Rose

Gallery: FloraPosted March 23, 201174 views12 comments

Even though spring has officially arrived, it did so here in the Pacific Northwest under the cover of cloudy skies and rain. I picked up this rose at the local florist to occupy my afternoon.

Larger version available, thanks for stopping!

canon 7D
canon 100mm macro f2.8L
F/ 3.5 -2.67 1/30 ISO 100 30 image stack
tripod, stackshot rail, canon speedlite at 1/128th with honeycomb filter
CS4 LR2 Helicon focus, NIK suite

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on March 23, 2011 at 2:05 AM

Craig,

Beautiful detail and nice DOF. A little puzzled by the white lines around the petal in and around the center of the image. Because of the stack? the filter?

Thanks,

Carol

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on March 23, 2011 at 8:09 AM

It's worrisome that I don't see any white lines, but this is beautiful lighting, color and texture, Craig.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on March 23, 2011 at 9:33 AM

Craig Strand said...
"I picked up this rose at the local florist to occupy my afternoon."

I wish that option was available to us landscape photographers!

I don't see the white lines either. Outstanding color and detail, and I love this against the dark BG. Gorgeous.

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Craig Strand on March 23, 2011 at 9:36 AM

Hi Carol,
I think what your describing as "white lines" around the petal is a bit of halowing that occured during the stack processing. I overlooked the area but will correct it in my master file.
"Thanks" for pointing it out. Craig

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on March 23, 2011 at 7:31 PM

Beautiful image Craig. I love your pov and the lighting as well.

Carol has a good eye and I'm pretty sure that's a Helicon artifiact. I can go for several images without them and start to think it's just technique but I don't think that's true. Some subjects seem to create artifacts more than others. I don't know what causes the algorithm to break down. Agaves seem to be worst about it than anything else I've shot. I've never done an agave w/o the artifacts showing up. Nice thing, is that they're usually easy to clone out.

Beautiful image.

pat

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on March 23, 2011 at 7:58 PM

WOW, I love the light and subject Craig. Superb.

Bob

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 23, 2011 at 8:09 PM

Craig: Terrific portrait. I especially like the color palette and the lighting. Nicely done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on March 24, 2011 at 6:57 AM

Craig:
Gorgeous portrait. Always like the lighting in your portrait - they look really nice and not artificial.

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on March 24, 2011 at 8:13 AM

Excellent rose portrait. Perfect DOF and well managed contrast to BG. Very well captured Craig.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on March 24, 2011 at 6:37 PM

I really like the lighting you employed as well as the color of this variety. The dark background really makes it pop.

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on March 24, 2011 at 10:34 PM

I never tire of roses. Excellently exposed, Craig!

Registered on November 11, 2008, 281 Posts, 3958 Comments

Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on March 24, 2011 at 10:44 PM

Excellent bloom and great lighting. I am usually not a huge fan of flowers suspended in darkness (I like to see the stem a tiny bit), but this works very well for me. Beautiful image!

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