The set up looked wild. The results are just superb!

That 200 is a magnificent beast. I paid a similar amount for mine and I have certainly not regretted its purchase.

Flippin heck. And I thought I went overboard with set up now and then. I'm looking forward to seeing these results!

Rob, I find with stacking that you are always better off leaving a wider than normal cropping area around the images since every time the software 'aligns' successive images a little bit gets lopped off because the more distant ones have to be enlarged to match the closer ones. You also get greater leeway with the final composition once a finished image is produced.

Once the tripod is set up people clearly see it (and you) as something to be avoided anyway and, as long as you haven't hogged the path, they give you a very wide berth.

I was wondering how you got that so beautifully sharp end to end. Super image.

Lovely magnolia. You wouldn't know unless told how the reflection had been arranged.
Another way around reflections is to put a mirror flat on a surface, Suspend, or mount the subject over it and arrange a sheet of matt card so it too is reflected in the mirror. There is a risk of double reflections but maybe it won't matter so much? I never cleaned this one up - perhaps I ought to?

It's a sycamore. Those outside the door are bursting too. This was on my walk. Curious that we both seized upon the same subject at the same time!
You probably walked farther than me, not having to carry a heavy K1 and that lens and a tripod




Meyer Optik f4 300mm.

I have been making use of this lovely sunshine and my acers which are just starting to break into leaf. The early light is almost horizontal.
This is a young plant in a pot which was strategically placed to produce a nice bokeh when photographed with a 200mm Takumar at f3.5

Were they on lockdown then? .......... beautiful photo of it.

Dear Sir,
Surely the recipients could be invited to purchase the extra few letters?
Yrs
Jeremiah Peasmould-Gruntfuttock J.P.