Focus stacking is fun to do – but to do it really well needs a bit more refinement than I am providing here. I used my 100mm f2.8 Tokina macro lens and shot 24 images. I made the final stack in PS6 as Zerene messed up a bit – not because it couldn’t do the trick, but I shot the flowers outside, where a very light breeze moved the flower now and again. The result was that parts of the flower are a bit blury, as can be seen in the lower left side and bottom of the image.
I am always amazed at how big magnolia blossoms are!
I took a trip this morning to the botanical garden, using the Nikon Df and Nikon 105mm f2.5 AIS lens.
As we head toward 100 F weather this weekend, I am glad to have taken the time to head out, once again, to the local botanical garden. Â It is always such a refreshing place to be – new things to see, changes to the familiar. Â I went out with my Nikon Df, and a classic lens, the Nikon 105mm f2.5 AIS.
While I was there, I brought along my Nikon FM2NÂ and a roll of Ilford HP5 to use with different filters – orange, yellow, and green – to see their effects on B&W film. Hopefully I will develop my own roll this next week! And, on the way out of the garden, I took a wonderful tumble, scraped and bruised myself quite nicely, and had a good mouthful of dirt to go along with my lost dignity. I’m quite sore!
Ink, Yarn & Beer 