autumn clematis

[Ron Conlon]

71 images stacked in Zerene
D800E 200mm, flash, 1/250s f8 iso100

[Diane Miller]

71 -- heroic!! I love it!! I'm not usually a fan of solid black BGs but with so much going on here, it works very well. Outstanding detail and wonderful composition!

[MiroslavMaric]

Hi Ron. Beautiful shot :S3:. Like the colors balance between BG and subject. As Diane told the details and composition are well done. Great light too. TFS.

Cheers,
Miro

[Ron Conlon]

Thanks, Miro and Diane.
Diane: One thing I like about stacking is how little effort it takes. Perhaps "heroic" could be applied to my overheating laptop. I understand we now need to be concerned about AI getting the better of us so maybe we shouldn't do anything to build its self-esteem. I mainly need to restrain myself from doing something silly which might interfere with capture or stacking--let the capture and stacking software and the camera do their work undisturbed. There was a curve applied in batch in ACR, no retouch in Zerene, and the studio setup and the deep focus eliminates a lot of work in PS. The full stack is twice as big, this was every other image stacked, I saw no difference so will save on batteries and HD space in the future if I can figure out how to get the capture software (Helicon Remote) to take steps twice as big as the default.

[Valerio Tarone]

Hi Ron, I often do similar kind of shots. I really like it as details and composition are well balanced.

[Steve Maxson]

What can I say here, Ron - this is outstanding! I might prefer just a bit more room at the top, but that is a very minor point. :S3:

[Norm Dulak]

Wow, Ron. This really jumps out at the viewer in a spectacular fashion. Wonderful image and technique.

[Bob Smith]

An amazing image--I love the detail focus of every single fiber .

[John Robinson]

Sorry Ron - thought I,d posted on this one. Usual standard.Great stuff but I love black backdrops on a subject like this. 70 layers seems a bit OTT though ? Still -it worked.
Cheers
John

[Ron Conlon]

Thanks, all.
John: It is a bit much, but I decided to try a few with the software (Helicon Remote) running the show, and it chose twice as many layers. As I said in the thread to another, if I stack every frame, or every second frame that the software chooses, I can see no difference, but at every third or fourth there are subtle differences (very). With the software doing the acquisition, it is just a matter of having enough HD space and waiting, no real work on my part.

[Jerry van Dijk]

Just wonderful Ron, all good points already mentioned.

[Mitch Carucci]

Just Super! Love the tangle of curved lines. Sharpness goes without saying. (nice stack)

[Anita Bower]

REally beautiful. Love the black bg that makes the flower stand out beautifully. Outstanding detail. BEautiful curves and structure.