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Paphiopedilum "Tokyo Black Knight"

Saturday was the fall orchid show at the botanical garden. Although it was Halloween, Dracula vampira 1 was missing. However, there were plenty of others to photograph, some spectacular, some bizarre.

The show gave me an opportunity to test Helicon Focus, another focus-stacking application. The picture above was compiled from four slices using the default settings, the one below from five.

Holcoglossum wrangii

I also ran a stack of images that Photoshop had trouble with through Helicon. It did much better, though the result could be just a tad sharper. The lack of resolution might be due to the particular settings, and once I figure everything out I might be able to get better results. (The same set processed by Zerene Stacker can be seen here.)

Bidens bipinnata

Notes

  1. Dracula and related genera are found in the cloud forests of South America. I wonder if Jonathan saw any on his recent trip to Ecuador.