As expected this species is always one of the first to appear, just had to take some photos.
Thought I would show my simple technique along with one of the original frames and the final Zerene PMax stack.



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Mostly luck. This is a small,length 4 mm, House Fly (Caricea, Muscidae). Likely overwinters as an adult. It landed on my hand whilst I was sitting in the sun on a snow-free patch on my deck. Captured in a snap-cap pill vial (these have to be scrupulously clean inside!). With all the snow I guess it did not have the opportunity to get dirty.siliconGary wrote: "How do you capture and kill the fly and keep it looking good" !
What are you using to control the camera(s)?Lou Jost wrote:I regularly make my cheap Yongnuo flashes do 700-800 consecutive flashes 6-8 seconds apart. Sometimes running these stacks repeatedly all day. They are fine. They are at 1/32 power or less. I use an external battery pack to get them through the stack.
As others have noted using low magnification, even @ ISO 64, I need only about 1/64 or 1/32 power for my Nikon SB-900 flash @ 1/200 sec.Deanimator wrote: How many images were stacked?
I ask because DSLR Controller sometimes chooses seventy or more exposures. I'm using continuous lighting because I'm not terribly inclined to cook my good Sigma flash with 77 consecutive actuations.
Beautiful image. How did you mount the specimen? I see no pins or obvious means of attachment. Thank you very much for sharing the image and some of your setup. It helps those of us who are just getting started in this type of work.NikonUser wrote:As others have noted using low magnification, even @ ISO 64, I need only about 1/64 or 1/32 power for my Nikon SB-900 flash @ 1/200 sec.Deanimator wrote: How many images were stacked?
I ask because DSLR Controller sometimes chooses seventy or more exposures. I'm using continuous lighting because I'm not terribly inclined to cook my good Sigma flash with 77 consecutive actuations.
For this image I used 41 images @ 0.1 mm for the stack, hand cranking for each shot and a manual wired (to the camera) trigger for the flash.