Rainy Day Iris

Gallery: FloraPosted December 10, 2010175 views13 comments

After 2 weeks of rain, "Cabin Fever" had me driving to the local florist to pick up a few Iris blooms to photograph. This is a stack of 16 shots which I then ran thru Helicon Focus. I used my canon speed lite with the power adjusted to 1/128 and a honeycomb lite filter to keep the lite low and soft.

Larger image available, thanks for your comments!

canon 7D live mode composition
canon 100mm macro f2.8L IS USM manual focus
F/2.8 -1 1/8th ISO 100
Manfrotto tripod, Stack Shot Rail by cognisys inc. canon speedlite, CS4, LR2, Nik suite software

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on December 10, 2010 at 7:01 PM

Beautiful colors and light.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on December 10, 2010 at 7:37 PM

Good looking stack Craig. Beautiful color and I like your lighting as well. Good to see you posting. Fine looking image for my tastes. No suggestions.

pat

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on December 10, 2010 at 7:39 PM

Craig, great job on the stack. I love the detail and colours. The lighting gives the impression the Iris is in a gallery showcase showing off it's best features.
Only nit is the stem. I'm not sure about the stem. Particularly the shadow on the stem. I find it a bit distracting. But that's just me. It's a great image. Maybe you should get cabin fever more often

Registered on April 21, 2010, 160 Posts, 1675 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Lowe on December 10, 2010 at 8:27 PM

The lighting and comp are utterly fantastic, Craig. I love the glow on the flower petals. BTW, great call with the black BG.

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Comment posted by Buck Ward on December 10, 2010 at 9:06 PM

Gorgeous! I have never done 'stacking' and don't know the technicals of it, but obviously it was successful here. Beautiful color and nice light.

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on December 10, 2010 at 10:20 PM

Beautifully crafted! The light is excellent and the detail is phenomenal! At first glance I thought it was a purple spider...

Registered on October 10, 2010, 65 Posts, 904 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on December 11, 2010 at 9:07 AM

Craig:
Love this with your signature flash lighting. Gorgeous image and very good stacking. You might like to consider darkening the leaf near the lower border to the same color as the shadow to make it less distracting and remove the abrupt flash shadow effect.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on December 11, 2010 at 12:28 PM

Lovely, rich tones, Craig and splendid lighting. The stacking is superb, and I actually like the fact that the stem is partly in deep shade.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on December 11, 2010 at 5:34 PM

Gorgeous! Great color and light.

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Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on December 12, 2010 at 6:23 AM

Lovely image, Craig! The light is exquisite and the detail superb!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on December 12, 2010 at 9:52 AM

Craig: Superbly crafted image and especially fine light management. Really good stuff. >=))>

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on December 13, 2010 at 12:15 AM

Gorgeous Craig

Registered on September 16, 2010, 60 Posts, 1370 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on December 13, 2010 at 7:05 PM

Hi Craig

Boy,!!! two weeks of rain really motivated you

This is a splendid capture. with great control of the speedlite! the color and detail are 1st class

Albert Darmo. Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments