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Callery Pear, filament and anthers, Heesch, Netherlands
This is a macro stack from an individual flower of a tree that grows in our garden: Pyrus calleryana Decne. During early spring, it produces several thousands of small flowers, about 2cm in size.
The funny thing about this stack is the making of. I was having my best friend Barry over, showing him my new stacking gear. Demonstrating a stack is very time confusing because of all the steps involved:
- composition and specimen preparation
- step length calculation
- rail positioning
- several lighting tests
- running the stack
- stacking the images
Not wanting to bore him out, I half-assed all steps. I put the thing on a clam, did nothing regarding lighting, just dialed in a gut feeling number, and ran the stack. While it ran, we did nothing to avoid vibration.
Through sheer luck, this careless stack turned out pretty well. Acceptably sharp, no stacking mistakes where background objects protrude into the foreground, and hardly any halos.
Life lesson: don't try so hard.
"Pyrus calleryana", or the Callery pear, is a species of pear tree native to China and Vietnam, in the family Rosaceae. It is most commonly known for its cultivar 'Bradford' and its offensive odor, widely planted throughout the United States and increasingly regarded as an invasive species.
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But "time confusing" has a metaphoric subtlety all in its own league... I propose a definition along these lines:
"Discrepancy in the perception of time between two or more participants in the same event where part of people present are so much more consumed emotionally or attention wise that they seem to experience another time flow than the one perceived by more innocent bystanders, causing confusion over the progress of time." Posted 5 years ago