I love macro photos of flowers and have done many myself. The detail that the camera captures that you don't see with your eye is quite intriguing. Have you tried focus stacking? Nikon calls it focus shift. This is a technique for taking a photo with incredible DOF making everything sharp. Morrie used it on his photo this month.

Thank you for sharing.   Posted: 08/08/2026 21:44:02

Cindy, I think you did a great job on this photo. Your use of a large apeture, slow shutter speed and tripod worked well with your 105 lens. Basic focus stacking is not hard at all, just takes a lot of practice to get the right # of shots (I start with 50!) and setting photoship focus stacking settings. Be sure to start by loading your images in photoshop with the "each photo as a layer". I use a usc/b to conect my camera to my PC so to do one set of shots at a time and I try to remember to delete camera files between each try. Good Luck and enjoy your tools!   Posted: 08/21/2026 14:23:09

I love taking macro shots of many different subjects. Somethine the small things are more interesting and artistic than other types of photography IMO. This image looks really good but the one part that I am find a little distracting is the blue areas on the left side. It would be interesting to see how they would look as a black color.   Posted: 08/23/2026 23:06:13