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This image was taken at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, IL.

This image was taken at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, IL.
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cameraDMC-GX7

settings Aperture f/0 ISO 125 Shutter 10/40 Focal Length 0/10 

locationChicago, Illinois, US

upload_dateDec, 2018

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JayneBug Ultimate
 
JayneBug January 21, 2019
Congratulations on your award-winning photograph.
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JDLifeshots January 21, 2019
Great capture. Congrats!
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Pidge815 January 21, 2019
Magnificent....congratulations!
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ElishevaChasna January 21, 2019
Congratulations!

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this image at the Garfield Conservatory in Chicago, IL

Time

This image was taken approximately 9:35am CST

Lighting

No flash was used, just the natural lighting within the greenhouse.

Equipment

This image was taken with a Panasonic DMC-GX-7 with a Minolta 100mm F/4 Macro MD Mount Manual Focus Lens attached to a Minolta Bellows III. The camera and lens was on a tripod. I used the aperture priority setting on the GX-7. Images were taken a 1/4 of a second, iso 125 and f/8.

Inspiration

I was competing in a Panachallenge contest based on the word "chlorophyll".

Editing

RAW files converted with Adobe RAW. Decreased shadows, decreased highlights, increased contrast; curves; filter-unsharp mask. Used same settings for 5 images that only differed in focus. Loaded 5 files into stack and aligned layers; auto-blend the layers to yield the single photograph.

In my camera bag

I usually have a Panasonic DMC GX-8, a Lumix 7-14mm; Lumix 35-100 mm f2.8; and a Lumix 15-45mm lenses. Extra battery, lens cloth, and SD card are also in my bag.

Feedback

I find that focus stacking is almost essential when using the macro set-up that I described above.

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