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[Bill_Fach]

4 Shot Stack

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Description

Apple IDs these as a leopard plant although I have no clue whether they are right or not. The leaves are large and shaped like a tractor seat so that’s what Chrissy calls them. This is the first time they have flowered and this was the first flower to open completely. We have a frost coming tonight so I hope they survive since there are a lot of unopened buds. >=))>

Specific Feedback

I’m partial to the single shot because I like the focus fall off from flower to buds but like the stack as well. Just uses four shots with focus on each subject. The open flower is a touch soft in the center but I’m not super concerned. Unless convince otherwise I would probably choose to print the single capture if it ever came down to that. Your thougths?

Technical Details

Single Capture
Sony A7rIII
Sony FE 70-200 f2.8 GM-II, 2xTC @ 304mm
ISO 400, 1/80 @ f16

Stack
Sony A7rIII
Sony FE 70-200 f2.8 GM-II, 2xTC @ 304mm
ISO 400, 1/320 @ f11

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[Dennis_Plank]

I’d vote for the single capture, Bill. In that image, the open flower is clearly the subject, whereas in the stack, I think the buds end up the subject with the foreground flower playing second fiddle, partly because of the soft center. If you really need a name for the plant it’s one that my fellow restoration volunteers and I referred to as “DYCs”.

[Don_Peters]

I agree with Dennis.

[Cathy_Proenza]

I also prefer the single focus shot because the buds don’t compete with the main attraction.