Velvet Dew

5 years 3 weeks ago #634075 by stevendillonphoto
Velvet Dew is from my Flora collection and was composed at the Aiken County Historical Museum in Aiken, SC.  To achieve the sharpness across the entire stem, I used focus stacking.  So, this is a rare case where it actually worked good enough for me to keep the result.  Most of the focus stacking attempts I've done produced images that have way too many stack artifacts (e.g., out of focus areas that should have been nicely sharp since in at least one of the images they were).  And, I know that those things can be corrected manually, but I find myself questioning the value of investing that much time and effort into something.  For now, I'm going to wait until the software gets better before I try it again.



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5 years 3 weeks ago #634076 by Stefan-Olsson
nice shot.......the colors of nature always blows me away.


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5 years 3 weeks ago #634138 by Suni Park
This is beautiful! The details and the colors are awesome! 


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5 years 2 weeks ago #634303 by Rohan Tushar
The details of the dew to the flower is so on point. The soft tones of the colors are very pleasing to the eyes. 


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5 years 2 weeks ago #634534 by Monica Martinez
This is really nice! I like the angle of the shot and how crisp the colors are. Well done for this! 


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5 years 2 weeks ago #634926 by Sara Miles
I just love the colors of this shot. The flower is incredible and details of the droplets are complimenting very well to the flower. 


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5 years 1 week ago #635536 by Kyle Johnson
Really good macro shot. The velvet color is so attractive. Is this in your garden? 


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5 years 1 week ago #635826 by Hannah Williams
Really good flower photo. Nice lighting and so attractive. Vibrant colors. 


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5 years 1 week ago #636146 by Joshua Atkins
The brokeh in the background made it even more a standout! 


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5 years 1 week ago #636440 by stevendillonphoto

Kyle Johnson wrote: Really good macro shot. The velvet color is so attractive. Is this in your garden? 


Nope, this was composed at the Aiken County Historical Museum in Aiken, SC.  They have a couple of very nice gardens on the grounds.  This is from their big, back garden.


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4 years 11 months ago #638136 by Stephen Graham
I really like the the contrast between subject and the background. Good vibrant colors!


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