When I saw this Iris blooming along a boggy area in my yard I knew I had to shoot it right away. I did a 3 shot focus stack keeping the fstop at f5.6 to keep the bg oof
Nikon D3s
1/400 sec at f5.6
ISO 2200
105 macro
tripod
Cool subject and effective use of stacking. Bright, OOF short stalk on the right is screaming to be cloned out. And there seems to be a narrow band across the bottom that is strangely OOF. Stacking artifact? Anyway, suggest cropping that little bit off.
Hi Bob. Beautiful colors on the flower and the stacking worked quite well! Good suggestions above for you to consider. The mix of dark and not-so-dark patterns in the background is a little distracting for me - you might try making the entire background very dark or black. A couple tweaks will put this one over the top!
Bob I have looked at this image a few times and it is growing on me more and more. Initially I wasn't keen on the dark background but I like it now. I think the stack worked well and I love those rich colours. I like the composition with the exception of the small leaf on the cotton RHS.
Very nice capture Bob! Good work on the stack. I like how the iris almost seems to glow from within. Good suggestions for further improvements already given above.