Nomada flava Panzer, 1798

5 images stack. Quick pre-processing in DarkTable, stacking in Zerene Stacker, basic processing in GIMP, quick sharpening in Microsoft Photos.

Published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2sdNGx5

#Hymenoptera #Apidae #Nomadinae #Nomada #Pentax #Macro #Bee #Animal #Wildlife #Nature #Mywork #GIMP #DarkTable #ZereneStacker #Stacking #FocusStack #Photography

Virginia strawberry (𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢), from Thompson Park:

This is a stacked composite of 10 focus-bracketed images, because as you may recall I got a clip-on macro lens for Xmas and macro lenses are apparently a gateway drug to focus stacking.  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_stacking

#WildflowerWednesday #BloomScrolling #wildflowers #SpringFlowers #flowers #FocusStack