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Published: 2009-02-27 05:36:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 1574; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 0
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...I stayed up another 90 minutes last, working with a new frozen flower. I've posted the image, with a small box in the full sized image indicating the 100% crop area displayed below the full image.Today, I worked up the final image - stitched from 11 frames, each with between 4 and 6 frames for focus blending. The final image is 81mp in size, 488mp as a 16-bit colour tiff.
Crazy!
Canon 5D Mk II - 11 frame stitch, 51 frame total (focus blending)
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It is quite a wonderful colour - I did a 3'x3' print of it, and am very pleased...but the problem is how to frame it...SO expensive!
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Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed viewing it. I just picked up (yesterday) the 9-square foot print of it (3'x3'
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hahahaha, yea that can get expensive. Still 9 square feet, that's awesome! I don't even have that wall space available in my room right now.
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That is certainly an issue (wall space)...my plan is to print one large flower image a month until I have the core of the show printed...then the issue of how to frame them will come up, but I'll tackle that when the time comes.
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ahh good thinking. Good luck with the show when that happens!
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Thank you (I think)...I haven't really figured out what is as the core (or perhaps heart) of these images...but when they work, I know about it...
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Pretty much a given, I'd say....bwahahahah!!!
i am working up the 30"x30" version of the image tonight, to get printed over the weekend!
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crazy indeed, that's amazing detail. How do you do focus blending?
The flower in itself is wonderful, the lines are just incredible. How did you get the bubbles to be centrifugal like that?
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Thanks again for your comment and feedback.
Focus stacking/blending is relatively straightforward - you simply take images as you focus through a subject, and then use software to blend the images together to yield one in-focus image.
As to the bubbles, that is just chance...some blocks of ice are too clouded to work with, while others are almost totally clear. No idea why.
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I initially used CS4 for the focus stacking, but have been playing with Helicon, which does a much better job, though I don't know it very well yet...
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oki doki, thanks for the precision
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Thank you, glad you enjoyed viewing the image!
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Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed viewing the image!
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Can you direct me to a good place to learn about focus blending? I know it is offered with CS4, and I'd like to give it a try
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Unfortunately, I don't have any real directions to point you in - using Google would be a good start however. I have found that CS4's focus stacking isn't as good as some other programs - I am buying Helicon as soon as the demo expires (28 more days) as it is awesome, but there are still issues with my system which need to be worked out before I can achieve what I am looking for!
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Helicon's what I came across when I googled it too... I'll try it out. Thanks!
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wow wow wow! this is wonderful..as you know I am a fan of your frozen flowers but this one is exceptional.
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Thanks, glad you enjoyed viewing the image...in the end, staying up to 2:30 was worth it...and I have a new tool (a new focus stacking software) to learn...but the results are pretty cool!
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I am just more than delighted to see you are healing now and getting into the thrill of it all again, Eric! And it is more than exciting when even you are pleased with your own work! That is the most telling fact of all as it shows me that your zest for life and for photography is coming back to you...
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This is Gorgeous, WOW!! and there is not a nude women in sight.
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There was...far in the distance...but she was covered up by the flower...NOT!
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Thank you...today I begin working on the stitches!
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*brings you a tub of peanut butter and a knife*
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