focus stacking

And We’re Off!!

| paulamyes

Mid August. Get the orchid books out. Find the maps. Load the coordinates into the GPS. Dust off the macro lens. Kweda here I come!!!

It was a hair raising journey. After our heavy winter rains the dirt roads resembled cold lumpy gritty porridge and for the last 10km the car fish tailed along the road the tyres struggling to get a grip at times. It was a relief to stop and park up by the mobile phone tower which was the only bit of hard ground. Considering the conditions I was amazed that there were any orchids out as most species don’t like getting their feet wet at all.

 

Green Spider Orchid by Paul Amyes on 500px.com
Fringed Mantis Orchid or Green Spider Orchid (Caladenia falcata). Kweda, Western Australia.

 

Talbot's Spider Orchid by Paul Amyes on 500px.com
Talbot＇s Spider Orchid, Caladenia pendens subsp talbotii. Kweda, Western Australia.

 

Winter Donkey Orchid by Paul Amyes on 500px.com
Winter Donkey Orchid, Diuris brumalis. Kweda, Western Australia.

 

Blue Beard by Paul Amyes on 500px.com
Blue Fairy Orchid or Blue Beard (Pheladenia deformis). Kweda, Western Australia.

 

Early Wheatbelt Spider Orchid by Paul Amyes on 500px.com
Early Wheatbelt Spider Orchid, Caladenia sp.’early wheatbelt’. Kweda, Western Australia.

 

 

I must say I’m really, really liking using the Olympus m.Zuiko 40-150mm f2.8 with the Olympus 1.4 Teleconverter MC-14 for focus stacking. It is a beautiful lens, probably the best one I’ve got.