Study of a Lily No. 2

This is the second in my series of the lily flowers that we picked up earlier this week. Yesterday's focus was the curved petal. Today I decided to focus on the stamen. Processed by stacking three photos using Nik Color Efex HDR, then adjusted clarity using Aperture to tweak it a bit more. Thank you so much for your comments on the petal version yesterday as it ended up on trending for awhile.
Main album: http://365project.org/taffy/365/2014-03-18

[Sharon Lee]

Fabulous detail, so bold

[Elaine]

Gorgeous macro Taffy, love the detail in the stamens. I don't think I have ever thought about stacking images on a flower, were they different exposures?

[Debs Stott]

You have picked out the stamens so well with the processing, I like the free stalks.

[*lynn]

amazing processing

[Sally Ings]

Love how it pops against the black background. Wonderful details. I really must learn about stacking.

[Taffy]

@elaine55 Thanks Elaine -- I just thought, why not stack for more detail -- and it really does work. These were all at 50 ISO, f/13, and one each at 3sec, 6sec, and 10 sec in low light.

[Louise & Ken]

That's gorgeous, and you're always so thoughtful to share the information as to how you obtained the image!

[Sue Hecker]

Wonderful depth and color.

[Elaine]

@taffy thanks for the information Taffy I really appreciate it.

[Wendy]

Great contrast with the black background!

[Darlene]

Such a beautiful shot. This lily looks velvet and not real. I love your processing. FAV

[Kane Arlow]

Fantastic shot, and detail. Brilliant processing as well.

[Annie D]

gorgeous lily study - what colours :)

[Sue Wilde]

I pparticularly like the richness of the colours against the black

[Pam Knowler]

I am loving these HDR macro shots - it gives so much detail and depth of colour!! Fav!!

[Danny G.]

Gorgeous

[Issi Bannerman]

This is absolutely beautiful. I love the dark rich colour of the lily against the black background, and it is so clear!

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Kathie]

Lovely shot. Gives it additional depth.

[virtualbrownie]

It is a very tactile shot - I want to reach out and touch those stamens the look so beautifully textured

[Ross Walker]

This approach nearly changes the image from a flower photo to an abstract study. I like the poster-like graphic feeling of this one.

[Karen Smale]

I love the contrasts and composition of this. Very attention grabbing. Great! Fav!

[Lois]

Wonderful detail and color!

[Taffy]

@ksmale Thanks for the fav, Karen! I appreciate the visit and the comment!

[Andy Mcculloch]

Lovely. Really like the dark look of these.

[Taffy]

@virtualbrownie Thanks!! I smiled at the thought of touching them -- my next image was seeing my fingers turn yellow/orange!!

[Islandgirl]

Great processing I see from your photos that stacking really helps with the detail.
Thanks for sharing!
Great shot.

[Dione Giorgio]

Another awesome shot, Taffy. It looks like a work of art.

[Leon Buijs]

Wonderful shot, great combination of lighting, composition and focus - fav

[Richard Hickey]

Stunning close-up.

[Debi 🐩]

Love the light great detail, like the composition

[Molly]

A really striking shot and perfect processing and focus.

[CathyK]

Exquisite. And thanks for sharing how you did it.

[Shelley]

The black background really makes the colors pop. Lovely shot.

[Nia]

ooh this one has a 3D effect ( maybe i need sleep) - its the focused and blurred stamens - very cool and FAV!

[Taffy]

@sianipops Thanks so much Nia! I appreciate the comment and the fav!

[jayn]

wonderful taffy. love your lily work. its excellent

[Taffy]

@jaynspain Thanks Jayn! I'm really enjoying the challenge and find myself checking in on it each morning to see might be 'worthy'.

[Shanne]

I thought this must have been stacking. This is wonderful, great colours and composition

[Clare]

Amazing detail here. Really stands out against the black. Lovely.

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Marvelous!

[David Briggs]

When you stack them are you changing the focus points as well, it is so crisp.

[Taffy]

@briggsy Hi David, the focus stays the same across the three, only the aperture or shutter speed changes. In this case, the aperture was stable at f/22, but the shutter speed varied from 15 to 30 seconds.

[David Briggs]

@taffy Thank you interesting technique I have never explored this, thank you for explaining it. I will place an my bucket list. I have been looking at trying to combine multiple focus point shots as I often struggle with the right level of DOF on my macro work. You have given me some more to think about thanks

[Sarah Munnings]

Superb focus stacking. I must try this way, I usually collect multiple shots by micro movements of the focus.

[Wendy]

Wow, stunning focus and colors. This has a lovely surreal quality to it. Fav.