See my May Woody Peony postings for background on this peony variety.
These photographs were taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV dslr and the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens stabilized with the Manfrotto BeFree Carbon Fiber tripod with ball head.
The morning breezes of May caused me to “up” ISO to 1600 for a faster shutter speed at higher f-stop.
ISO 1600 f32 1/6 sec
Taking full advantage of the macro lens, the higher ISO helped to maintain sharper focus on the highlighted feature, in this case the stamens.
ISO 1600 f5.6 1/400 sec
A gallery of macros with various settings and aspects of the bloom.
ISO 1600 f32 1/6 sec 
ISO 100 f32. 1/6 sec 
ISO 1600 f5.6 1/320 sec ISO 1600 f5.6 1/400 sec
Michael Stephen Wills Photography 
Very nice close-up shots! That lens is a must for macro photography. I have one from 1993, without IS, and it still works well.
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Nice work.
I have a very old Cosina 100mm f/3.5 macro lens, which always gives great results. Though it is a pain to use sometimes – it will no longer switch to manual focus.
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I am like your Cosina lens, I need to rely on auto-focus as my eyesight is not longer that reliable to judge the sharpness of a focus.
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Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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