affinity photo Focus merge: clematis seed head

[Kasper-V]

Another one. The clematis flowers have all started going to seed, and some of the heads are getting quite fluffy. I'd intended to make another merge or two, but the camera battery ran out! Technical stuff: Canon EOS750D camera, Canon EFS 60mm (96mm equivalent) macro lens, f/2.8, ISO 1600 (because I forgot to set it to 100 before i started!); thirty photos.

I have the camera set to save CR2 (Canon Raw) and jpeg; for quickness, I made the first merge from the jpegs straight out of camera then adjusted white balance and vibrance, saved the afphoto file, then reduced the size and ever so slightly sharpened the image. (For some reason I get an error trying to upload the first file, but this slightly compressed version works.)

 

Although I set the white balance and vibrance to give what i thought was the same result, as you see the two pics are quite different. I think I prefer the first one, but that's just me. And maybe a more contrasting background next time?

[jmwellborn]

@Kasper-V   Magical!!  I especially like the first one.

[Alfred]

3 hours ago, Kasper-V said:

I think I prefer the first one, but that's just me.

No, it’s not just you, Steve. But they’re both superb.

[Kasper-V]

Thank you Alfred.

[Ann Hunting]

Awesome pictures! I like them both.