ok it was raining outside

Lord Vetinari

So I had a play doing some flower focus stack shots of a small cineraria and begonia flowers. All focus stacked using zerene stacker. Last 3 shots are cross-eye stereograms for those that can freeview them.

Brian V

linda1111

OMG! Beautiful! But if it was raining, where's the water?

clickin girl

Beautiful! Great as always!

PGM

I do not know enough about macro to understand your description of technique, but I can tell you every single one is breathtaking! Best, Pam

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments all - appreciated

Linda - Indoor pot plants

Pam - Focus stacking is a way of combining the in focus bits from a series of shots taken at different focus depths into one photograph to increase the DOF of the photograph.

Brian v.

PGM

Brian, what a perfectly clear concise explanation! Sort of like HDR except for focus instead of exposure? Best, Pam

Lord Vetinari

PGM wrote: »

Brian, what a perfectly clear concise explanation! Sort of like HDR except for focus instead of exposure? Best, Pam

Very similar to HDR but you often use more than just 3 shots. Shot #2 for example took 22 shots to get the DOF I wanted.
Brian v.

Rob Pauza

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Very similar to HDR but you often use more than just 3 shots. Shot #2 for example took 22 shots to get the DOF I wanted.
Brian v.

Please tell me you didn't do Shot #2 off-hand with 22 exposures?

Very well done.

-Rob

djkraan

Yes this is quality. Nice DOF

linda1111

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Thanks for the comments all - appreciated

Linda - Indoor pot plants

Pam - Focus stacking is a way of combining the in focus bits from a series of shots taken at different focus depths into one photograph to increase the DOF of the photograph.

Brian v.

haha. Got it.

Lord Vetinari

Thanks again for the comments

Rob for setup shots like this where I know I'm going to do fairly extensive focus stacks, I set the shot up on a table top with some frosted glass place mats and coasters. The subject goes on the coasters to raise it a bit with another coaster behind to act as a background and I rest the whole camera on the table mat. You can then very easily slide the camera to take the focus slices on the glass surface.

Brian V.

Rob Pauza

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Thanks again for the comments

Rob for setup shots like this where I know I'm going to do fairly extensive focus stacks, I set the shot up on a table top with some frosted glass place mats and coasters. The subject goes on the coasters to raise it a bit with another coaster behind to act as a background and I rest the whole camera on the table mat. You can then very easily slide the camera to take the focus slices on the glass surface.

Brian V.

Ah... makes perfect sense. This macro stuff is new to me and really is a whole different world of photography. Thank you so much for taking the time out to share some of your tricks.

-Rob

Lord Vetinari

Rob Pauza wrote: »

Ah... makes perfect sense. This macro stuff is new to me and really is a whole different world of photography. Thank you so much for taking the time out to share some of your tricks.

-Rob

No probs
Not sure if it's obvious or not but shooting high mag macro like this with both camera and subject effectively on the same mcahnically linked rigid surface is actually a lot more stable than trying to use a tripod where the camera and subject are not mechanically linked.
Brian v.