Peonies in cream

[CMunzel]

[Fogey]

White, in my experience, is one of the hardest colours to expose for, so you have done well here, Cheryl.

The delicacy of this flower, against that pastel background, makes for an eye-catching image..  I love it.

[CMunzel]

Thank you for your generous feedback, Fogey. It is very challenging to take good photos of white flowers like these, surprisingly: especially getting the composition and lighting right . I focus stacked these ones. 

[Clicker]

My favourite  flower ...I  have  one outside my  laundry room door into the garden... It  really is challenging exposing for  a flower like this ... I  remember  processing one last year in mono with a texture overlay so I appreciate   this image  too ..The tonal values are terrific.. nice work Missus  !

[Fogey]

20 hours ago, CMunzel said:

Thank you for your generous feedback, Fogey. It is very challenging to take good photos of white flowers like these, surprisingly: especially getting the composition and lighting right . I focus stacked these ones. 

There are times, Cheryl, when focus stacking is the way to go.  One of my favourite methods.

[CMunzel]

I’m really just learning it. I had difficulty deciding where to start with the focus at the front. 

[Fogey]

I invested in a focusing rail - £17 from Amazon and used that rather than the focusing ring.  Far more accurate. 

Here

What program do you use for the actual blending?

 

 

[CMunzel]

My Nikon 850 has a focus stacking program that I used with these. I manually focus it on the closest part of the flower, select how many photos to take and the increments and, of course, set the ISO, aperture and speed.  I use PhotoShop to stack them. Of course, there are still decisions to be made and plenty of room for error. I shoot in RAW so it takes a while to stack them - time to make a cuppa. 
with this image I shot 20 images and still found the focus a bit soft at the front.

[Ryewolf]

A very nice shot Cheryl