Not opened very much

[chauncey]

Almost had to shoot though a peephole...

[Geoff F]

Looks good, and something of a natural vignette as well.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[Kodiak]

Almost had to shoot though a peephole...

…maybe but the incoming light from the bottom adds a very nice accent!

[IzzieK]

I was just about to comment on the backlighting. Kodiak...I think you woke up earlier than me...I should had known better....

So on with my comment -- love the backlighting.

[Kodiak]

Kodiak...I think you woke up earlier than me...I should had known better....

Even if we had got up at the same time, say 08:30, I would still be ahead of
7 hours and 3 minutes!

[DanK]

Very nice. I agree that the backlighting is effective and attractive.

[chauncey]

Thanks for the positive comments my friends...all this putzing around
reminds me of that blind squirrel scenario.

[Kaye Leggett]

A lovely shot in every aspect.

[bnnrcn]

I thought I commented on this image but apparently I haven't yet Very nice Boyer

[chauncey]

I thought I commented on this image but apparently I haven't yet

You had me concerned, in that perhaps you were sharpening the stake to drive through my heart.

[bnnrcn]

You have made me laugh Boyer. I commented on 'New Method' and that's why I got confused. The flower is the same or very similar. Nothing like sharpening the stake at all

You had me concerned, in that perhaps you were sharpening the stake to drive through my heart.

[Tom Barry]

The lighting makes for a spectacular and quite artistic macro shot.

[Wavelength]

Superb !!!

[Slipper]

Lovely colours and lighting. (Stacked I imagine?, not sure who does what on here yet )

[Caddy]

Lovely colours and lighting. (Stacked I imagine?, not sure who does what on here yet )

if this was a stacking, it would be a fail! Since it is not, it is a great shot!

[chauncey]

if this was a stacking, it would be a fail! Since it is not, it is a great shot

Au contraire mon frère...it is not only stacked but merged as well to 20x25 inches at 300ppi.

I don't understand why you would refer to it as a failed attempt at stacking.

[Slipper]

Au contraire mon frère...it is not only stacked but merged as well to 20x25 inches at 300ppi.

I don't understand why you would refer to it as a failed attempt at stacking.

Agree. Even if stacked, it does not necessarily require it to be pin sharp in its entirety, rather I would say, where necessary. This shot meets that and more I think.

[chauncey]

Got it...thanks again.

[Kodiak]

Au contraire mon frère...it is not only stacked but merged as well to 20x25 inches at 300ppi.
I don't understand why you would refer to it as a failed attempt at stacking.

My son Olivier and I have been looking with much pleasure at this shot,
when he arrived from school, and we came to pretty much to the same
conclusion.

Olivier suggested to peek at the exif and we read among other details:
Lens: EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM —dedicated macro lens: very fine!
Exposure: Manual, 2 sec, f/11, ISO 100 — somewhat strange SS!

Olivier was surprised by the two seconds exposure: "At ƒ8, the exposure
would have been only 1 second and the lens closer to the sweet spot…
and at a higher ISO, the SS could have been much shorter!" Since my
sons and I are shooting to stack quite often, the strategy of shorter SS
is more compatible with the aim of the process, the number of slices
being irrelevant in this approach. —I have to admit that I was very proud,
as father and teacher, of his solid argumentation.

For my part, I noticed some troubling artefacts in this document:
A. This area is showing an abrupt falloff in the focus. This would prove
you right in that this was a stacking exercise. Such falloff would never occur
in a single shot… and most certainly not at ƒ11.
B. Since all the zone around B is very soft, the sharp line and curve
should not be there.



Contrary to Caddy that grants a "great shot" in his/her comment base
on his/her belief that this is not a stack, I will believe you; this is a stack
and I will give a "fail" comment to the said stack.

This is based on my actual knowledge and experience, which I am willing
to question or reject if proven wrong. I, too, am here to learn!