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Welcome to the Macro/Closeup Thread 12 February 2018

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These were captured hand-held in our garden a week ago with a G80 and Olympus 60mm macro. The first is a stack of 29 JPEG frames extracted from a post-focus video and stacked using Helicon Focus, and finished in Lightroom. The third is a stack of 23 JPEG frames captured and handled in the same way. The second was captured as a raw single image and processed in DXO PhotoLab and Lightroom.

ISO 400, f/2.8, 1/160 sec





ISO 800, f/2.8, 1/400 sec



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Nick
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I posted this earlier today on last weeks thread, I apologize for any inconvenience

shot this moth orchid, didn't notice at first, but realized that it looked like a bird's face, very interesting - 17 Flowers That Look Like Something Else



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Birdeye speedwell.







Cheers!

Henry

A tassel-flower and Cassius Blue butterfly. No special settings or extra lens.





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Steve

NIcely done Steve!

Currently in bloom in our garden.

gardenersassistant said:

These were captured hand-held in our garden a week ago with a G80 and Olympus 60mm macro. The first is a stack of 29 JPEG frames extracted from a post-focus video and stacked using Helicon Focus, and finished in Lightroom. The third is a stack of 23 JPEG frames captured and handled in the same way.

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Excellent technique, Nick!

gardenersassistant said:

The second was captured as a raw single image and processed in DXO PhotoLab and Lightroom.

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This is impressive as a single image. Very nice detail.

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Unfortunately classified as an invasive weed, the common Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale, produces both a beautiful flower and "seed" structure. While despised by many, Dandelion has culinary uses, such as leaves cooked or fresh in salads, flowers for wine, and dried, roasted roots as a coffee substitute.




A member of the Sunflower family, Asteraceae, Dandelions have both ray flowers (outside petals) and tubular disk flowers (small ring of flowers at the center). If you carry a loupe with you, the intricate patterns of the flower structures will reveal themselves when you look closeup.




The outside ray flowers do not have pollinating structures. Rather, pollinators are attracted to the inner disk flowers. Here, a western honeybee, Apis mellifera, showing a nice view of its pollen sac.




The brown seeds, called achenes, form from the ripened ovaries of the tubular disk flowers. A long white beak attaches to the hairy pappus which acts as a parachute, breaking loose by the wind which carries the seed away to form another plant somewhere. As with the flower, you have to look closeup to appreciate the beauty of the design.

A botanist friend remarked years ago, "To see the beauty of our natural world, you have to look."

- Richard

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richj20 said:

Unfortunately classified as an invasive weed, the common Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale, produces both a beautiful flower and "seed" structure. While despised by many, Dandelion has culinary uses, such as leaves cooked or fresh in salads, flowers for wine, and dried, roasted roots as a coffee substitute.

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Also a well known diuretic hence Pee the Bed common name.

FRench version Pissen-lit
I like the pics and also the detailed analysis

richj20 said:

A member of the Sunflower family, Asteraceae, Dandelions have both ray flowers (outside petals) and tubular disk flowers (small ring of flowers at the center). If you carry a loupe with you, the intricate patterns of the flower structures will reveal themselves when you look closeup.


The outside ray flowers do not have pollinating structures. Rather, pollinators are attracted to the inner disk flowers. Here, a western honeybee, Apis mellifera, showing a nice view of its pollen sac.


The brown seeds, called achenes, form from the ripened ovaries of the tubular disk flowers. A long white beak attaches to the hairy pappus which acts as a parachute, breaking loose by the wind which carries the seed away to form another plant somewhere. As with the flower, you have to look closeup to appreciate the beauty of the design.

A botanist friend remarked years ago, "To see the beauty of our natural world, you have to look."

- Richard

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http://www.rsjphoto.net

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Olympus EM5, EM5mk2 my toys.
past toys. k100d, k10d,k7,fz5,fz150,500uz,canon G9, Olympus xz1

Nicely done, Richard!!!

Henry

Patience Nick to Stack images so worthwhile. Labour of love.

I thought i was seeing Deja Vu DNSjr

I find Orchids otherworldly. I don't know why.

Luxurious Birdeye speedwell nicely photographed Henry.

Pretty photograph Steve. Distance with nice composition as this is just as attractive as closeup.

Sublime lighting on the Hellebore Ron. So clear pistil stamen.

I adore Dandelion blowing on them to see their ethereal flight.

Shadows on the Asteraceae takes the photograph to another level Richard.