RedAdmiral wrote:
Well, after numerous attempts at positioning, figuring out exposures/lighting, trial and error passes with StackRail, software crashes, and more than a few curse words. I finally realized one of my fantasy photos. A macro panographic shot of a millipede. Including 76 exposures, 1mm movement between each on a StackRail, I attempted to combine the exposures in Helicon Focus, but all its panographic module would do was give me a "Contact sheet" of all the images. I downloaded the newest version still no avail. A friend suggested I use Lightroom which crashed a few times trying to digest the data before succeeding. Then on to Capture One for editing and removing spots from mirror defects and dirt, white balance, etc. Then to Photoshop Elements to downsample the resulting 320 megabyte image to about 2. All in all it took a bit over 10 hours. I think the critter is a Eurasian Millipede, an introduced species doing well in the Pacific Northwest. Comments and/or suggestions are appreciated.
Canon 6D mk II, Canon 65 mm 1 to 5 Macro (about 3.5 X), StackRail, Capture One, Lightroom, Photoshop Elements 13.
.6 seconds, F16, ISO 1600, Light by Cat LED Worklight and florescent ring light.
Well, after numerous attempts at positioning, figu... (
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WHEW. A labor of love.
I wish now I still had my labware.