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Hawaii, Pt 1

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Posted by Marylynne Diggs on April 22, 2012 at 5:27 PM
Hawaii, Pt 1
Hi All,
I've been a little absent lately in part because I went to the Big Island for Spring Break. I finally got through some of my photographs from the trip (not as many keepers as I'd hoped) but I want to share a few for feedback.

This is a focus stacked Hibiscus, shot with my Canon 7d and 100mm L macro. I did something different here: I used Photomatix exposure fusion (manually adjusting exposure just a tish) and the selective tool to select different parts of the frame for focus stacking.

My other program (Combine ZP) only does jpegs, so I thought I'd try misusing Photomatix since I like its use of tiffs and 12 bit color. Of course, who knows how much difference it makes, but I like using as few programs as possible.

Let me know what you think and any suggestions you have for additional processing, cropping for better comp, etc.
Posted by Craig Strand on April 22, 2012 at 9:06 PM
Very nice Marylynne, I like the comp. and petal textures you captured. Outstanding DOF and detail also, congrats this is really well done!
Posted by Joseph Campisi on April 24, 2012 at 1:18 AM
Digging this one Marylynne. Love those colors!
Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 24, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Beauty of a flower! Great comp!
Posted by Marylynne Diggs on April 24, 2012 at 8:31 PM
Thanks, everyone. Any suggestions for playing with the crop or exposure more?
Posted by David Bostock on April 25, 2012 at 5:53 PM
Beautiful, I love the off center composition too.