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Description
If two’s company and three’s a crowd, then seven must be a mob. Last year all of the flowers on this cactus pretty much opened at the same time but this year the budding and blooming has been staged over the past couple of weeks. I thought this group with two mature flowers, some spent blooms and some buds made for an interesting scene. >=))>
Specific Feedback
I found that I could get the results I wanted with a single f22 capture vs doing a stack. These are pretty much unaffected by wind so a stack could have worked. Your thoughts?
Technical Details
Sony A7rIII
Sony FE 70-200 f2.8 GM-II @ 188mm
ISO 400, 1/13 @ f22
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F/22 worked just fine for this image, Bill. No reason to do a stack if it’s not needed, and I like the subtle fall-off on the focus created by that setting which you wouldn’t get with a focus stack very easily.
You’re going to have to start experimenting with the “creative” stuff and figure out how to blend your cactus flowers with the water lilies
Bill, this looks excellent for a single image no stacking. Doing the film thing I’ve always just used the f-stop approach and usually get acceptable results. At least for my own tastes. I can’t say that some of the stacked images done correctly are not to marvel at. But I find an image such as this with a single f-22 works very nicely…
Looks fine at f22. Comp is good and I like the oval arrangement of all the spines around the flower cluster. Stacking would have given you a similar photo, but would have created more work in processing. I do a fair amount of stacking, but perfect conditions are rare for perfect stacks……..Jim
