Field FOCUS STACK Jumping Spider: Sorry to say I haven't stacked for months, so I'm back to familiarizing myself with the software. Did mange to throw this one together this mourning.

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

Sorry to say I haven't stacked for months, so I'm back to familiarizing myself with the software. Did mange to throw this one together this mourning. Handheld 12 shot stack standing in a cow pasture..

Handheld stack ISO200 1/200-sec F/9

Darkened a little bit......

RetiredPhotog Loc: South West Ohio

Very nice fstop. I think I saw his brother the other day but not near as nice of a shot. :thumbup:

gym Loc: Athens, Georgia

Excellent.

Morkstar Loc: Newcastle United Kingdom

Wow - what a fantastic image. - I really have to get into this stacking business.

Could I ask how quickly do you take the images? My speedlight takes a more to cycle with fresh batteries so with a 12 shot stack the subject may have moved.

Hankwt Loc: kingsville ontario

which software do you use f stop ??

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

Thank you for sharing

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

Amazing as always. As a "stacker", I'm in awe with hand-held 12 shot stacks. I'm also curious about flash recycle times. My Yongnuo will not recycle that quickly-- even with fresh batteries. Do you use Lithiums?

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Beautiful!

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Pretty darn impressive, still don't understand how you can handhold and keep the shots aligned both vertically and horizontally plus manage the DOF on these shots... I am sweating just thinking about it.

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

Blurryeyed wrote:

Pretty darn impressive, still don't understand how you can handhold and keep the shots aligned both vertically and horizontally plus manage the DOF on these shots... I am sweating just thinking about it.

Me too. I tried-- but the images were so mis-aligned, I trashed them.

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

Morkstar wrote:

Could I ask how quickly do you take the images? My speedlight takes a more to cycle with fresh batteries so with a 12 shot stack the subject may have moved.

This was my third try for this individual as mention they do not sit still so be ready to spend some time with your subject. I never start out wanting to Stack any specific spider, but pick the subjects depending on how they react to me.. Some will be curious, others want to run away. At ISO200, and Aperture F/9 I can use my flash settings one notch below 1/2 power. That's the number 3rd power level setting on the manual settings on back of the flash, which has a total of 8 power levels.
Now I take these as quick as possible and would say about 6 seconds of time required for the shots. As soon as the shutter goes off, I'm a fraction from pressing the shutter again.

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

Hankwt wrote:

which software do you use f stop ??

Zerene software.

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

LoneRangeFinder wrote:

My Yongnuo will not recycle that quickly-- even with fresh batteries. Do you use Lithiums?

Hey Allen, glad you asked. I use Eneloop rechargeable batteries. I found these on Kenrockwells website, just used His search engine. Got a great charger with the batteries that drains the battery completely before recharging. These guys are Hotter than the Energizer or Duracell, depending on which were on sell that week. Batteries get expensive after awhile. Again, I'm on the 3rd power level when doing these stacks and my Flash, never misses unless getting low on power.

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

LoneRangeFinder wrote:

Me too. I tried-- but the images were so mis-aligned, I trashed them.

Here's the deal on that.. When field stacking or any other type for that matter you have to go forward or backward in a flow. If you miss a focus area just keep going, if you reverse/go back and capture the area missed, the software gets confused and will screw your stack up. If one is out of line, just delete before running the stack thru the software.

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

fstop22 wrote:

Here's the deal on that.. When field stacking or any other type for that matter you have to go forward or backward in a flow. If you miss a focus area just keep going, if you reverse/go back and capture the area missed, the software gets confused and will screw your stack up. If one is out of line, just delete before running the stack thru the software.

So are you shooting on "continuous"? Thanks for letting me pick your brain.