A stack of about 150 individual images of a daylily
Lit with two remote flashes, one in a white box in front, one behind white plexiglass behind the bloom.
The plane of focus is not quite normal because I kept the petals behind out of focus, while keeping the sex parts all the way back into the center of the bloom in focus.
D800E 200mm 1/200s f6.3 iso 100, tripod
The photos were acquired in an automated fashion with Helicon remote tethering software on a laptop, then two composites made in Zerene, one of the complete series, and one of the nearest 125 frames. The two stacks were recomposited and aligned in Photoshop, keeping the parts I wanted in focus, in focus. Some dodging and burning in PS and cleanup of smutz.






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! This turned out beautifully and so very natural to the way the eye sees close-ups. I agree with Diane about that white triangle.


