Tiny Flower - macro

This may not be the world's smallest flower but it is the smallest I have.

The plant:
Adromischus cooperi



produces a disproportionately long flower stem



with tiny flowers which open gradually along the stem



Just the subject for some macro focus stacking.

The M5 fitted with a Raynox MSN-202 25 diopter macro conversion lens



The result of 35 focus stacked photos processed with Helicon Focus



The set up used was described HERE.

Helicon Focus

Helicon Focus is a focus stacking program available for Windows and Mac.
Not cheap at $200 + taxes but it does handle CR2 RAW photos from the Canon M5 as well as JPG.
Processing JPGs is very fast. RAW photos take a lot longer as the program uses an Adobe converter to convert CR2 to DNG for use in  processing. It is worth the wait though for the extra quality.
Output files can be DNG, TIFF or JPG.

Even the JPG stacking is a vast improvement over the other programs I have.

This from stacking 36 JPG shots in Zerene Stacker


The same JPG shots processed in Helicon Focus


This time a stack of 70 RAW shots


of a rather dried up Chinese Lantern seed case.