Margaret West
October 2025 - Beauty in my Garden
About the Image(s)
I took this with my 100 mm macro lens. I decided to try the auto bracketing in the camera (Canon RF Mark II), set it to the smallest division and max of 100 photos, and it actually took 100 photos which surprised me (it will stop when it thinks it has covered the area). f9, 1/80 second. Set the initial focus on the closest petal. There is a little softness in the back petals, but that is OK . I stacked it in Helicon focus, did some minor adjustments in LR, took out a few minor spots on the leaves in PS , then used some tonal contrast in NIK Color Effex. It is out of my garden. I was struck by how nearly perfect it was (the other roses certainly were not!)
1 comment posted
Yes, it's a lovely picture of a beautiful flower.
The stacking has worked very well, although I'm surprised that there's softness at the back given it has taken a bracket of 100 images. I presume you can alter the step length in your camera? I can in my Olympus, and if it gets to "infinity" then it stops taking pictures, which makes sense. I guess the Canon must be similar, and it hasn't reached infinity, so you've got all 100 requested frames. Posted: 10/08/2025 09:12:10
The stacking has worked very well, although I'm surprised that there's softness at the back given it has taken a bracket of 100 images. I presume you can alter the step length in your camera? I can in my Olympus, and if it gets to "infinity" then it stops taking pictures, which makes sense. I guess the Canon must be similar, and it hasn't reached infinity, so you've got all 100 requested frames. Posted: 10/08/2025 09:12:10