Focus Stacked Image of a Morning Glory Seed Pod
Oct 25, 2022 14:09:05 #
It's a rainy cool fall day so I will be playing indoors. This is one of the Morning Glory seed pods that I keep in my box of collectibles that I staged for a focus stacking session for days like today.
I have an assortment of pastel-colored craft paper that I use for backgrounds and I placed this one about six inches behind the seed pod and washed a soft diffused light from the top down to create the background for this session.
I chose a 50mm reversed enlarger lens that was slightly extended to fit the seed pod fully in the frame of the camera. An LED panel soft light and tracing paper were used as the primary illumination for the session. The series of 156 images were stacked and processed to produce this image.
I have an assortment of pastel-colored craft paper that I use for backgrounds and I placed this one about six inches behind the seed pod and washed a soft diffused light from the top down to create the background for this session.
I chose a 50mm reversed enlarger lens that was slightly extended to fit the seed pod fully in the frame of the camera. An LED panel soft light and tracing paper were used as the primary illumination for the session. The series of 156 images were stacked and processed to produce this image.
Oct 25, 2022 14:17:13 #
Oct 25, 2022 14:31:09 #
flathead27ford wrote:
Cool!
Thanks, Flathead27ford. It reminds me of a pumpkin which is fitting with Holloween a few days away.
Oct 25, 2022 14:41:32 #
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Oct 25, 2022 14:47:38 #
Very good! Would you say they are about 3/4 of an inch long? The lighting worked out well and the background is nice and soft. Inspirational and informative, as always!
Oct 25, 2022 15:23:22 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
Very good! Would you say they are about 3/4 of an inch long? The lighting worked out well and the background is nice and soft. Inspirational and informative, as always!
Thanks, Blenheim Orange. The specimen is about 3/4 of an inch and the pod itself is about 1/2 of an in diameter. I wanted to share the info of the session for it does not take a sizeable investment to do sessions like this.
Oct 25, 2022 15:24:54 #
kpmac wrote:
Nice. It looks odd with no bugs on it, though.
Thanks, Kpmac. So true, and I am quite sad that the bug season has come to an end except for those that can be found overwintering.
Oct 25, 2022 15:25:30 #
Oct 25, 2022 17:07:48 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
It's a rainy cool fall day so I will be playing in... (show quote)
Utterly beautiful - and you don't have to worry about bites or anything 👑👑👑👑👑
Oct 25, 2022 17:18:27 #
Oct 25, 2022 17:30:52 #
joecichjr wrote:
Utterly beautiful - and you don't have to worry about bites or anything 👑👑👑👑👑
Thanks, Joe. You're right about that! There are no darn chiggers in our basement camera room.
Oct 25, 2022 17:32:03 #
UTMike wrote:
Beautiful seed, very well presented, Gary!
Thanks, UTMike. No snow like you have yet, although time will tell.
Oct 25, 2022 18:14:47 #
Oct 25, 2022 18:45:27 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Nice Sippy. You're always full of surprises
Thanks, Curmudgeon. Stay healthy for us. We enjoy your posts and hearing from you.
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