In yesterday’s post (“Moth Mullein Makes an Appearance”), I featured a couple of images of the Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria) patch I found at a local Missouri Conservation Area. After grabbing a few overall plant shots with my 500mm lens, I put on my 180mm macro lens and took some close-up images of the plants. I was especially pleased to find the plants and flowers covered in dew from the previous evening’s rains and the next morning’s heavy fog :o)
Here are a few of my favorite macro images of this beautiful wildflower:
After capturing some of the macro images, I shot several sequences of images for focus-stacking. Here are 2 of my favorite sets of focus-stacked images, with each image being made from 20 individual images. These images were made from either a backside or side (profile) view as I wanted to capture all the interesting dewdrops that were so prevalent on the backsides of the flowers:
Photographic Equipment Used:
- Canon 7D body
- Canon EF180mm, f/3.5 macro lens
- Gitzo #1258-LVL carbon-fiber tripod, with Kirk Ent. HD ballhead
- ISO 800 (all photos)
- Aperture f/8 to f/22 (first 4 photos) and f/3.5 (the 2 focus-stacked photos)
- Shutter 1/40 sec. to 1/200 sec. (first 4 photos) and 1/1600 sec. – 1/2500 sec. (the 2 focus-stacked photos)