Flower Heart - Macro of Orange Gazania

[cgipson1]

Yup for these static flower shots D800's 36mp + good lens + crop = pwn

Nice shot.

btw.. the second posted picture.. only crop was to a standard format... no crop to enhance image. That is the actual size I shot with my macro focus stack... a LOT of images in that stack!

Crop to enhance you mean like going over 100%? I never go over 100 because then the sharpness is $#!+

Btw, I wanna get into focus stacking as well, do you use a rail or is this hand held? I am trying to do handhelds this sharp with my 180mm and its impossible. At 1:1 I can even go up to 1/250 shutter and its still blurry as all hell. I am thinking about picking up a focusing rail for my tripod

The first photo was a crop of the second photo. The second photo is full size except for a crop on the sides.. nothing at all on the height. Just cropped the full size original to an 11x14 format.. that is all. Just for fun.. I will post a 100% crop of this when I get home.

I do use a focus rail.... manual right now, although I purchased a Stackshot, just haven't had time to play with it. I do shoot almost all of my macro handheld, but normally if I am going to stack, I put it on the tripod. You saw the handheld focus stacks I did... and they came out pretty well, but not like the tripod / focus rail shots do.

 

[cgipson1]

Promised 100% crop of the original in this thread:

 

[sm4him]

Promised 100% crop of the original in this thread:

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OH. Oh MY. That is...well, actually, I'm currently fresh out of adequate adjectives to describe this...Spectacular will have to do, I suppose. 100% crop?!!?? I've seen many, many florals (my own included) that don't look that sharp *before* cropping!
That is just...inspiring!

 

[mishele]

sm4him....you crack me up!! I have to share w/ you that I read most of your excited reactions like you are cumming....lol
The MY OH MY's, Wow...OH.....WOW's and other phrases you post!! You just so excitable...lol I love it!! Don't hold back!!

Charlie....sorry for the side track! lol Very cool bud!! The detail is just crazy as well as the colors!!

 

[cgipson1]

Sharon.. thank you! I thought it was interesting... but I posted it more to show the scale of the previous photos. I do love being able to see each of those little pollen grains, kind of cool!

 

[cgipson1]

sm4him....you crack me up!! I have to share w/ you that I read most of your excited reactions like you are cumming....lol
The MY OH MY's, Wow...OH.....WOW's and other phrases you post!! You just so excitable...lol I love it!! Don't hold back!!

Charlie....sorry for the side track! lol Very cool bud!! The detail is just crazy as well as the colors!!

ROTFLMAO! hahahahah! Mishele, you just royally cracked me up, and I can only imagine the expression and blush on Sharon's part when she reads this! But it is nice to know that my photos are associated with orgasms!

Thanks, btw! I am really "grooving" on flower and bug photography right now!

 

[sm4him]

sm4him....you crack me up!! I have to share w/ you that I read most of your excited reactions like you are cumming....lol
The MY OH MY's, Wow...OH.....WOW's and other phrases you post!! You just so excitable...lol I love it!! Don't hold back!!

Charlie....sorry for the side track! lol Very cool bud!! The detail is just crazy as well as the colors!!

:blushing: LOL! Wow...is it hot in here, or is just me? :lmao:
What's funny is that my friends and family would tell you that I am just about the LEAST excitable person they know. I tend to have a very flat affect and they can never quite figure out whether I'm kidding or serious. I quite like that.

Sharon.. thank you! I thought it was interesting... but I posted it more to show the scale of the previous photos. I do love being able to see each of those little pollen grains, kind of cool!

Yeah, I definitely love that first photo the most...but I am simply astounded by the clarity there is on that 100% crop. And I agree--those little tiny pollen grains standing out like that, that's just TOO cool. Which I'm pretty sure is an indication that there is something not quite right with me--that I can get that excited about little pollen grains! :lmao:

 

[mishele]

LOL I can't help it!! I might start reacting to post that way...lol Good times!! Love it!! It adds a little something to the boring reading of threads!!

Charlie, I'm enjoying your "grooving" as well!!

 

[mishele]

sm4him....you crack me up!! I have to share w/ you that I read most of your excited reactions like you are cumming....lol
The MY OH MY's, Wow...OH.....WOW's and other phrases you post!! You just so excitable...lol I love it!! Don't hold back!!

Charlie....sorry for the side track! lol Very cool bud!! The detail is just crazy as well as the colors!!

:blushing: LOL! Wow...is it hot in here, or is just me? :lmao:
What's funny is that my friends and family would tell you that I am just about the LEAST excitable person they know. I tend to have a very flat affect and they can never quite figure out whether I'm kidding or serious. I quite like that.

Please whatever you do....PLEASE..... DON'T STOP!! Don't STOP!! OH GOD....please don't stop posting your excitement!!

 

[cgipson1]

LOL I can't help it!! I might start reacting to post that way...lol Good times!! Love it!! It adds a little something to the boring reading of threads!!

Charlie, I'm enjoying your "grooving" as well!!

I will if you will! Ohh ohh.. Mish, oh Baby, your flower shots... uuuuuhhhh! WOW!

I am glad you like them! That makes me happy for some reason...

 

[MLeeK]

WOW. That is all.

 

[cgipson1]

WOW. That is all.

hahahaha... Thank you! I am really feeling like I should crawl under my desk and hide now... I am not used to large red capital WOW's being used to describe my stuff.... :blushing:


:hugs:

 

[LizardKing]

Niiiiiiiice! You keep posting great things like this and you'll set a high bar for yourself. Next time you post a not-so-great photo, we'll beat you!
Just kiddin' hahaha

I always like to try to find room for improvement when providing feedback. Sometimes, like this one, it's harder than others... But if I were to say anything here, is that I don't like the petals in the bottom part cropped as they are now. Not sure how would I fix this, but probably a different perspective could help.

Anyway, keep it up!

 

[laynea24]

Your work is outstanding! I really look up to you. Everything you post is just incredible!

 

[cgipson1]

Niiiiiiiice! You keep posting great things like this and you'll set a high bar for yourself. Next time you post a not-so-great photo, we'll beat you!
Just kiddin' hahaha

I always like to try to find room for improvement when providing feedback. Sometimes, like this one, it's harder than others... But if I were to say anything here, is that I don't like the petals in the bottom part cropped as they are now. Not sure how would I fix this, but probably a different perspective could help.

Anyway, keep it up!

Martin, thank you! I am not sure what I would do about the petal cropping either! lol! I had seriously considered removing enough petals on one side to allow a true flat perspective, but didn't do it. I will have to try that next time.. see if it helps!