.
Carol
Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments
Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on April 5, 2010 at 5:22 PM
Thanks, Carol. I've noticed others who post are using Helicon Focus, too. Will have to check it out. I used to shoot everything macro at f5.6, but am finding I like more dof. Don't know much about Helicon Focus - can it also be used effectively for blending mutliple exposures for HDR images?
Registered on November 1, 2003, 211 Posts, 1471 Comments
Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on April 6, 2010 at 7:13 PM
DOF looks good to me, and the colors are wonderful. If it were mine I'd probably do a slight crop from the right to eliminate that triangle in the upper RHC.
Registered on August 24, 2009, 123 Posts, 3099 Comments
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3 commentsI think you are most likely butting up against equipment/software deficiencies. It is possible to hand blend multiple images with different focal points but it's time consuming. Helicon Focus is one possibility. Here's a pointer to an article worth exploring ... http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/Helicon.shtml
Keep up the good work.
Carol