Spiderwort

Gallery: FloraPosted April 29, 2013423 views9 comments

An ubiquitous and aggressive urban weed/garden edge plant. It is a weed in sidewalk cracks and back alleys. It is also a nice accent in a well tended garden.

An 11 image focus stack in Zerene Stacker.

Thanks for looking and for commenting and critiquing.

Image Quality: Lossless Compressed RAW (14-bit)
Camera Info: Nikon D7000, tripod, cable release
Lens: 90mm f/2.8D
Focus Mode: Manual
AF-Area Mode: Single
AF Fine Tune: OFF
Aperture: f/3.5
Shutter Speed: 1/200s
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 200
66% of full frame (1:1 crop)
PP in LR 4.4, Zerene stacker, CS6, NIK Suite

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on April 29, 2013 at 4:26 PM

Phil: This is hyper good! Great detail from the stack and a perfectly composed frame IMO. Really top notch shot. >=))>

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on April 30, 2013 at 4:48 AM

Consummately done, Phil ! Some weed, some image !!

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on April 30, 2013 at 6:33 AM

I like it Phil, beautiful colors and detail, to pretty to be a weed, and they definitely blend beautifully with the background.
John

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on April 30, 2013 at 11:03 AM

I like the frontal shot of these flowers with the many, many buds waiting to burst forth. Wonderful details from all your stacking and nice colors. I have a gold leaf version of spiderwort, "Sweet Kate", which has not been a problem with being invasive. . .maybe because it's a hybrid. Great image of these flowers, Phil.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 30, 2013 at 11:21 PM

Excellent, Phil. Not a plant I'm familiar with out here. It has some really cool geometry and you captured it very well.

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on May 1, 2013 at 9:48 AM

A beautiful photo of a beautiful flower, Philip. The blue of the spiderwort is special. For a critique: I wish that the magenta pollination were removed for seen the natural color of the flower.
Take care.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 9, 2013 at 12:17 PM

Exceptional detail and gorgeous colours!
Congrats on a fine WP!

Sandy

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 9, 2013 at 6:27 PM

Many congratulations on a thoroughly deserved EP, Phil !!

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on May 13, 2013 at 11:11 PM

Beautiful, Phil. Just perfect. Congrats on the WP!!

Sanjay

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