Brown/Black eyed Susan

[Ravi Hirekatur]

Had to keep a higher shutter speed to accommodate movement.
Canon 7D II + 180/3.5 lens
f/5.6, 1/400, ISO 800
Canon DPP4 + PS, added slight canvas to right as the sepal was too close to the edge. softening of right lower corner with healing brush. levels.
NIK tonal contrast 35% and detail extractor 30% for selected areas.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I really like this, the bold colours really contrast well. Details are good.
Did you take any at f11, you would have been around ISO 3200, I think that might have been interesting. it would be good to see how the flower head would appear.

[Ravi Hirekatur]

Thanks Jonathan,
I had taken about 20 frames @ f5.6 for focus stacking mostly for the head. 8 of them were blurry due to movement, I am attaching the stacked image in Zerene Stacker. Same processing as before. With 7DII, I hadn't had much luck beyond ISO 800. as anything greater than that results in a lot of noise. I am hoping to get a 5DIV in the near future.

[John Mack]

The stacked version is nice. Great background. The head of the flower looks red to me they are usually black.

[Ravi Hirekatur]

Young flowers of some varieties of Black eyed susan have reddish head. When they mature, the heads turn dark brown.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Very Nice colors.

The Reds and Yellow make the image.

TFS

[Arthur Morris]

I prefer the un-stacked image. Again, your choice of subjects and use of soft light and color are quite excellent.

with love, artie