Focus Stacked Image of a Wild Violet
Mar 27, 2023 10:36:11 #
Mar 27, 2023 10:36:47 #
Robertl594 wrote:
Beautiful photo and superb execution Gary!!! Thank you.
Thanks, Robert. I value your feedback.
Mar 27, 2023 10:37:28 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Fantastic image!!!
Manglesphoto, thanks for stopping by.
Mar 27, 2023 10:38:48 #
Mar 27, 2023 12:22:17 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
The wild violets have popped up in our yard dotting so I staged one for a focus stacking session using a reversed 50mm enlarger lens mounted on a bellows that I extended to achieve this view.
Mar 27, 2023 12:34:51 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
The wild violets have popped up in our yard dotting so I staged one for a focus stacking session using a reversed 50mm enlarger lens mounted on a bellows that I extended to achieve this view.
Excellent. You captured the "beard" really well. Common blue violet Viola sororia.
Mar 27, 2023 13:01:21 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
The wild violets have popped up in our yard dotting so I staged one for a focus stacking session using a reversed 50mm enlarger lens mounted on a bellows that I extended to achieve this view.
Your usual outstanding work! Flowers have some very interesting features. Thanx for sharing.
Mar 27, 2023 13:16:27 #
"designed to be sharp corner to corner and to bring out razor-sharp details" Oh, now I am educated why people use Enlarger lenses I had no clue.
Mar 27, 2023 13:39:58 #
Mar 27, 2023 15:36:00 #
dpullum wrote:
"designed to be sharp corner to corner and to bring out razor-sharp details" Oh, now I am educated why people use Enlarger lenses I had no clue.
Dupllum, Enlarger lenses are the hidden gems of macro photography. They are designed to take a film negative which is ever so thin and absolutely flat and enlarge the image on the film and project it onto the development paper. Thus, it takes something small (like 35mm) and enlarges it to many inches by many inches.
Hey....hold on...this is what I want to do. I want to take something quite small and enlarge its image on the sensor of the camera..! By gosh, this is a great idea. The film negative is the subject and the development paper is the camera sensor. The amount of enlargement is related to how far the lens is extended from the film to the paper or from the subject to the camera sensor.
The enlarger lens is designed for a "flat field of view." This produces a very shallow depth of field so it makes it ideal for focus stacking where images are taken in thin flat slices shot after shot as the area of focus advances toward the subject. How cool is that..?
Mar 27, 2023 15:38:19 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
Excellent. You captured the "beard" really well. Common blue violet Viola sororia.
Thanks, Mike. The violet's beard is far prettier than mine which would be quite scary when viewed under magnification.
Mar 27, 2023 15:38:51 #
Sinewsworn wrote:
Your usual outstanding work! Flowers have some very interesting features. Thanx for sharing.
Thanks ever so much Tim. I appreciate your viewing and feedback.
Mar 27, 2023 15:39:08 #
Mar 27, 2023 16:28:28 #
dpullum wrote:
Simple, inexpensive camera equipment and a myopic eye for photo subjects.
Typical of Sippy's sharp eyed bee's view of our world.
Typical of Sippy's sharp eyed bee's view of our world.
dpullum: Nice stack.
Mar 27, 2023 16:36:50 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Thanks, Mike. The violet's beard is far prettier than mine which would be quite scary when viewed under magnification.
Beautiful image - the lighting is nicely done especially given how close you had to be. You keep raising the bar.
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