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Posted by David Taylor on June 6, 2008 at 1:12 PM
First to open..
...in the early morning light (simulation on my living room table.)

Dwarf Iceland Poppies Papaver nudicaule 'Garden Gnome'

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50mm Ex macro lens
Benbo Mk 2 Tripod
Novoflex MagicBall ballhead
F11
2 sec
ISO 50
M setting
For each of 13 images
Natural light and LED lighting
Stacked using Helicon Focus
Framed in XaraXtreme Pro 4


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Posted by David Taylor on June 6, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Here's how I did it for anyone interested.The shadow on the white board is hopefully to simulate whisps of cloud in the 'sky'.

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Posted by Bertl Menegoni on June 6, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Wow David, this must be a lot of work.
Very well exposed, the backlight makes the eyecatcher.
Perfect post. Cheers :toast: :toast:
Bertl
Posted by Des Ong on June 6, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Very creative of you David, nearly believed you!
Posted by Adam Seward on June 7, 2008 at 4:53 AM
Nice shot David but I guessed it was a studio shot before reading the text!
Posted by Paul Inglis on June 7, 2008 at 7:12 AM
Hi David,

Very, very nice!
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