This shot was taken just over a week ago at a Macro and Flower Workshop for Bognor Regis Camera Club. One of our members, Andrew, who works at the University was able to arrange access to the Campus grounds for an evening visit. The shot was taken in a hidden away Garden by the oldest building on the Campus taking back to the 1850’s. It was a little windy but this flower was very close to the ground making it possibly the only one where focus stacking was practical. I have no idea what it is called but maybe somebody viewing this can help out.

The image is formed from a Stack of 40 images all at slightly different focus adjusted manually and stacked in Photoshop. Full details of the focus stacking technique can be found on a Blog entry from a couple of years ago, see - http://edwinjonesphotography.com/blog/2015/2/february-spring-crocus-bloom

The camera used was a Sony A550 with a Sigma 28-80 zoom with a macro function at 80mm. Taken on a Tripod with a low setting for the legs. The background was very close and dark green leaves which were a bit distracting, I got round this by selecting yje Flower which was quite easy with the quick selection tool. The Inverse selection to select the background and then apply Topaz Impression Monet Preset for a painted effect for the background. Further processing was Topaz Clarity for more detail and the dodge tool to darken down some over bright areas of the flower.