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Old 18th of August 2006 (Fri)   #1
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LordV makes it look sooooooooooo easy! So I went to the lake to try my luck and I definitely need more practice! I set the camera to continuous shooting mode and adjusted the focus as the camera fired. No tripod, and with the wind today I'm not so sure it would have helped...





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Old 18th of August 2006 (Fri)   #2
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Well they seem to have worked although you have got a duplicate halo along the top of the abdomen in #1 (fairly common in a stack- just need to use the clone tool to get rid of it).
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Wow, I like the second shot!
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Well they seem to have worked although you have got a duplicate halo along the top of the abdomen in #1 (fairly common in a stack- just need to use the clone tool to get rid of it).
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Thanks Brian! I think I need more practice too -you really do make it seem simple and it's not...
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Wow, I like the second shot!
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Hiya Dalantech,
Love #2 & 10 outa 10 for trying, I've had several attempts at this focus stacking & must be doin something dreadfully wrong 'cause I just wind up with an horrendous mess all the time.
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Hiya Dalantech,
Love #2 & 10 outa 10 for trying, I've had several attempts at this focus stacking & must be doin something dreadfully wrong 'cause I just wind up with an horrendous mess all the time.
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That's one shot out of 275 that I took this afternoon...
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MMMMM, know that feeling only to well, still it look a bloody good try to me,
one day I may get there
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MMMMM, know that feeling only to well, still it look a bloody good try to me,
one day I may get there
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Not all of them were focus stack attempts, but it's easy to take a lot of photos when the camera is in continuous mode -I was kind stunned that I got anything usable and I'm not so sure I like the effect. I'm too use to viewing the critters in a shallow plane of focus...
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#2 is a winner I agree with brian on what he said about the first shot.
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#2 is a winner I agree with brian on what he said about the first shot.
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Love #2, it a beauty.

I've yet to try focus stacking and your shots do actually inspire me...

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Love #2, it a beauty.

I've yet to try focus stacking and your shots do actually inspire me...

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LordV makes it look sooooooooooo easy!
Nice attempts. Brian makes most macro stuff look easy.

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