Mike Dale Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Pink Trillium. Grown from seed and it takes 9 years to reach this stage. This was a focus stack of 45 images stacked in Helicon Focus. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul ron Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 pink and grown from seed. thats quite an achievement. beautiful photo. The more you say, the less people listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dale Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share Posted October 20, 2018 Sorry if I gave the impression that I grew it from seed. My green fingers only go so far. A friend who is much more patient grew them from wild seeds and donated a whole load of pink and white ones to the Manada Conservancy for their spring wild flower sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul ron Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 doesnt matter who grew them... from seed is not easy. it takes almost 7 years to first flower. survival rate in that time reduces how many you end up with. not an easy flower to grow from seed. The more you say, the less people listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgelfand Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Pink Trillium. Grown from seed and it takes 9 years to reach this stage. This was a focus stack of 45 images stacked in Helicon Focus. A beautiful image. Would you please provide some more technical details - lens, camera, support system, etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dale Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 Nikon D850 with a Sigma 135mm f/1.8 0.5s @f/7.1 ISO64 I probably would have used a RRS tripod with BH-55 ballhead. I used the built in Focus Shift feature but I don't remember exactly what settings I used, sorry. The 45 shots were stacked using Helicon Focus and I believe I used the Method B with a Radius of 8 and a Smoothing of 4. For those interested, Focus Shift using the more recent Nikon's is really easy. You focus on the nearest point and specify how many shots you want to take (max 300) and the Focus Step Width which is how much the lens automatically shifts for each image. Press the go and wait for it to finish, if it reaches Infinity before the number of images is reached it stops automatically. Heres a useful tutorial on the Focus Shift feature. D850 TIPS - Focus Stacking (Focus Shift Photography) | Technical Solutions | Nikon Professional Services Focus Stacking can be achieved with manual lenses by physical altering the focus between shots, for this you need a really solid mount and ideally a cable release, Heres an early attempt from a few years ago using a manual lens. This was only 13 shots and again stacking in Helicon Focus. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qdj83G5VTyk/U_PPTa6ufSI/AAAAAAAABCs/r68xXJkZgeo/s1600/Rain%2BLily%2B2.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Marcus Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Pink Trillium. Grown from seed and it takes 9 years to reach this stage. This was a focus stack of 45 images stacked in Helicon Focus. A tip of the hat from Alan Marcus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgelfand Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Thank you very much, Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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