A few Bee & Fly FOCUS STACKs
May 1, 2013 11:10:15 #
Out playing this morning. First two stacks are 6 photo deep, last one is 4 photos. All shot at F/9, hand-held, 1/200, diffused flash, ISO 200. I noticed more noise even at ISO200 compared to ISO100. This is fun and all but if I want to get the killer shots I will have to capture, kill, stake the insects and use a tripod/table, with a focusing rail. I see too many missed overlap in the focusing, even at F/9. These are shot at 2:1 and the DOF is Paper thin. Maybe I'll play with flowers for awhile as I think about it.. I've been looking at the 10X objectives also, Blurryeyed warned me about this :XD: :XD:
May 1, 2013 11:21:07 #
May 1, 2013 11:31:25 #
Very nice. Bee flies are often very skittish. How did you get them to stay still long enough to take several pics for a stack?
May 1, 2013 11:33:05 #
Stack is better on 1 than 2 and I would have been proud to have shot either. Well done
May 1, 2013 14:48:27 #
The detail in image #2 is exquisite!
You might consider refrigeration as well.
You might consider refrigeration as well.
May 1, 2013 15:39:24 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
I tried refrigeration/freezer Once 6 months ago. It was on a small wolf spider. With the heat/humidity here in florida you instantly get condensation build up on the eyes before you can even photograph, like dew drops. It looked staged to me so I haven't tried since.The detail in image #2 is exquisite!
You might consider refrigeration as well.
You might consider refrigeration as well.
May 1, 2013 17:29:45 #
May 1, 2013 17:34:09 #
You don't that's part of the challenge. I past up 3 or 4 others that were flighty. This one settled in after 2 or three hops around the weeds and landed on this piece of wood. You're never guaranteed a shot, just go with the flow and hope for the best.
gym wrote:
Very nice. Bee flies are often very skittish. How did you get them to stay still long enough to take several pics for a stack?
May 1, 2013 17:46:58 #
fstop22 wrote:
I like this approach as well. Some of the aspects that I like are when species' behavior is captured which you can't do with refrigeration. Hangman, Tom, Nikonian, & you do it well. Mine are more portraits. I believe the current expression is "meh"....You don't that's part of the challenge. I past up 3 or 4 others that were flighty. This one settled in after 2 or three hops around the weeds and landed on this piece of wood. You're never guaranteed a shot, just go with the flow and hope for the best.
May 1, 2013 19:17:13 #
Blurryeyed wrote:
LOL... Get out the pins and needles... Nice work.
you would kill a bug? whats wrong with you? :shock: ha ha
May 1, 2013 19:18:02 #
May 1, 2013 19:42:16 #
Geff and I were talking a few weeks ago when I first got this software.. I was telling him how insane/anal/, {like I'm Not} the other fellows were that stack several hundred photos together to make one shot. Geff caution this might rub off on me. I can see already if I want the quality of photos posted like the ones LordV shares I'll have to go this route. I've joined the website these Pro stackers belong to and have been listening in and reading all of the material available if I take this route. These guys shot for absolute perfection, not sure if I have the time or heart to commit. I think Blurryeyed is taunting me, saying, I Told You So
:XD: :XD:
tinusbum wrote:
you would kill a bug? whats wrong with you? :shock: ha ha
:XD: :XD:
May 1, 2013 19:44:15 #
Thanks .Tom, you shoot a Mean Macro Yourself..
tinusbum wrote:
excellent shots, Martin. I am jealous.
May 1, 2013 19:45:51 #
Blurryeyed wrote:
Thanks the Blurryeyed One. Liking your Jumpers. LOL... Get out the pins and needles... Nice work.
:thumbup: :thumbup:
May 2, 2013 08:08:51 #
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