Yellow Pansy

[Richard Lovison]

http://richardlovison.com/photos/pansy.jpg
© reserved 2009, Richard Lovison

Camera Info:
Olympus E-3; Vivitar Series 1 Flat Field Zoom @ 180mm macro; 7 exposures using various focus points 1/6 sec @ f11; tripod; manual exposure; manual focusing; ISO 100; natural light

RAW Conversion:
Olympus Studio 2 software; 6000K -1 tint; contrast 0; saturation 0; sharpening -2; aRGB color space

CS2 Info:
7 images combined using Helicon Focus with method A; Curves adjustment; slight crop; Nik pre-sharpening and output sharpening; converted to sRGB color space

[denise ippolito]

Richard, This is a lovely composition and I like the way you've got your pansy facing. Right by the stem at the base of flower I see some clean-up needed-just a bit. Well done !

[Richard Lovison]

Right by the stem at the base of flower I see some clean-up needed-just a bit.

Oops! Darn edge artifact. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. :)

[denise ippolito]

No problem-as long as you remember to do the same for me!!;)

[Joseph Martines]

What a wonderful presentation of a lovely pansy.

I like the composition and the color.

Thanks for sharing.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Richard,
I like the composition, image and capture...the yellows are dead on...It's well composed and balanced in frame. I like the play between light and shadow...:cool:

[Julie Kenward]

Well how did I miss this one? Beautiful pansy, Richard. Love the degree of light and shadow in this one. I instantly pictured Simon Legreed in my head when I saw it - moustache and all!

While you're cleaning up that artifact, grab the two little tiny black spots on the one leaf...might as well go for the gold!

[Ed Vatza]

Excellent job, Richard. I am really intrigued by Helicon Focus. I have several wildflowers (i.e. Star of Bethlehem) coming up that need something like that in order to get the whole flower into focus.

[Mike Moats]

Hey Richard, Very nice image good details and light

[Anita Bower]

Beautiful! Agree with prior comments. Thanks for sharing work done with Helicon focus. One of these days i want to learn how to use it.