Iris Autumn Circus

Gallery: FloraPosted May 23, 201496 views7 comments

Spring has finally arrived and there are a few nice looking garden flowers available. This is a German bearded iris variety "Autumn Circus". K5 IIs, Sigma 180mm f3.2, 1/100 sec at f4.5, ISO 250, Natural light. 5 stack image (Zerene Stacker (pmax), retouching, photoshop levels, Topaz Detail for sharpening and final adjustment for saturation...............Jim

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7 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 23, 2014 at 11:07 PM

Sweet image, Jim. I like that you used enough dof to provide some context in the bg.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 24, 2014 at 10:43 AM

Hi Jim

Beautifully captured! .... love every aspect of the beautiful image

Albert Darmo
Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 24, 2014 at 4:27 PM

Jim - Very beautiful. Very clean stack - my eyes cannot detect any area that is splotchy or detail-less. Without stacking it would be difficult to manage that rather nice background.

Way to go

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 24, 2014 at 7:48 PM

Well managed, Jim. I see you used the pmax method. I do both and use pmax to edit the other. Pmax is best on edges and worst on noise. Dmap generally has a little better inner detail, but will always need to be edited. It is the worst on creating artifacts. Nice even spread of the images.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on May 25, 2014 at 11:45 AM

Lovely stacking, Jim. A minor nit and that's the clipping at the bottom. Probably could be handled in PS.

best,
Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 25, 2014 at 2:34 PM

Very beautiful, Jim ! Great separation of the flower, excellent lighting and colour and a very attractive background. These can be so difficult to shoot successfully - you've done a great job here !!

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Comment posted by Bob/Charly Nelson on May 27, 2014 at 1:27 PM

Really nice work Jim, I like the BG control alot.
Bob

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