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Description
A couple of days ago I bushwhacked across the creek, through the tall grass and ticks, to play in the neighbor’s dogwood grove. The air was calm but no dew. After I got back inside I checked the weather to see when we might have a dewy morning and saw there might be a few showers in the afternoon. They did materialize and I headed back to the dogwood. It was still calm enough for focus stacks and I found a few compositions.
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Technical Details
Raw files with minor adjustments into Zerene Stacker. The results of both DMap and PMax layered in PS and flaws in one masked out to reveal the other. Got lucky on this one – not much needed. Cropped on the sides, some tonal work and a little BG cleanup.
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So wonderful simple and not boisterous like some flowers seem to be.
You’ve found a wonderful diagonal composition here with the main flower, the smaller one emerging from below and the cutest little flower peeking out from behind. The colour combination is lovely.
Diane: Kudos to you for the effort, especially dealing with the ticks. I hate 'em! This is a lovely simple comp and capture of a very pleasant bloom in really nice conditions. Nicely seen, composed, captured and presented. >=))>
Thanks, @glennie and @Bill_Fach! These trees are a target-rich environment.
This is also poison oak spraying season (we have eradicated a huge amount of it and now only battle stray seedlings, and finding them involves a lot of stomping in tall grass before it is mowed. The hay fever is almost worse than the ticks. I have a dedicated pair of work jeans and a heavy work shirt which get sprayed with Permethrin after every laundering. I wear knee-high Bogs that also get sprayed. It probably helps a little.
Intrepid of you - hope you didn’t risk your back! The rain really helped put some interest and atmosphere into this image. Excellent background, too. Wish there was a bit more separation between the two, but sometimes it just ain’t in the cards. The green tint to the petals is so interesting. And the stack is crisp and the light lickable. Superb.
Thanks, @Dennis_Plank and @Kris_Smith! It’s limiting to get some compositions here without bumping into a stray branch and shaking drops off. I managed to half-hide the small flower because the petals you don’t see were missing.
I may have a bit too cool a WB here but this was cloudy weather, surrounded by green grass and under an already-green tree. But the young blossoms are a soft yellow-green. The progression of color in the three blooms here is as seen.
My back is limiting my adventures, for sure. I’m sad we scratched the idea of the WI trip, but it would have been way too much. Our friends have given us a rain check for next spring. Fusion surgery can’t be scheduled until July and I’m more than ready.
