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Inner Paphio
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Inner Paphio

by Mark Seaver

Gallery: FloraPosted January 18, 2013236 views11 comments
I finally got some good light and overcame some operator problems, :biggrin: , to get this detailed look under the hood of my wife's Paphiopedilum. (5D3, 100mm macro L, 1/10s, f/16, iso 100, tripod, cable release and mirror lock up) Oh yeah, it's a 22 shot stack.

Comments

11 comments
Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 18, 2013 at 7:32 PM
Mark: Superbly crafted image in every way. Love all the structural details and the color palette and the lighting is excellent. Many kudos. >=))>
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on January 18, 2013 at 8:39 PM
Excellent work, Mark. Very intimate portrait of this orchid. I really like the lighting and fine detail. :toast:
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by John Clulow on January 18, 2013 at 9:15 PM
Extraordinary - beyond words
Registered on November 1, 2012, 155 Posts, 1079 Comments
Comment posted by William Gillis on January 19, 2013 at 6:14 AM
Mark,

A superb image, I like the comp, lighting, the color- in other words everything. I do have a question: Do you use a Macro Rail or do you manually take shots at each step to get your stack ?
:toast: :toast: :toast:

William Gillis
Registered on November 28, 2011, 17 Posts, 204 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 19, 2013 at 7:44 AM
William, glad you like this. I manually adjust the focus and at this magnification (nearly 1:1) those are very small adjustments even using f/16. That was the source of the operator problems.....getting a stack and finding out that there were a couple of soft regions where I didn't get overlapping focal planes.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by David E Lester on January 19, 2013 at 8:40 AM
Nothing I can say but..SUPERB !! :toast:
Registered on March 24, 2010, 155 Posts, 793 Comments
Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on January 19, 2013 at 12:36 PM
Nice closer look at this amazing flower, Mark. I like the lighting in this and how it illuminates all the unique details "under the hood" of this flower. Great details from all your stacking. Some day I just may try stacking. . . :rolleyes: Great job on this!
Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments
Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on January 19, 2013 at 12:40 PM
The operator did a good stack here in my opinion:) It's a treat to see all the detail & colors here! I do find it a bit tight compositionally as it strikes me top heavy...for some reason I keep thinking it would have been nice to see a tad more below, or perhaps just a small crop off the top would balance a little more. Still the highlights at the very top would be sad to lose...
Registered on December 13, 2011, 216 Posts, 1671 Comments
Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on January 20, 2013 at 6:36 AM
Most excellent, Mark ! Composition, lighting and detail are all first class in my view. Do you use a focus rail for this many images ?
Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments
Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on January 22, 2013 at 12:20 PM
Excellent Mark. I have tried many time the same photo without success; you did it. All is beautiful here.
Take care.
Registered on February 3, 2007, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 25, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Hi Mark :wavey: What a stunning presentation :jump: :eek: detail to die for :cool: and the the color and light are amazing :toast:
Albert Darmo
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments