A few damp macros

Lord Vetinari

Some recent damp macros. All have been focus stacked using zerene.
Brian V.

Raindrops on spider's web




Dew on the car's rear stop light cover

Stumblebum

Lovely set!! One day I will bug you about 'focus stacking'.:D
Cheers!

Cavalier

Incredible images - I bow to you!

lifeinfocus

Five stars. #3 really grabs my attention - contrast, texture, DOF (of course) and lightning.

I understand focus stacking, I believe, for your many outstanding bug shots, but not sure I follow how that works with shots like #3? If you would please, explain how the setup and how it was executed?

Thanks

Phil

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the commentsSB,Jo and Phil - appreciated

Phil- was using my standard 5Dmk2/MPE-65/430Ex flash rig - see shot below
I was handholding the camera resting my left hand on the car and the camera lens on my left hand. To get the effect I want with the light etc I need to shoot the dew at an angle of about 30' hence the need to focus stack to get a reasonable amount in focus. I just move the camera forward on my hand to take the focus slices.

Brian v.

lifeinfocus

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Thanks for the commentsSB,Jo and Phil - appreciated

Phil- was using my standard 5Dmk2/MPE-65/430Ex flash rig - see shot below
I was handholding the camera resting my left hand on the car and the camera lens on my left hand. To get the effect I want with the light etc I need to shoot the dew at an angle of about 30' hence the need to focus stack to get a reasonable amount in focus. I just move the camera forward on my hand to take the focus slices.

Brian v.

Thanks much for your detailed explanation. Excellent work.

When I see macro shots taken by my camera club members, I often mentally image shots from the macro shooters in this forum as the standard for comparison.

Thanks you, Phil