I first found this little orchid last Friday and I couldn’t visit it Saturday. We had an uncomfortable soaking drizzle all weekend, which was great for the forest overall as it’s been very dry, but not so good for this young bud. I made a quick visit Sunday afternoon with it still raining. Lucky the OM-1 is weather-sealed 🙂
A bit about image editing.
The first shot below is an in camera 15 image focus stacked jpeg, ran though DXO with one of my macro pre-sets and resized with no other edits. It’s not very sharp as the stack hasn’t aligned very well due to the Orchid moving in the wind. It also has a halo effect around the top edges. I wasn’t keen on posting it.
I normally stick to quick edits, but I thought I’d try to save this image as it’s the only one I took from this angle with limited time, just to see if I could.
I picked out 10 in focus shots only, stacked, aligned, then blended them using Photoshop CS6.
> File, Scripts, move files into stack, select images, open, OK
Select all layers, Edit menu > Auto-Blend Layers …
The resulting image was better than the in camera OM1 result, but still not great, though it looks better at this reduced size.
to finish off, I adjusted the levels (highlights and shadows) only slightly, and used the sharpen tool selectively only over the flower. Its a subtle but noticeable difference. though it’s still not perfect, I feel much more comfortable posting this.
On the way home, I found this large fungi on a log of moss. At least fungi don’t generally blow about in the wind when you photograph them 😀
Thanks for visiting, life gets weirder!
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thanks for the show & tell again🤗i appreciate your enthusiasm level too! it’s contagious😎🙏🏼
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I can’t wait to get up in the bush each day at the moment so see what has opened up, its like waiting to open Christmas presents!!!!
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The last photo looks so weird! Have a great new week, Tone. 👍🏻
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Thanks John, you too. The bike riding has had to take a back seat while I chase these orchids, something has to give 😞
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😊👍🏻
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So much detail on the tiny orchid! Phenomenal phungi! 😀
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I found out orchids and fungi have a symbiotic relationship!! Some orchid will only grow where certain fungi are.
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I’m afraid that camera info is over my head, but whatever you’re doing certainly is working for you. Have you thought about teaching a photography course for people like me to learn the basics? I think you would do a great job at it. Beautiful photos.
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Thanks Anneli, I have given it some thought! While there is skill in taking a decent photo, I think there is more in editing – I certainly spend more time editing. The biggest part of editing though is restraint, knowing when to stop. It’s too easy to over-sharpen and over saturate a photo, then you start to lose detail. You see that a lot online but they seem to get the likes.
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I don’t like an over-edited photo. I will deal with over-exposure, or maybe taking a blemish out (like if the dog has a piece of dry grass on her), but I don’t like it when a photo loses its natural look. I can only do the basics in the editor, but I would love to learn more about how to take a good picture in different lighting situations or when the subject is moving.
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