Balloon flower

[Ron Conlon]

Another attempt at a high key portrait of a bloom. Shot in a lighbox divided by a piece of translucent acrylic, a remote flash behind the acrylic, no other light. This is a stack of 16 images, with the focus ring.
Images adjusted in ACR, stacked in Zerene and sharpened in Photoshop.
I have found that edges against the bright background are not handled gracefully by the software, and I needed to retouch them to select the in-focus frame.
D5100 tripod 200mm Nikkor, 1/200s f6.3 ISO 100

[Jonathan Ashton]

I think this is a beautiful image and one that would make a super print, I like everything composition colours and detail - well done.

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Ron, Lovely image. I like the high key look. Nice focus and colors. well done.

Allen