passion flower

A good in depth study of a passion flower. There are collective blurs at the petal ends where they meet the frame that are stacking artifacts. I believe I would either crop or clone them out from whichever image(s) are sharp at those spots.

Thanks so much for the critique, Phil. I did this when I was first learning about how to do stacking, but in looking through the archives, I find that I still have all the raw files. So I ran the following just now with zerene. Think I got rid of the stacking artifacts with the retouching tools. Let me know what you think. Wish I could post another large version, but I think you are limited to 720 in repost. (I also ran the 19 images through a batch ACR set of adjustments before making the input TIF files for Zerene. That's why some of the other aspects have changed a bit.)

It's a big help, Phil, to have access to help from folks like you, and I just want you to know that I appreciate it very much!

I really like your second post! I was about to say the same thing that Phil pointed out...it looks like a big improvement (although I wish I could see it a bit larger!).

John, this is nice work. I like the top down capture of the symmetrical design. The repost looks better as far as the stacking goes, but I prefer the color and tone of the first, especially the darker bg.

Very nice closeup of the symmetrical design in this flower! I agree with Scott that the sharpness is better on the repost and I prefer the color and bg of the first version.

Thanks Barb and Scott, and I'll make it unamious; I can only cite temporary insanity as a reason I went into ACR and changed the settings of all the images before I put them through zerene. I should have just left them as is. (and I hope you are not thinking the ajective "temporary" is questionable.)

But I do appreciate your perception that the zerene result was superior given this particular less-than-ideal input stack. I am finding it to be superior and worth the price. The nice thing is that anyone can determine that for themselves with the free, fully functional 30 day trial.

Your original image really "pops"! I guess your repost addresses some stacking concerns but I prefer the first for everything else. Very beautiful and interesting flower; great to see all the clear details from your stacking. Love the colors too.

Fabulous work John. This is quite intriguing.

Thanks Carolyn and Jeffrey; don't know why I decided to re-process the stack before re-doing it in zerene, but I agree the colors were better before. But the good news is that I did it in ACR and it would take a few seconds to change back and a few minutes to re-process in zerene; which I will do if I ever use it again. Thanks again.

Great comp John, it almost looks like a kaleidoscope image. I like the great DOF you achieved.

Hi John I still prefer the first version, with its better color , light and BG. It lets me better appreciate the fine structure, and the interesting geometric lines of the flower ... with my poor eyesight, i hardly see those artifacts, and less than super sharp detail, which puts me in the minority.on most posts
Albert Darmo