Peach Hibiscus, Stacked

• Photographer
  Marc Kittner
• Technical Info
  FujiFilm GFX 100Sii and 110 mm f/2 R LM WR Lens with MCEX-45G WT Macro Extension Tube
• Photo Date
  August 24, 2025

I clipped this Peach Hibiscus blossom from my bush in Philadelphia. The finished image is made up of 155 different images of a very small area, each with a slightly different focal length. In postprocessing, the images are stacked in Zerene stacking software before being minimally processed and enlarged for viewing.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, raised in Rhode Island, I stayed in the east through college. There I majored in Philosophy, studying Hegel and Wittgenstein, both western philosophers steeped in eastern religion. I also took courses on Buddhism, Taoism and Chinese Painting. I then spent over 35 years in Seattle, with international travel regularly to Southeast Asia. I retired in 2018, when my wife and I moved to Philadelphia for her new job. Since then, photography, and particularly botanical photography, has been my focus.