The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.
Feedback Focus: Artistic + Technical
About This Image
It’s a wild plant in this photo. I was surprised to see its full beauty on a large screen. In reality it’s quite inconspicuous, finding a nicely shaped and colored standing alone in a good light and not exposed to the wind wasn’t quick.
Taken with focus stacking of 30 exposures and an extension ring, edited in Capture One + Helicon Focus.
Feedback Requested
I have less than little experience in macro and I used focus stacking for the first time, so I will appreciate all feedback.
Sorry I dont know what you mean by an “extension ring” do you mean extension tube?
You seemed to have nailed the focus stack - with the subject nice and crisp/sharp
The background looks a bit strange in how it interacts with the subject. There is a clear demarcation of a lighter area of background that looks strange.
Maybe you can select the subject as a mask - and then darken and blur the background so the subject “pops” out of the frame nicely.
Jacek, I haven’t done any stacked images yet so I will leave others with that expertise to provide their thoughts on anything to do with stacking. I like this flower which I am not familiar with, but the colors are beautiful and it looks to me like you did a fine job capturing it. Looking forward to seeing more of your work and comments of others’ images as well.
A very good job on the focus stack, Jacek, and I love the back light and what it does to the flower. I noticed the light streak that @Huw_Thomas pointed out and there are some light streaks (as opposed to the bokeh circles) coming in the right side of the frame that are a bit distracting. If it’s not against your ethics or some contest rules, I’d remove them.
Jacek: You hit a home run with the revision. To my eye the stack looks great and you’ve captured all the marvelous detail in all the tiny parts. Pretty darn good light as well. Great to have you aboard and looking forward to more.>=))>
