Hello everyone.
Second attempt at this macro thingy!
The photograph was taken using a Nikon D800, a Nikkor 50mm enlarging lens reverse mounted on a set of bellows, all mounted on a Wemacro rail. The subject was a Green and black horned beetle (Mystroceros rouyeri). The lighting was two flash units, which are new to me and took a while to fathom.
I finished up with 90 photographs, which were divided into three stacks each with 30 photographs. Each individual stack was processed using Zerene Stacker to produce a Dmap image, and the three resulting images were then stacked into a final image using Dmap. The final image was processed using a combination of Photoshop and Topaz.
Newbie second attempt
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Hi KeithBugEZ wrote:Wow! Excellent work! Shiny beetles can be quite tricky.
Why did you subdivide the images? How did you pick the dividing point?
Once again, my complements!
Keith
After a lot of trial and error with my first effort I found that this method resulted in fewer artefacts. The split into three again came from experimenting as I found that anymore than 35 or so images also produced artefacts. I think that generally the fewer images stacked the fewer problems.
Stephen.
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Hi Chris.ChrisR wrote:Very encouraging:).
Being picky, there is a fuzzy patch about 3/4 the way up each "horn". Any idea why?
I think that my starting point for focus wasn’t accurate enough, and the two out of focus areas are a result of operator error !
Stephen.
www.stevelewis.photography
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