Daffodil Filaments

Beautiful detail when Viewed On Black

 

 

I took seven shots at slightly different focal points of the inside of the trumpet of a daffodil, and used CombineZP ( a free software tool) to stack all seven images to create the final image.

 

Once the stack was complete, I selected the centre filaments and on a separate layer sharpened them with a high pass filter at 60% opacity, and then in a new layer, inverted the selected area and ran NR on it, before a soft NR over the flattened image.

 

Finally, after adding the drop shadow border, I ran two passes of USM after reducing the image size for the web.

 

 

C&C as always.

 

 

Viewable Exif:

 

Camera Maker: Canon

Camera Model: Canon EOS 450D

Image Date: 2010:04:20 22:09:08

Caption: Modified by CombineZP

 

Full Exif:

 

Camera Maker: Canon

Camera Model: Canon EOS 450D

Lens: 105mm

Image Date: 2010-04-20 20:34:51 +0100

Focal Length: 105.0mm

Aperture: f/7.1

Exposure Time: 0.0063 s (1/160)

ISO equiv: 100

Exposure Bias: none

Metering Mode: Spot

Exposure: Manual

Exposure Mode: Manual

White Balance: Auto

Flash Fired: Yes (Manual)

Color Space: sRGB

Photographer: Copyright A View of the UK - Paul Iddon Photography

 

 

 

 

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