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Blue Passion Flower - core, Heesch, Netherlands A focus shift stack of just the stem of a passion flower. Held in a clamp in a diagonal angle towards the camera, back-lit by a flash light, bottom-lit by UV light (which does nothing on passion flowers). Closer:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63004/blue_passion_flower_-_core_ii_heesch_netherlands.html" title="Blue Passion Flower - core II, Heesch, Netherlands"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/63004_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=mFnENq4O6MHNWp4DYwK8DCmfgKo%3D" width="200" height="138" alt="Blue Passion Flower - core II, Heesch, Netherlands A focus shift stack of just the stem of a passion flower. Held in a clamp in a diagonal angle towards the camera, back-lit by a flash light, bottom-lit by UV light (which does nothing on passion flowers). Overview:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63003/blue_passion_flower_-_core_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> Here&#039;s another stack from another angle:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63001/blue_passion_flower_macro_-_ii_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> <br /> Setup:<br /> https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/37235550_10156480611577692_1420255666567643136_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&amp;oh=1fe828d163b5a711b1c4be6552ba64d9&amp;oe=5BEA5C43 Blue Passion Flower,Focus Shift,Focus Stack,Passiflora caerulea" /></a></figure><br /> Here&#039;s another stack from another angle:<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63001/blue_passion_flower_macro_-_ii_heesch_netherlands.html" title="Blue Passion Flower macro - II, Heesch, Netherlands"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/63001_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=Cj1LnG8GriNmPHd7TzYny9npbEk%3D" width="134" height="152" alt="Blue Passion Flower macro - II, Heesch, Netherlands About 2 weeks ago, I noticed how our neighbour&#039;s passion flower plant, which grows several meters during a single summer, has made an entry into our garden by &quot;climbing&quot; over the fence. Great, because they are wonderful flowers. I made a note to myself that as soon as I have time, I will try a focus shifting stack on one of the flowers. As I was rather busy, each day I would just observe if the flower is still there, because a single flower was blossoming. <br /> <br /> Yes, it was still there each day for the whole 2 weeks. Except that it wasn&#039;t, because I&#039;ve now learned that passion flowers bloom for a single day. In other words, I was looking at a different flower every single day. Quite a mindf***?<br /> <br /> Anyway, bear with me a little as I am inexperienced in focus stacking. I&#039;ve made tons of mistakes and I&#039;m still not happy with these results, but you have to start somewhere. This is an in-house scene (every outdoor shot failed horribly due to wind) with the flower on a clamp, and a flash light for top lighting. My camera is flat on the table and I&#039;m using the Nikon D850&#039;s inbuilt focus shifting mode, where you simply enter the number of steps and the size of each step. The background was initially not this dark yet I had to apply some brushes due to halo effects as part of the stacking process. <br /> <br /> And oh yes, about passion flowers. As said, they bloom for a single day. Another remarkable fact is regarding the mimicry of some species. Butterflies using this flower as a host plant to deposit eggs, first check if another butterfly did not already deposited eggs, to avoid cannibalism. The passion flower has a brilliant defense: it contains a mimic of these butterfly eggs: small, orange round bulbs that looks like eggs, but are purely a misleading appendage. <br /> <br /> Some different crops:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/62997/blue_passion_flower_macro_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63002/blue_passion_flower_macro_-_iii_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> <br /> Different experiments:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63005/white_flower_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63007/flower_stack_heesch_netherlands.html Blue Passion Flower,Europe,Focus Shift,Focus Stack,Heesch,Netherlands,Passiflora caerulea,World" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> Setup:<br /> <a href="https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/37235550_10156480611577692_1420255666567643136_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&amp;oh=1fe828d163b5a711b1c4be6552ba64d9&amp;oe=5BEA5C43" rel="nofollow">https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/37235550_10156480611577692_1420255666567643136_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&amp;oh=1fe828d163b5a711b1c4be6552ba64d9&amp;oe=5BEA5C43</a> Blue Passion Flower,Focus Shift,Focus Stack,Passiflora caerulea Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Blue Passion Flower - core, Heesch, Netherlands

A focus shift stack of just the stem of a passion flower. Held in a clamp in a diagonal angle towards the camera, back-lit by a flash light, bottom-lit by UV light (which does nothing on passion flowers). Closer:

