Hi Robert,

I wondered iff you tried other combinations with the SK macro-symmar ?

Thanks, Rudi

A live one, 7 shot stack..

Sumguy01 wrote: Interesting..

Indeed. Thanks.

Very nice indeed. My favourite is the 'complete' flower with the white background, maybe because nothing is cut off here.
Love also the last detailed shot !!

Jorgen and Troels, thanks for the comments.

Thanks for your detailed explanation Troels, really appreciated. I should have asked on forehand iff anyone had some experience with the Manfrotto slider, before starting to experiment, but it was fun anyway, and a learning experience off course. For now I use it indoors and outdoors, I have not (ye...

Very nice Troels. Is that the Manfrotto 454 you are using? Lately I have been 'playing around' with that slider myself, and to my surprise, for my purpose up to now, it works remarkably well. With a home made dial and hand I am able to make steps off about 0.01 mm, all by hand off course .... :wink:...

Now, thats a long story Brian....Your patience has been rewarded. Very difficult to capture these little buggers, they never seem to stop... !!
All great shots, with the last one being my favourite....

Ladybug puppa +/- 5 mm long
Settings:
5DIII bellows/rev50mm@+/-4x ; f4 1/125 iso100; diff MT24EX ETTL; Tripod-Manfr454; 52 frames stacked in Zerene; Edges cropped



C&C always welcomed.

Converted this "dull-brownish" moth to B&W. My equipment is still very 'basic', but first I want to get the light right before diving in a more advanced setup.... Have been trying out some lighting setups. Maybe too much, because after a while I was wondering iff the changes I made were for worse or...

Very nice pictures Steve, love the lighting !!

Can you ellaborate a little bit on your 'new-home-made-diffuser' ??

Thanks Rudi. The bug was surrounded (top, front and sides) by a cut-up studio-flash diffuser dome with a hole in front for the lens to look through. Background was a piece of flocking stuck to some card. This was simply lit with two Trond flat-panel LED lamps (so effectively double diffused). Thank...

Great detail, nice lighting. May I ask how you setup your lighting ?

You can ask an ID request on 'bugguide.net'.

Like the first one best, like the 'glowing' feet. Though the eye detail seems better in the second pic, can be my 'older' eyes ???