Small Dianthus Flower with Rain Drops

[cgipson1]

Love the original shot.

The stacking in the 1st shot seems to have introduced some unpleasant distortion - particularly in the background (the grey).
Makes it look over sharpened to my eyes.

I was thinking the same,exact thing...

Normally I don't focus stack with that kind of background... so the results here were a little unexpected. Lesson learned, lol! All those little circles are raindrops, highlighted by flash, and then mutated by Zerene Stacker... same for the gray area. I should have edited before posting, but I wanted reactions... and I got them!

Interesting that this didn't happen on the Zinnia shot I posted, that I shot exactly the same way. Difference was in the background.