Deadly Thumbnail

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted September 19, 2013349 views4 comments

Maybe I should have changed the name. The thumbnail is horrible! I am enough of an egotist to think that the large image is worth a look, anyway.

Monotropa uniflora
Too windy for focus stacks and the tide was wrong for wading birds, so I played instead. A lot of post processing went into this, so I am posting it in photo art. It is also a 9 image focus stack—the only plant that would hold still with the wind!

Ghost plants are a succulent and are non-photosynthetic (no chlorophyll). They are parasitic on fungi. They are also a member of the blueberry family.

Thanks for looking! Comments and critiques are welcome. View large for details.

Image Quality: Lossless Compressed RAW (14-bit)
Camera Info: Nikon D7100, tripod, cable release
Lens: 90mm f/2.8D
Focus Mode: Manual
AF-Area Mode: Single
Aperture: f/6.3
Shutter Speed: 1/60s
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 200
66% of full frame (1:1 crop)
PP in LR5.2, Zerene Stacker, PSCC, NIK Silver Efex Pro 2 and Color Efex 4, (double processed in both)

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Marc Ward on September 20, 2013 at 8:12 PM

Phil, Lovely textures and details in the larger image. I might like to see a dark vignette around the image to really focus the eye on the center leaves. Thanks for posting in PA

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 20, 2013 at 8:55 PM

Thanks, Marc. I was going for a "ghostly" image, and actually went with a light white vignette instead.

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Comment posted by Karen Kane on September 23, 2013 at 3:58 PM

Phil - your focus stacks are always so impeccable. The B&W conversion works very well, and I just love all the detailed water-drops, almost like frosting (as seen in the large version!)!

The processing paid off, right down to your wavey signature, you sure did achieve a ghostly/spooky feel

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 27, 2013 at 4:32 PM

Many thanks for the weekly pick, NPN!

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