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Stacked: Bumblebee

A sluggish, wet bumblebee (species unknown) afforded me a close-up photo, shot on my smartphone, with a homemade macro add-on lens.

This is my first attempt at focus stacking. I took two photos with my phone, which naturally had two slightly different slices of the insect in focus. I manually aligned them in GIMP, and selectively erased as appropriate.

I know, some people do this a lot and are far better at it than me, but doing it for the first time did give a small sense of achievement.

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Uploaded on October 30, 2024
Taken on September 29, 2024