For macro junkie

[LordV]

A bit of focus stacking practice on a springtail. Taken from head-on a 14 shot stack. Not sure I like the outcome- makes for a very odd DOF-trail across the pic. Nowhere near Irwin's mammoth cactus stacks but not bad for a bug :)

brian V.

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[macro junkie]

your stacks rule..i can stack with my 50mm but its dam hard past 1:1..must be good to know u can stack any thing u want..oh 1 Q i have..u know when u reline it.well how would u of relined that..can u show me where u put the line to please,i wish i could stack like that..mayby il try again later..gets dishearting tho when i cant even get 3 pics at different focus ranges with out the pic going of line.

[LordV]

your stacks rule..i can stack with my 50mm but its dam hard past 1:1..must be good to know u can stack any thing u want..oh 1 Q i have..u know when u reline it.well how would u of relined that..can u show me where u put the line to please,i wish i could stack like that..mayby il try again later..gets dishearting tho when i cant even get 3 pics at different focus ranges with out the pic going of line.

Hi MJ I didn't have to realign this one but it would have been very difficult because of the DOF coverage (ie finding two identifiable spots in each of the pics) but normally I go for bright specular highlight spots where you can tell where the middle of them is even when they are OOF.

Brian V.

[racketman]

lucky it didn't wiggle its antennae.

[LordV]

lucky it didn't wiggle its antennae.

That's one stacking error that's easy to correct but didn't need to in this one. ;)

brian V.

[Peepaw]

Nice work Brian, cool looking little critter.:)

[macro junkie]

honestly mate..i cant see how your at 4:1 staking pics and your getting 4-8 shots all at different focus ranges with out the pic going off line..your bloody good at this..bugs me im so crap.mayby its because i have the mt-24ex attached to the end of lens..trying to think of excuses now..lol

[dreamline]

Nice stack Brian.

If you look hard enough at the OOF trail, it is possible to visualize a ridge where the springtail is standing... :)

[LordV]

honestly mate..i cant see how your at 4:1 staking pics and your getting 4-8 shots all at different focus ranges with out the pic going off line..your bloody good at this..bugs me im so crap.mayby its because i have the mt-24ex attached to the end of lens..trying to think of excuses now..lol

That could make a difference because I'm sliding the end of the lens on the surface. If the mT-24 fixing makes the end of the lens wider then you are going to be shooting at a much higher angle.

Brian V.

[LordV]

Nice stack Brian.

If you look hard enough at the OOF trail, it is possible to visualize a ridge where the springtail is standing... :)

Thanks Bernie - you are right- someone else mentioned that- trouble is I know the surface was flat :)

Brian V.

[sebastianr]

Cool picture, but as you say it looks pretty unnatural with the DOF ending so abruptly in both ways.
Cool and impressive anyway.

[macro junkie]

Cool picture, but as you say it looks pretty unnatural with the DOF ending so abruptly in both ways.
Cool and impressive anyway.
yes..i think he was just showing me how good of a pic u can get form not relining your pics and just stacking them..not sure if u have seen his work..its 2nd to none..

i need that flash bracket for the mt-24ex that delantech has..this way i can get my flash off my lens and il be able to try and get to grips with this focus stacking.

[Bill Pham]

what is the secret of this stacking Brian. i still can't get the program to work. very frustrating. love the springtail too.

Bill

[macro junkie]

what is the secret of this stacking Brian. i still can't get the program to work. very frustrating. love the springtail too.

Bill
lol..what have u done..i dont get it?why cant u get it to work>what pc are u running.

[LordV]

Sebastien - yes it does look odd in this pic because of the detailed substrate, deep stacks can work well though with flowers etc where the background is OOF anyway.

Bill assume you still have this problem not being able to load the pics ?
Have you tried using combinez5 instead- It has less exacting requirements - you just need to make sure that the dll file they talk about is in the install folder.

Brian V.