Blue Passion Flower - core II, Heesch, Netherlands A focus shift stack of just the stem of a passion flower. Held in a clamp in a diagonal angle towards the camera, back-lit by a flash light, bottom-lit by UV light (which does nothing on passion flowers). Overview:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63003/blue_passion_flower_-_core_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> Here's another stack from another angle:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63001/blue_passion_flower_macro_-_ii_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> <br /> Setup:<br /> https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/37235550_10156480611577692_1420255666567643136_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=1fe828d163b5a711b1c4be6552ba64d9&oe=5BEA5C43 Blue Passion Flower,Focus Shift,Focus Stack,Passiflora caerulea

Here's another stack from another angle:

Blue Passion Flower macro - II, Heesch, Netherlands About 2 weeks ago, I noticed how our neighbour's passion flower plant, which grows several meters during a single summer, has made an entry into our garden by "climbing" over the fence. Great, because they are wonderful flowers. I made a note to myself that as soon as I have time, I will try a focus shifting stack on one of the flowers. As I was rather busy, each day I would just observe if the flower is still there, because a single flower was blossoming. <br /> <br /> Yes, it was still there each day for the whole 2 weeks. Except that it wasn't, because I've now learned that passion flowers bloom for a single day. In other words, I was looking at a different flower every single day. Quite a mindf***?<br /> <br /> Anyway, bear with me a little as I am inexperienced in focus stacking. I've made tons of mistakes and I'm still not happy with these results, but you have to start somewhere. This is an in-house scene (every outdoor shot failed horribly due to wind) with the flower on a clamp, and a flash light for top lighting. My camera is flat on the table and I'm using the Nikon D850's inbuilt focus shifting mode, where you simply enter the number of steps and the size of each step. The background was initially not this dark yet I had to apply some brushes due to halo effects as part of the stacking process. <br /> <br /> And oh yes, about passion flowers. As said, they bloom for a single day. Another remarkable fact is regarding the mimicry of some species. Butterflies using this flower as a host plant to deposit eggs, first check if another butterfly did not already deposited eggs, to avoid cannibalism. The passion flower has a brilliant defense: it contains a mimic of these butterfly eggs: small, orange round bulbs that looks like eggs, but are purely a misleading appendage. <br /> <br /> Some different crops:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/62997/blue_passion_flower_macro_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63002/blue_passion_flower_macro_-_iii_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> <br /> Different experiments:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63005/white_flower_heesch_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63007/flower_stack_heesch_netherlands.html Blue Passion Flower,Europe,Focus Shift,Focus Stack,Heesch,Netherlands,Passiflora caerulea,World


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  1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
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    Wow! Super impressive detail! Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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      Thanks, Lisa! It's a very error prone and cumbersome process, so these are my baby steps into this discipline. May make for a nice winter hobby :) Posted 7 years ago
  3. View Christine Young's profile
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    I like your setup...very creative use of lights and monopoly. Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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      None of this would be possible without monopoly p: Posted 7 years ago
      1. View Christine Young's profile
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        Haha ;) Posted 7 years ago
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          Completely off-topic, but did you know of the tragedy of monopoly? It's designed as an anti-capitalist game, purposefully designed to show how no matter how you play it, you always end up with a situation that one player owns everything. Obviously that message is entirely lost, instead it is embraced as if it is the normal and natural outcome.

          Not sure why I'm sharing this, it's just an interesting background of the game. The other interesting part is of course how everybody ignores the original rules.           Posted 7 years ago
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            Yes! I did know that! There were 2 sets of rules - a monopolist set and an anti-monopolist set. The monopolist rules clearly won out since so many people love to accumulate wealth and crush others. Posted 7 years ago
            1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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              I should try to find littler-known facts, this one was too well known :) Posted 7 years ago
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                Hehe, I only knew it because my kids love all versions of Monopoly, and I stumbled across the history of the game while I was searching for ways to shorten the game and “bend” the rules without it being obvious to children ;P Posted 7 years ago
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    Excellent!! Posted 7 years ago
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      Thanks! And just in time, today our neighbor cut of the string of passion flowers from her end :) Posted 7 years ago

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The Blue Passion Flower

Passiflora caerulea, commonly known as the Blue Passion Flower or the Common Passion Flower, is a vine native to South America (Argentina, Paraguay (where it is widely known as the Mburucuyá in Guaraní), Uruguay and Brazil). These names may also be applied to Passiflora edulis sometimes known as the passionfruit.

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Uploaded Jul 15, 2018. Captured Jul 14, 2018 21:51.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/9.0
  • 2s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm