Cotton Grass

Gallery: FloraPosted July 10, 20171,413 views9 comments

Cotton Grass
In situ with black backdrop
D200
Sigma 50mm macro
200ISO
30th @f5
7 Stacked images in CZM
Slight crop
Thanks for looking
JohnR

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 10, 2017 at 8:47 AM

That looks like a very difficult stack, John. A beautiful composition and the black background is perfect for it. I do see one tuft near the bottom that looks a bit out of focus, but it's a stunning image. Very good work.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on July 10, 2017 at 8:58 AM

Cheers
Dennis
Thats the beauty of doing stacks outside.!
Too far to go back and do it again.!
Cheers
John

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Comment posted by Don Young on July 10, 2017 at 5:52 PM

Very nice, John. I need to spend some time learning how to stack images!

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on July 10, 2017 at 8:33 PM

Very nice John. The stacking produced a very clean, vibrant image. Well done......................Jim

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 11, 2017 at 5:00 PM

Keep 'em coming, John. This is great! I'm going to have to take a look again at CZM. The detail in those fine hairs is just crazy!

I have looked at the program some time ago, but as near as I can tell it only works as a stand alone program, and does not work with RAW images. I use Zerene as a plug in with Lightroom, which converts the RAW image to a tif file. I've configured Zerene to then convert the edited result and save the resulting hirez tif to a jpeg, then load it into Photoshop. Zerene also has a side by side editing feature which I love. I never looked to see how you would edit in CZM. I've still got the program, so I'm going to take another look.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on July 11, 2017 at 5:12 PM

Thanks all
Phil
I did use the previous version - combine ZP but it couldn,t handle my 24 mill pix off the D7100, so I moved on to CZM
Yes it is stand alone but I never shoot raw ( my files are too big for my gear as it is!!) so I am not sure what it can take. I,ll ask a round. I think the detail may also be to do with the lack of pass filter / sensor on the \D7100.
Thanks
Cheers
John

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on July 12, 2017 at 12:14 AM

Incredible detail of the fine hairs John. I really like the overall composition against that nice black BG. Nice stacking.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 21, 2017 at 11:11 PM

John: Reminds me of milkweed seeds with these fine filaments. Very well done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on July 22, 2017 at 2:38 PM

John I missed this photo unusual and beautiful. For sure deserved.

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