Thematic Tiny Flowers

Unregistered User · 06-16-2019, 05:10 AM

fleabane at over 3000 feet.

(That's elevation, not focal distance.)

Last edited by Unregistered User; 06-24-2019 at 07:00 AM.

**rgknief60** · 06-17-2019, 09:50 PM - **2 Likes**

Butterfly Weed. Not so tiny when enlarged!

Got a Chinese Zhong Yi Freewalker 4-4.5x F2 macro from B&H around Christmas time. DOF is quite shallow. Most people (including me) will not get much in the line of usable images unless they focus stack.

This is one of the first stacks taken with the lens. Unfortunately I did not record the aperture value. Probably at 5.6 to 8, so diffraction is likely an issue. The manual recommends taking images at f2. This was taken at 4x on the K-1. Approximately 70 images. To really get a sharp image, one needs an automated rig. This is at the limit of what I can do with a hand adjusted macro rail, so take that into account when you look at the image.

The second image (crop) is of a different butterfly weed flower (different year, regular macro lens) with an ant approximately one-half cm long.

The third image is of the same flower as the first image, and shows what happens when an ant photo-bombs (ruins) my stack!

I knew I had a few dust spots. But not the extent of it. High Magnification lenses will highlight every single dust spot, and leave bad trails when stacked. I opened the stack in camera raw, healed 30-40 spots, synchronized spot removal, saved the stack then re-assembled in Zerene Stacker. I missed one spot that I had to clone out later.

Xposted to Macro.

Butterfly Weed

Ant on Butterfly Weed

Butterfly weed with photo-bomber

**marcusBMG** · 06-18-2019, 06:54 AM - **2 Likes**

The charming bee orchid. Just about on the nominal size for this thread, flowers are about a half inch+ across.

tamron adaptall 52B 90mm, k3, f11.
More pics adaptall lens club.
Been a good year for bee orchids... and ducks...

StephenHampshire · 06-18-2019, 08:14 AM - **2 Likes**

Flowers of a NZ shrub Corokia x Virgata - these are about 15mm across and quite sweetly scented. Not reliably hardy in my neck of the woods, but I have it against a west facing fence and it is flourishing, it survived "the beast from the east" last year, which I missed as my wife and I were in NZ! K1 and Samsung Xenon 100mm f2.8 macro

**Crooski** · 06-18-2019, 10:28 AM - **5 Likes**

Sigma 70 - 200mm Macro

normhead · 06-18-2019, 02:59 PM - **4 Likes**

K-3 and DFA 100 macro

**rgknief60** · 06-18-2019, 03:25 PM

Originally posted by normhead

K-3 and DFA 100 macro

Especially like your capture of the first yellow flower. I've tried several times (unsuccessfully) to get a nice image and found that the bright yellow waxy surface is a tough subject. Well done.

normhead · 06-18-2019, 04:00 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by rgknief60

Especially like your capture of the first yellow flower. I've tried several times (unsuccessfully) to get a nice image and found that the bright yellow waxy surface is a tough subject. Well done.

This was my second effort, I didn't post the first. Th first was .3 EV and was blasted. This one was -1.7 EV then bumped in post. Underexposing brought out a lot more detail and there was lots of exposure on the flower to bring it up in post. Interesting when someone knows you had to work to get it right. I also backed off a bit to increase DoF and cropped more heavily.

**rjbrett** · 06-19-2019, 01:19 AM

Originally posted by rgknief60

Butterfly Weed. Not so tiny when enlarged!

Wow!

What's the light blue flower in your third photo Normhead, if you can name it? - it looks particularly appealing

normhead · 06-19-2019, 05:28 AM

Originally posted by rjbrett

Wow!

What's the light blue flower in your third photo Normhead, if you can name it? - it looks particularly appealing

What post number? If it's light blue it's probably a Forget Me Not
If it's the third in the post above, it's Wild Lilly of the Valley but they are white.

**jacamar** · 06-19-2019, 06:18 AM - **1 Like**

More fleabane - this one escaped my weeding protocol.

photolady95 · 06-19-2019, 08:26 AM

Our fleabane are blue, I guess it changes color where it's grows.

**jacamar** · 06-19-2019, 11:46 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by photolady95

Our fleabane are blue, I guess it changes color where it's grows.

My little book says there are ten different species of this family of Fleabane in Ontario, so I would expect some variation across North America. I think this one is the Philadelphia Fleabane, which can also be white.

**rjbrett** · 06-19-2019, 02:33 PM

Originally posted by normhead

it's Wild Lilly of the Valley but they are white.

That'll be it - thanks

normhead · 06-24-2019, 06:20 AM - **2 Likes**

Alternate Leafed Dogwood flowers, happening today in the back yard.

