Double Green Auricula Seedling..

..bred by me in 2001, thought lost but now found.

The petals have reverted to leaf tissue and so have the male sexual
organs, hence the double flower. I am hoping the female sexual organs are still normal so I can cross-pollinate it in the future.

The white powder on the flower is called farina.

AFAIA this is one of the very few true double green auriculas in existence, if not unique.

For those interested this website is worth a visit, but beware, those that fall for auriculas can be hooked for life.

http://www.wilkin94.fsnet.co.uk/

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50mm Ex macro lens
Benbo Mk 2 Tripod
Novoflex MagicBall MB50 ballhead
F8
2.0sec
ISO 50
For each of 14 images
Natural light
Stacked using Helicon Focus Pro

Beautifully done!

David

Impressive stack shot David

Question for you - can Helicon handle 8 bit full res TIFFS without sucking all the life out of your computer or are you stacking down sized jpegs - I'd appreciate a users input over the software rather than Helicons 'blurb' - thanks

Thanks for your comments,

Andy I'm not all that technical, but as far as I can tell, HF, in this case, merged 14 x 27.9Mb TIFF uncompressed files, colour depth 48/16 in less than 120 seconds on my computer. Producing a 23.9Mb TIFF uncompressed file. colour depth 24/8. Saved as a JPEG.

Well done David and a nice story.
John

Hi David,

Awesome!

Thanks for that David - must get that software