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Surviving Camellia
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Surviving Camellia

by Philip Hodgkins

Gallery: FloraPosted January 31, 2014383 views8 comments
I visited one of my flora haunts today, the Coastal Bamboo Gardens, and found a fair number of camellias had survived the frigid cold. I will post more as time goes on, as well as some gorgeous orchids from their hot house. A 9 image focus stack.

Thanks for looking and critiquing/commenting.

Image Quality: Lossless Compressed RAW (14-bit)
Camera Info: Nikon D7100, tripod, cable release
Lens: 90mm f/2.8D
Focal Length: 90mm
Focus Mode: Manual
AF-Area Mode: Single
AF Fine Tune: OFF
Aperture: f/3.2
Shutter Speed: 1/250s
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 200
85% of full frame
PP in LR 5.3, PSCC, Zerene Stacker, Topaz Remask, NIK Viveza

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by gary phillips on January 31, 2014 at 11:54 PM
Beautiful once again, Phil. I never tire of your amazing stacks. I gotta try that someday, just amazing clarity.
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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on February 1, 2014 at 9:25 AM
Lovely, as always. You're stacks are incredible.
Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on February 1, 2014 at 12:23 PM
Gorgeous, Phil. :toast:
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 1, 2014 at 2:08 PM
Phil: Terrific presentation all around. Excellent comp and your usual superb stacking. 2 thumbs up! >=))>
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on February 2, 2014 at 8:32 AM
Phil:

You have done justice to this very beautiful bloom. The lighting, stacking and presentation are just flawless. :toast:
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 3, 2014 at 3:21 PM
Utterly fantastic, Phil! Breathtakingly beautiful. :toast:
Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments
Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on February 5, 2014 at 5:02 AM
Phil, the camelia is survived very well endeed. This is a beautiful photo for me, camelias are not so easy to photograph well at least for me.
Cheers.
Registered on February 3, 2007, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 6, 2014 at 6:53 AM
Stunning floral Phil, congrats:toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments