Red Spiders

[onefivenine]

Two from today - working a split shift so had another wee practise at some macro.

Heather

ISO100, f/8, 1/250, 65mm, 3:1 magnification.

Static

This one would have been an ideal subject for a stack. But I didn't
ISO100, f/6.3, 1/250, 65mm, 5:1 magnification.

 

[vulkan75]

Very nice Dave particularly the first.

Ive had a go at this focus stacking thing using cobine zm with shots using my tamron 90mm.

How do you manage to get the images lined up so well. My stacks come out a mess,even when setting the points manually.Ive tried the reverse stack and the weighted average options and they dont improve things by much

Im doing something wrong obviously...Can you mash up your method for me to try..

cheers

 

[onefivenine]

I'm in exactly the same boat as you vulkan, which is why I don't do stacks!
The few I have tried are mostly mush.

You really need a focus rail like a manfrotto 454, so you can move the focal plane in one direction only.

Perhaps after a couple of years practise doing it handheld I might get closer to the likes of LordV.

Thing is, I'd rather not produce botched handheld stacks - it's too hit or miss for me at the moment - so I'm concentrating on single shots and maximising the subject focus coverage. That's challenging enough!

 

[Mike.P®]

I had a go at stacking and it looked much worse than the original.
I am concentrating on getting the basics sorted first, stacking can wait a few years

 

[onefivenine]

Here's a third red spider. I shot 4 or 5 different ones. This one was guarding some eggs but I blew the hightlights on the egg shot.

I got a slightly better plane of focus on this one. Single shot again as usual.


ISO100, f/6.3, 1/250, 65mm, 5x magnification.

 

[werewolf40]

Very good dave. at that magnification how to you keep the camera so steady.

 

[onefivenine]

Very good dave. at that magnification how to you keep the camera so steady.

Thanks

For these shots it was easy. I just leaned the end of the lens against the tree trunks or fence post.