Image catalogue

Gallery

Focus-stacked specimen photography organized by subject. Reference the scientific name and capture notes when requesting a specimen series for licensing or publication.

Flowers

All current flower images are of micro-miniature orchid species grown at home, currently all within the Pleurothallidinae subtribe — the subtribe best tolerated by the grower's conditions.

Focus-stack frame demonstration — Lepanthes myiophora

Three individual frames from a single focus-stack sequence on a flower bud, illustrating the narrow band of sharp focus at each rail position before the frames are merged into one extended-depth composite.

Closest focal plane of Lepanthes myiophora focus stack — Closest to camera

Middle focal plane of Lepanthes myiophora focus stack — Middle

Furthest focal plane of Lepanthes myiophora focus stack — Furthest from camera

Focus-stack frame demonstration — Specklinia furcatipetala

A second three-frame demonstration, showing the same closest/middle/furthest focal-plane progression on a Specklinia furcatipetala flower prior to stacking.

Closest focal plane of Specklinia furcatipetala focus stack — Closest to camera

Middle focal plane of Specklinia furcatipetala focus stack — Middle

Furthest focal plane of Specklinia furcatipetala focus stack — Furthest from camera

Plant Parts

Leaves, roots and other vegetative structures, documented at magnifications that reveal surface texture, developing tissue and reproductive structures not visible to the unaided eye.

Abstract

Non-botanical subjects photographed using the same high-magnification, focus-stacked methodology — mineral surfaces and biological structures explored for texture and form.