Coreopsis

Focus stacked sixty images for the top photo and twenty nine images to complete the bottom photo. Changed the background color and added a custom texture on the bottom image also. Coreopsis is a tiny flower usually measures about one half inch or smaller.

Russian Sage

Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)

Prince at Rest

I used my Canon Powershot SX50 HS to zoom to about 2000mm ( 35mm Equivalent ) to get this close up look of the zoo's newest additions. The lions are approximately 85ft from the camera. The canon makes a great lightweight choice when you need a lot of reach from your lens. I still prefer this later edition to newer ones because of its incredible reach( macro to 4800mm), it shoots RAW, it has a hot shoe, and it flash syncs up to 1/800 of second. When I find another that meets those standards I will upgrade. Nikon is coming out with a Nikon DL with a 1 inch backlit sensor that I am very interested in for an upgrade.

Sleeping Prince

Lion cub sleeps the day away. Taken at the Buffalo Zoo.

Ageratum

An old fashion garden favorite is this tiny fairy ageratum. This macro was made from 22 images focus stacked in Zerene Stacker and finished with Aurora HDR Pro.

Eagle

Bald eagle profile.

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Hairy spider was lurking in my garage. I focus stacked 32 images in Zerene Stacker and finished the image in Aurora HDR Pro and Photoshop CC.

I changed the background color and used 44 focus stacked images and got a sharper, deeper image.