My entry into todays #monomad photography challenge is a 5x macro of a forget-me-not bud just starting to flower.
It's a focus stacked image created from 39 separate shots at F8, 1/3sec, ISO200, converted to black and white.
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- Images taken with the Olympus E-M1 III and 60mm macro lens + extension tubes and 2x converter
- Stacked with Zerene Stacker
- Edited with Capture One and Aurora hdr
Another stacked image of the same flower.
If you would like to know more about how I create my macro images and would like to try focus stacking yourself then please take a look at my tutorial, see links below
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Preparing Insects
Part 3 Preparing Flowers
Part 4 Equipment
Part 5 Shooting the stack
Part 6 Processing the stack
Part 7 Editing the stack
Part 8 Final Summary
Thanks for taking a look at my photography
@brianhphotos
Oh my... those flowers are so tiny!!!
Oh yes. The single flower was no more than 5mm across.
Some of the first forget-me-nots in my back yard were showing earlier this week and I was pleased to capture this one, just as it was blooming, when the petal colours are purple, pink and blue.
Here's a partially edited colour version of the second image to show you.
Already blooming?
My mum has them in her garden. They are so adorable with those tiny blue blooms. But I think they bloom for her in early summer.
really nice photos...love them...seems to be really much work in it...and you notice that...keep it up!
Thanks, yes it can be a lot of work to create just one image but I enjoy it.