Another different perspective

[chauncey]

This tends to give a decent 3-D appearance...2"wide orchid, image stacked and merged to 16" @ 300ppi



Minor errors previously unseen.

[Shadowman]

Does have a protruding into the frame look to it. Nicely captured.

[Mike Buckley]

Probably your most daringly artistic image and definitely one of your best.

[IzzieK]

I love this one, William...very artistic to say the least...

[rudi]

Very, very nice William.

From 2'' to 16''....Is this a 'panoramic' stack ? How many pictures stacked?

[DanK]

very nicely done. Follows advice I found years ago in a book by Scott Kelby: try to find unusual perspectives for flower shots.

[Shadowman]

very nicely done. Follows advice I found years ago in a book by Scott Kelby: try to find unusual perspectives for flower shots.

Seems that there are only a few unusual perspectives available (which shows my lack of imagination), high/low angle, top view. Comment refers to live flower shots, not picked and positioned. Any other perspectives you've discovered would be of interest.

[DanK]

Seems that there are only a few unusual perspectives available (which shows my lack of imagination), high/low angle, top view. Comment refers to live flower shots, not picked and positioned. Any other perspectives you've discovered would be of interest.

Well, I'm not very creative either, but if you just play around, you can sometimes find things. For example, one can vary the perspective from side view, through a wide range of diagonals like William's, to a full frontal view. you can do the same from top to full frontal. E.g..:



Or you can frame off center:



Or you can look from below:

[Shadowman]

Well, I'm not very creative either, but if you just play around, you can sometimes find things. For example, one can vary the perspective from side view, through a wide range of diagonals like William's, to a full frontal view. you can do the same from top to full frontal. E.g..:



Or you can frame off center:



Or you can look from below:

Also something I've never tried, except with on-camera flash, would be the use of off camera flash/lighting. I've shot quite a few backlit flowers but another method would be to use a flashlight, multiple flash, etc. I guess adding an odd backdrop could also be incorporated into the shot.

[bnnrcn]

Great image Boyer

[chauncey]

From 2'' to 16''....Is this a 'panoramic' stack ? How many pictures stacked?

Rudi, there are three orchids in this image representing 385 images taken, stacked and merged in PS.
Final image is 6' wide...don't ask why.

Lighting...four 100 watt LED bulbs bouncing off walls and ceiling using dimmers as needed, as well
as a couple of these http://www.amazon.com/Xtraflex2-Led-...+bright+lights attached to camera base.

Tethered shooting using Canon Utility Software to control settings and focusing.

Mike...Thanks for your gracious comment!