Just in time.

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These beautiful blossoms line the streets here but sadly last no more than a few days. I was lucky to snip one off a local tree and carefully conveyed it to the studio for some Helicon work:

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Leica SL2-S, 135mm Elmar lens head at f/4 on the Leitz Focusing Bellows II, LED ring light. ISO 400, 1/30th second. Composite of 48 (!) images focus stacked in Helicon Focus.