I Tried...

Gallery: FloraPosted January 15, 2012258 views11 comments

to make this a single shot but none of the different focal positions and dof choices felt good, so this is a 7 image stack of one of my wife's orchids. Illumination is from a north window and the tripod was set up in the kitchen sink.

(5D, 100mm macro, 2.5 s, f/25, tripod and cable release)

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11 comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 15, 2012 at 9:15 PM

Beautiful colors and light, really nice POV.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on January 15, 2012 at 10:10 PM

Really well done, Mark. I like the light and the detail. These close up images of orchids always seem to resemble something else. They should be used for Rorschach tests. To me, this one looks like a strange, alien bird with outstretched wings landing on a perch.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 15, 2012 at 11:03 PM

Interesting composition. Nice rich colors and good dof.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 15, 2012 at 11:26 PM

Mark: Hey, I use a bathroom as a studio so I guess the kitchen sink is fair game as well. I like your lighting and comp a lot and of course I like the subject. Very nice stack. 2 thumbs up. >=))>

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on January 16, 2012 at 10:47 AM

Holy Caped Crusaders. Its Orchid Man....and he looks angry...

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on January 16, 2012 at 2:25 PM

Scott's comments echo mine exactly. Great pov.

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Comment posted by Todd Bielby on January 16, 2012 at 4:40 PM

I like this. I just left Bill F a comment on his and asked why these are so hard to shoot. They are beautiful but I can't seem to make them look very interesting.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 16, 2012 at 6:54 PM

Well captured Mark , I second the alien bird thing ! Perspective is everything here and it seems which ever way you shoot one of these flowers it comes out differently every time !!! Beautiful work and wonderfully presented !

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 16, 2012 at 8:48 PM

Mark:
I like your lighting here. I often work in my kitchen as well

Orchids are really beautiful but I tend to struggle with composition. I like your point of view here and the stack really brings out all the intricate details and make it even more alien looking. I have x-ray this variety of orchid once but did not like what I got. I am going to try xraying a cymbidum one of this days.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 17, 2012 at 7:25 AM

I like the closeup comp and POV, good detail and DOF with your stacking.
Hope I'm not being too critical, but the colors look slightly skewed on my monitor.
Still, I hope that alien in there makes a soft landing

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Comment posted by Navin Sarma on January 17, 2012 at 10:10 PM

nice job mark, i really like your comp here. one small comment/question - why did you choose f/25 if you were focus stacking? 100mm sweet spot is a bit opened up around f/11-f/13 from my research/testing.

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