Love the final image, superb. What lighting did you use on that one?

Frank

Superb set of images!

New South Wales. Australia. 6 image handheld stack.

Canon 5D Mk4, 100mm L macro with Raynox 250. hot shoe mounted flash with homemade diffuser. Processed in Zerene, PS & LR.



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Frank

Web casting spider (Deinopis subrufa) New South Wales.





Frank

Fabulous shots, as always.

Lovely set and lovely soft light. Was this a large cone diffuser or flat?

Frank

Heteropoda davidbowie. Pahang, Malaysia

Canon 5D Mk4 100mL macro lens. On camera flash with homemade diffuser.

6 image handheld stack. Stacked and retouched in Zerene.




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Frank

Small jungle jumping spider (4mm), Selangor, Malaysia.

Canon 5D Mk4 100m L macro lens and Raynox 250. On camera flash with homemade diffuser.




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Frank

Litter frog. (Leptobrachium hendricksoni). Selangor. Malaysia.

Handheld stack with flash.



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Frank

Hi the specs were as follows: Canon 5D mk4 100mm L macro lens. First image was 8 frames F11 1/160th and 200 iso. Second image: 10 frames F11 1/160th 200 iso Third image: 8 frames 1/160th F14 200 iso Time for each stack around 10-15 seconds. Spider has a body size of about 12mm. Hope the above helps ...

Hi Lou The grain has actually reduced during the stacking process. The ISO was rediculously high at 8000 but the light in the bush was very low and I wanted a natural light stack. In all the frames the grain is worse than the combined image. That said I quite like somewhat painterly appearance of th...

Hyllus sp. Pahang, Malaysia. Handheld stacks. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/3521_27612764_ZS_retouchedEdit_1.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/3521_27942798_ZS_PMaxEdit_1.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/3521_28182822_ZS_retouchedEdit_1.jpg Thank you ...

Siamese Peninsula Pit Viper (Trimeresurus fucatus)

9 shot handheld stack in natural light. Stacked in Zerene.



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Frank

The stack was achieved by fixing focus on the part of the fly closest to the lens and then moving the camera forward a fraction before taking the next frame. Once the furthest point has been captured, the stack set is complete. All images then combined in Zerene and retouched as needed.

Frank

Maratus volans feeding on a long legged fly. New South Wales, Australia. 5 image handheld stack.




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Frank