Five frame HDR macro.

[Ron Evers]

This is the centre portion of a Begonia flower; the whole flower is about an inch/25mm across. Taken with a Canon FD 50/3.5 macro lens on a 15mm extension tube @ f16.

I did not use a reflector/light on the shadow side so as to see how the HDR would bring up the shadows. What do you think?

 

[lassa8]

Very nice! You're making me consider what it would take to do an HDR + focus stack combo.

 

[hahaprut]

That is nice mate

 

[480sparky41 41]

Very nice! You're making me consider what it would take to do an HDR + focus stack combo.

Try an HDR focus-stacked stitched pano.

 

[Ron Evers]

Very nice! You're making me consider what it would take to do an HDR + focus stack combo.

I never got any success with stacking, I must try again. What program do you use?

 

[480sparky41 41]

Very nice! You're making me consider what it would take to do an HDR + focus stack combo.

I never got any success with stacking, I must try again. What program do you use?

CombineZM and Picolay

 

[Mully]

It has a nice 3D effect,,,, I like it

 

[lassa8]

I never got any success with stacking, I must try again. What program do you use?

I've just been playing around with Photoshop CS5 since it's all I have at the moment.

 

[Ron Evers]

Thanks folks.

I do not have Photoshop, only Lightroom. I have tried CombineZM in the past without success. I am not much of a computer person so maybe that is why.

 

[carlos58]

Great image. Very nice shot !

 

[dmunsie]

hmm..interesting idea to macro small flowers. The end result to my eyes at least...makes it appear like a normal sized flower with a loss of detail due to noise/grain in the photo. Plus the monochrome appearance could be better suited to b/w where the contrasting shades might look better.