Re: Iris confusa 'Martyn Rix'

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Thanks.

This winter I've been experimenting with a photography program called Helicon Focus. I put my camera, with a macro lens, on a tripod and hook it up to the computer. I put a flower in front of the camera and start Helicon Focus. It shows me what the camera sees and lets me pick the closest focus and the farthest focus I want. It then takes a series pictures, moving the focus a little between each. In this case, it took 13 pictures. The program then analyses the photos, picking the areas of best focus from each, combining them into one picture. That's how I was able to get both the fringe on the style crests and the edge of the farthest fall all in sharp focus while keeping the aperture (F-stop) of the lens at a good middle value.

I hope to get lots of fully focused studio shots of iris species this year to add to my photo collection.

Ken

On 2/28/2013 6:23 AM, Rodney Barton wrote:

 

Lovely and a great photo!

Rod

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From: Kenneth Walker k*@astound.net
To: iris-species i*@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 10:41 PM
Subject: [iris-species] Iris confusa 'Martyn Rix'

 

I received Iris confusa 'Martyn Rix' a few weeks ago as a potted plant.
It was starting a bloom stalk so I left it inside. I'm attaching a photo.

Ken Walker
Concord, CA USA, Zone 9