Common Sheep Sorrel is a tiny flower in the 1-2mm range growing on straight stems of about 6" height. Today they were found in a small cluster along a trail in southern Oregon, sunny, dry, 3,000’ elevation. Had not expected flowers there this late in season.
To create the image I had to bring home a sample; too windy to work in the field. this was made using a Voigtlander 65mm Apo Lanthar Macro @ f/8 w/ a Marumi +3 Achromat filter, Bolt Dual Macro Flash. It’s a 5 frame stack merged in Helicon Focus and sharpened in Topaz A.I. DeNoise. Rest of processing was in LrC.
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Richard: A very nice portrait of a difficult subject to capture. Good control of the lighting as the flash is perhaps a tiny bit harsh but not too much. Nicely done. >=))>
Thanks for the feedback. I, too, like seeing fine detail in macros. Guess it satisfies an OCD trait. Of interest is that I first ran several focus stacks made with a 90mm Sony f/2.8 macro and was not satisfied with the details. So then I switched to the 65mm Voigtlander Apo-Lanthar with the Marumi Achromat +3, and the fine detail was better. Apochromatic lenses should, in theory, prevail. This may be an example.
