2 shot focus stack mantids mating

[macro junkie]

after some help from brian i managed to sort out stacking..i was using the normal combine which was rubbish imo..i downloaded combinez5.relined the images..bingo

Thanks brian:)

time to start stacking with mpe-65:)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/3045816710_529f74b5d6_o.jpg

[LordV]

Lovely shot(s) Scott :) - but you left in the oof stripe !
Brian V.

[macro junkie]

Lovely shot(s) Scott :) - but you left in the oof stripe !
Brian V.
i cant see what u mean?

[sparkplug]

Great shot.

Brian is talking about where his front left foot (for lack of correct terminology) touches the ground. It makes an OOF strip across left and right. I didn't even notice it.

[LordV]

i cant see what u mean? There's an oof foreground stripe running through the females foot
Brian V.

[Dalantech]

Looks like the matids can stack just fine Scott :D

[macro junkie]

Looks like the matids can stack just fine Scott :D
i been stacking flys with mpe-65..just editing some now. :)u ever going to loose your virginity and stack a shot with the mpe-65?lol
also how comes you dont ever shoo globular springtails or stuff thats in the mm?dont interest you?

[Dalantech]

i been stacking flys with mpe-65..just editing some now. :)u ever going to loose your virginity and stack a shot with the mpe-65?lol
also how comes you dont ever shoo globular springtails or stuff thats in the mm?dont interest you?

I plan on doing some two and three frame stacks this spring subject permitting. Most of the time I just don't see a need for it -I'm not a detail junkie so stopping a lens down doesn't bother me ;)

I don't shoot springtails because once you're seen one of them you've seen them all -at 5x you're not gonna fill the frame with one and there aren't too many different compositions. A portrait at 10x might impress me...

[macro junkie]

[quote=Dalantech;6726832]I plan on doing some two and three frame stacks this spring subject permitting. Most of the time I just don't see a need for it -I'm not a detail junkie so stopping a lens down doesn't bother me ;)
[quote]
well i think you do..the bubble blowing fly u posted has only 1 eye in focus. this in cause you dont stack.i get this with my mantids shots to..its got the point where im pretty sick of it so the only other option is stacking.you might like that effect but i dont.id like to step down to f/16 but its just to dam soft for my liking..im happy with f/11 even at 4X and 5X sometimes..but the lack of dof im getting annoys me alot.i think it spoils the image.like i was saying to brian..i wish they would brian out a slr that gives us dof of f/32 but the sharpness of f/8 or f/11..

[TheHoff]

Looks like the matids can stack just fine Scott

:D

Entertaining shot... if you look at the black dots on the eyes as pupils, it looks like she is looking over her shoulder back at him and he is rolling his eyes (in delight? or boredom?)

[Dalantech]

...i was saying to brian..i wish they would brian out a slr that gives us dof of f/32 but the sharpness of f/8 or f/11..

I think what we need is a 1.3 or 1.4x crop factor camera with a 12MP sensor and huge micro lenses. Then you'd have a camera with an F16+ diffraction limit.

I answered you in the fly post, but at the angle I was shooting getting the trailing eye in focus wouldn't add to the image -it would just make the composition confusing because the viewer wouldn't know where to look.

Looking at the mantid mating pair there are several angles that would give you both of the leading eyes in focus Scott with a single frame at F11...

[macro junkie]

Looking at the mantid mating pair there are several angles that would give you both of the leading eyes in focus Scott with a single frame at F11...
not at that angle tho.the males head was about 2/3inch behind the females head.even at f/16 both heads wasnt in focus cause i tried.i did do alot more angles tho with both heads in focus with 1 shot..i really dont like stacking tbh..its a pain in the ass..but its good to have as a back up..i will continue to practicing using it and only use it when i need to,I like exprementing..Have you even tried it yet:?:)

[Dalantech]

not at that angle tho.the males head was about 2/3inch behind the females head.i did do alot more angles tho with both heads in focus with 1 shot..i really dont like stacking.but its good to have as a back up//i just need to get better at it.

Like I've said before -I plan to add stacking to my bag of tricks. But I'm not changing the Fstops that I shoot at...