Cactus by salza

Cactus

For my get pushed challenge from Ashley @shesnapped - an alternative then: I noticed you used focus stacking to do a flower a while back and mentioned you wanted to try it again. How about another focus stacking shot?

Ashley kindly offered me an alternative challenge since we had bad weather forcast for the week and her original challenge was to capture birds in flight. I wasn't sure that I would be able to get birds due to the forcast rain.

This is a combination of nine different pictures, stacked together using photoshop. This is a golden barrel cactus, also known as golden ball cactus or mother-in-law's cushion.
@shesnapped Ashley an exercise in focus stacking. Seems the weather was kind enough to allow me to meet both your original and your alternate challenges!
June 18th, 2016  
I love the definition on this!
June 18th, 2016  
crisp sharp capture
June 18th, 2016  
Superb fine details
June 18th, 2016  
Nice shot
June 18th, 2016  
Wonderful detail Sally
June 18th, 2016  
Great processing. It's been a while since I tried focus stacking.
June 18th, 2016  
Great light, textures
June 18th, 2016  
Great details and light
June 18th, 2016  
Great texture and focus.
June 18th, 2016  
There is a real richness in the color here- probably due to the stacking of all those photos! Good job! (Whoa- Mother-in-law's Cushion- what a name!!)
June 18th, 2016  
Nice capture of this "dangerous" plant! We have this kind of barrel cactus here too. And you don't want to fall into it as my son did when he was about three. Ouch!
June 18th, 2016  
great shot :)
June 18th, 2016  
I like the lighting, which really brings out the definition in the spikes and the green, as well as the much darker background.
June 18th, 2016  
Fabulous
June 18th, 2016  
ouchy!
June 19th, 2016  
Excellent work Sally!! Every last one of those prickles looks like it would hurt!!!
June 19th, 2016  
Excellent stacking shot. Those spikes look lethal.
June 19th, 2016  
Very ouchy i would think cool shot
June 19th, 2016  
Great close-up.
June 19th, 2016  
Not tried photo stacking yet - this looks soooo sharp - I mean sharp focus not sharp spikes
June 19th, 2016  
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