Cool.

Read a similar article not that long ago. Seems to be a hot topic at the moment.

Great work. This really proves how critical the diffuser is.

Very cool. Looks like a nut cracker to me. Great lighting. Great detail.

Very clean and detailed image.

Very impressed. Can I be your friend too? Hahahaha!

Wow. See clear. Great lighting. Must be an awesome lens.

Pretty sweet. I'd like to get that lens.

Thanks. Not too sure which image I like more. Perhaps I would need to see a before and after with a wider shot of the head.

Excellent image. I love the hair along the back edge of the eye.

Wow! Amazing detail. Great lighting too.

Two more attempts. The first one required more than normal manual touchups to correct for the ghosting issue.

...The immediate culprit is much simpler: the lens accepts a cone of light. This lets portions of the lens "look around" the foreground object to see detail that is logically hidden when you think about just the central ray. Would using a longer focal length lens help since they see a narrower fiel...

Thanks Chris. This is starting to make sense. Now I just need to get lucky and find some cheap objectives. I never knew they could cost that much. I have some respect for the people here that have amassed a small collection. They most probably have more disposable income than I do at this moment. :l...

I retook the stack to gather enough data to render everything in focus. But I am getting some serious ghosting in the image. Background detail is popping through into the foreground. Diffraction is the culprit. From what I gather I could use a telecentric lens.

Thanks.

Should I strive to capture the entire subject? Or continue to only go for the faces?