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Bob Miller
06-24-2013, 07:22 PM
When I saw this Iris blooming along a boggy area in my yard I knew I had to shoot it right away. I did a 3 shot focus stack keeping the fstop at f5.6 to keep the bg oof
Nikon D3s
1/400 sec at f5.6
ISO 2200
105 macro
tripod

Diane Miller
06-24-2013, 11:20 PM
Beautiful! Great work with the stack.

What would you think about darkening the green parts a little, and maybe bringing up the exposure a little?

Mitch Haimov
06-24-2013, 11:56 PM
Cool subject and effective use of stacking. Bright, OOF short stalk on the right is screaming to be cloned out. And there seems to be a narrow band across the bottom that is strangely OOF. Stacking artifact? Anyway, suggest cropping that little bit off.

Mitch Carucci
06-26-2013, 11:39 AM
Elegant image. The iris petals are fluid.

Steve Maxson
06-26-2013, 01:33 PM
Hi Bob. Beautiful colors on the flower and the stacking worked quite well! Good suggestions above for you to consider. The mix of dark and not-so-dark patterns in the background is a little distracting for me - you might try making the entire background very dark or black. A couple tweaks will put this one over the top!

Jonathan Ashton
06-26-2013, 02:27 PM
Bob I have looked at this image a few times and it is growing on me more and more. Initially I wasn't keen on the dark background but I like it now. I think the stack worked well and I love those rich colours. I like the composition with the exception of the small leaf on the cotton RHS.

Norm Dulak
06-26-2013, 03:24 PM
Another nice one, Bob. Tweaking it as suggested by Diane and Mitch Haimov would make it even better.

Jerry van Dijk
06-26-2013, 03:45 PM
Very nice capture Bob! Good work on the stack. I like how the iris almost seems to glow from within. Good suggestions for further improvements already given above.