Another shot of this subject, this time looking through the top layer of the seeds' "parachutes" and into the seed head itself:
As with the previous image, shot on Ultrafine Xtreme 400 B&W film, developed in D76 stock solution.
The seed head of a Goat's Beard plant (Tragopogon dubius), which is something like an over sized dandelion seed head. Shot last Thursday:
Shot on Ultrafine Xtreme 400 B&W film, developed in D76 stock solution.
Took a walk through the Dowagiac Woods this afternoon. The overcast sky made for some rich colors. Late in the season, the foliage of the forest floor was peaking as the spring ephemerals were fading... Here's a trillim surrounded by maple seedlings and other greens:
I keep looking for non-insect subjects for stack focused macro photos - they are surprisingly hard to find. I noticed the grey headed coneflowers (Ratibida pinnata) in my prairie plant garden have started budding - so study of the flower bud and its wonderful spiral pattern that suggests the Fibonacci sequence:
Grey Headed Coneflower Bud
That photo is at 4.5x lifesized magnification - here's the full flower at 1x lifesized:
Grey Head Coneflower
Both images are focused stacked - the top image is made from 60 images in two separate stacks, which were then combined. The bottom image is made from 95 stacked images - I did not expect to need to stack so much for such a low magnification photo, but sheer depth of the subject - roughly 15mm - meant that it took a lot of images to get from front to back.
Trillium are among the latest of the spring ephmerals to appear, and I took this photo over a week ago. Surely another spring wildflower season is coming to a close. Well, it's been a good one. Click on the image for a lager file:
Trillium Grandiflorum
Another closeup of Blue Eyed Mary (Collinsia verna), taken last week:
Blue Eyed Mary (Collinsia verna)
Here is another photo of a Prairie Trillium, Trillium recurvatum, taken last week. The use of diffuser in bright sunlight lends a nice airy light to the image:
Prairie Trillium, Trillium recurvatum
Click on the image for a larger file.
A less common (at least around here) spring ephemeral wildflower - Blue Eyed Mary (Collinsia verna).
Blue Eyed Mary - Collinsia verna