Dahlia

[denise ippolito]

Canon 1D Mark III
100 mm Macro lens
f/4.5 and f/22 (4 images)
Photomerge using CS5 instead of Helicon Focus.
This was my first one w/ CS5- it worked ok. I had to do some adjustments. I saw a program given by George Lepp and he said that CS5 does a great job w/ photomerges. I imagine that it will be easier once I know what I am doing. ;) I didn't get the exact result I wanted but this came close to my vision. I posted a duotone version in OOTB. I posted this color version for Anita.:)

[Julie Kenward]

I was going to ask you what you think of CS5. I love the image - I couldn't really tell it was a merge so that's great! I do wonder if the yellows got a little "muddy" in the conversion? They don't seem as bright as the pinks do here - but it's still an outstanding image. Beautiful comp and light on this Denise!

[denise ippolito]

Jules, They yellows in this Dahlia really aren't bright yellow. They are more like the color that is in the post. I just started playing around with CS5. According to George Lepp the HDR is suppose to be better than Photomatix and the NR is superior. I still am trying to find all the new stuff out.

[Ken Childs]

If you hadn't said, I wouldn't have known this was a merged image. Beautiful comp, DOF and colors!

[Charissa]

Lovely image, comp is perfect. Like the detail and colors. On CS5, i find the HDR toning to be a bit lacking, and don,t really get a realistic type of hdr from it, but then again, maybe with practice......

[denise ippolito]

Thanks Ken and Charissa, I appreciate the kind comments.
Charissa, I haven't even tried out the HDR-but am looking forward to it.Hopefully like you said with practice...:)

[Desmond Chan]

That's very nice, Denise ! Composition and, of course, sharpness ;) all looks good !

[denise ippolito]

Thanks Desmond. I appreciate the comments.:)

[Charles Wesley]

Denise,

Really like the color and glow to this one. Tim Grey was big on CS5 at a lecture here about 3 weeks ago.
Thanks for sharing...
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Charlie Wesley
St. Augustine Beach, FL
http://naturesphotographs.com

[denise ippolito]

Charles, Thank you. Tim Grey is a doll. He is so funny and SMART!!:)

[Charles Wesley]

Denise,

Tim used to PP some of George Leep's images back in the day. He was high on CS5 and was showing how it worked in his presentation. I asked about whether Bridge really works now and he smiled and laughed.

CS5 is a definite improvement in many ways...
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Charlie Wesley
St. Augustine Beach, FL
http://naturesphotographs.com

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Beautiful flower and work Denise!

I also can't tell that this is a set of images stitched in PS! great composition as well.

[denise ippolito]

Juan Carlos, Thank you very much. I appreciate your kind words.

[Anita Bower]

Thank you, Denise, for posting the color image. I love it! Glorious pink! Beautiful compostion and capture. You did a great job with the photo-merge. I have a question about that--when you take several images with different focus points for a merge, how far apart do you make them in a macro like this? Do you just move the focus ring a bit and take another image, or do you look through viewfinder and change focus?