{"id":9495,"date":"2016-09-01T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=9495"},"modified":"2023-04-06T19:41:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T00:41:28","slug":"western-wild-petunia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/western-wild-petunia\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Wild Petunia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of those posts that is\u00a0more technical in nature than artistic. I recently purchased some new equipment for my white box so I decided to use it to create some very detailed images of flowers. I plucked a Western Wild Petunia from my front yard and created three <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/focus-stacking\/\">focus-stacked<\/a> images of the flower from different angles and varying lighting conditions. The piece of equipment I was using\u00a0is called a bellows. It is an accordion-like, pleated expandable device\u00a0that attaches between the camera body and the lens.<\/p>\n<p>Macro photographers often use <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bellows_(photography)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bellows<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extension_tube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extension tubes<\/a> to obtain\u00a0higher magnification. Extension tubes are a fixed length (e.g. 12mm, 20mm, 35mm, etc.) while bellows allow for small incremental adjustments. The one I was using was a 130mm model. The minimum distance is 50mm while the maximum distance is 130mm. This means that I can adjust the range from 50-130mm in very small increments. Using extension tubes would require me to change out tubes manually versus turning a knob. In addition, the bellows model that I chose also serves as a focus rail. A very versatile piece of equipment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9502\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160831-western-wild-petunia-composite.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/western-wild-petunia\/western-wild-petunia-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160831-western-wild-petunia-composite-e1472690754111.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;22&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Terry B. Kahler&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Western Wild Petunia&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1472646925&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Terry B. Kahler 2016&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Western Wild Petunia&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Western Wild Petunia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Western Wild Petunia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160831-western-wild-petunia-composite-e1472690754111-750x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160831-western-wild-petunia-composite-e1472690754111.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-9502 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160831-western-wild-petunia-composite-e1472690754111.jpg\" alt=\"Western Wild Petunia\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160831-western-wild-petunia-composite-e1472690754111.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160831-western-wild-petunia-composite-e1472690754111-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160831-western-wild-petunia-composite-e1472690754111-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160831-western-wild-petunia-composite-e1472690754111-930x620.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Western Wild Petunia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The images in this composite were taken with my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii\/\">Canon EOS 5D Mark III<\/a>\u00a0using my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-ef-100mm-macro\/\">Canon EF 100mm f\/2.8 Macro Lens<\/a>\u00a0attached to the <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/novoflex-auto-bellows-for-canon-eos\/\">Novoflex Auto Bellows<\/a>. The camera was set on Manual mode\u00a0with the aperture set at f\/11 shutter speed at 1\/6th of a second and the ISO set at 100. I captured 110 images in three sets in my white box. I lit the subject with three LED lights. I brought\u00a0the images together using Helicon Focus (Method C \u2013 Pyramid). I used Lightroom,\u00a0Photoshop and Nik Color Efex Pro to finalize the image.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the profile for this plant by clicking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/western-wild-petunia\/\">here<\/a>. \u00a0Please use the section below to post your comments, questions or\u00a0suggestions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1996\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/spider-spider-on-the-flower\/t-kahler-logo-white-no-c-mini\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-orig-size=\"177,49\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"T Kahler Signature\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1996 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\" alt=\"T. 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