06-19-2019, 05:28 AM	#1195
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Originally posted by rjbrett Wow! What's the light blue flower in your third photo Normhead, if you can name it? - it looks particularly appealing What post number? If it's light blue it's probably a Forget Me Not If it's the third in the post above, it's Wild Lilly of the Valley but they are white. Last edited by normhead; 06-19-2019 at 05:34 AM.

06-24-2019, 06:20 AM - 2 Likes	#1200
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Alternate Leafed Dogwood flowers, happening today in the back yard. Last edited by normhead; 06-24-2019 at 11:57 AM.

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06-16-2019, 05:10 AM	#1186
Unregistered User Guest	fleabane at over 3000 feet. (That's elevation, not focal distance.) Last edited by Unregistered User; 06-24-2019 at 07:00 AM.

06-17-2019, 09:50 PM - 2 Likes	#1187
rgknief60 Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2009 Photos: Gallery Posts: 980	Butterfly Weed. Not so tiny when enlarged! Got a Chinese Zhong Yi Freewalker 4-4.5x F2 macro from B&H around Christmas time. DOF is quite shallow. Most people (including me) will not get much in the line of usable images unless they focus stack. This is one of the first stacks taken with the lens. Unfortunately I did not record the aperture value. Probably at 5.6 to 8, so diffraction is likely an issue. The manual recommends taking images at f2. This was taken at 4x on the K-1. Approximately 70 images. To really get a sharp image, one needs an automated rig. This is at the limit of what I can do with a hand adjusted macro rail, so take that into account when you look at the image. The second image (crop) is of a different butterfly weed flower (different year, regular macro lens) with an ant approximately one-half cm long. The third image is of the same flower as the first image, and shows what happens when an ant photo-bombs (ruins) my stack! I knew I had a few dust spots. But not the extent of it. High Magnification lenses will highlight every single dust spot, and leave bad trails when stacked. I opened the stack in camera raw, healed 30-40 spots, synchronized spot removal, saved the stack then re-assembled in Zerene Stacker. I missed one spot that I had to clone out later. Xposted to Macro. Butterfly Weed Ant on Butterfly Weed Butterfly weed with photo-bomber

06-18-2019, 08:14 AM - 2 Likes	#1189
StephenHampshire Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Winchester Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,523	Flowers of a NZ shrub Corokia x Virgata - these are about 15mm across and quite sweetly scented. Not reliably hardy in my neck of the woods, but I have it against a west facing fence and it is flourishing, it survived "the beast from the east" last year, which I missed as my wife and I were in NZ! K1 and Samsung Xenon 100mm f2.8 macro

06-18-2019, 02:59 PM - 4 Likes	#1191
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	K-3 and DFA 100 macro

06-18-2019, 03:25 PM	#1192
rgknief60 Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2009 Photos: Gallery Posts: 980	Originally posted by normhead K-3 and DFA 100 macro Especially like your capture of the first yellow flower. I've tried several times (unsuccessfully) to get a nice image and found that the bright yellow waxy surface is a tough subject. Well done.

06-18-2019, 04:00 PM - 1 Like	#1193
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Originally posted by rgknief60 Especially like your capture of the first yellow flower. I've tried several times (unsuccessfully) to get a nice image and found that the bright yellow waxy surface is a tough subject. Well done. This was my second effort, I didn't post the first. Th first was .3 EV and was blasted. This one was -1.7 EV then bumped in post. Underexposing brought out a lot more detail and there was lots of exposure on the flower to bring it up in post. Interesting when someone knows you had to work to get it right. I also backed off a bit to increase DoF and cropped more heavily.

06-19-2019, 01:19 AM	#1194
rjbrett Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Brisbane Posts: 895	Originally posted by rgknief60 Butterfly Weed. Not so tiny when enlarged! Wow! What's the light blue flower in your third photo Normhead, if you can name it? - it looks particularly appealing

06-19-2019, 06:18 AM - 1 Like	#1196
jacamar Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto Photos: Albums Posts: 3,443	More fleabane - this one escaped my weeding protocol.

06-19-2019, 08:26 AM	#1197
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712	Our fleabane are blue, I guess it changes color where it's grows.

06-19-2019, 11:46 AM - 1 Like	#1198
jacamar Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto Photos: Albums Posts: 3,443	Originally posted by photolady95 Our fleabane are blue, I guess it changes color where it's grows. My little book says there are ten different species of this family of Fleabane in Ontario, so I would expect some variation across North America. I think this one is the Philadelphia Fleabane, which can also be white.

06-19-2019, 02:33 PM	#1199
rjbrett Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Brisbane Posts: 895	Originally posted by normhead it's Wild Lilly of the Valley but they are white. That'll be it - thanks