Linda From Maine wrote:
Love the lighting and perspective. I was wondering, Don, what got you interested in this type of photography? It's so exacting and controlled, like an engineer or architect's mind. Or a background in biology, resulting in an appreciation for the design and details of nature? Please talk about how you came to this specialty of photography. Thanks!
Thanks Linda.
Interest in gardening since 1974 (mainly Dahlias). Literally thousands of slides and negatives of various plants, very few of which would be considered good. Bachelor of Physical Education with math and physics majors plus some biology. Photoshop since version 4 (that's 4 not CS4). Attempts at focus stacking with PS mainly resulted in failures. Now I mainly use Helicon Focus 6 for that. The mushrooms come from the produce department, the flowers from the garden and nurseries.