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Ant | A Nightmare stack
This is my second attempt at an Ant stack, after my other a few months back.
This stack wasn't too bad in all honesty when i first looked at it, comparing it to others it has its many minor issues but i don't have one of these micro meter thingies which automatically moves the camera 0.01mm for every photo so i think i did a good job manually moving it around 0.1mm for each photo with my new setup that i built (See Below)
If you are interested in stacking then read this article which will help you in starting with the basics as i am doing, lighting, rail and objectives etc...
www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun09/mm-macrostack.html
This was a Non-crop stack of 100 images all taken separately, i held the flash in place (bad cramp) and the 2 lights either side for more light. 8x Objective.
I set a timer on the camera so i can press the button and then let it settle before it takes the image.
Although it's not the best of quality, i don't think i will change my setup anymore, i think i'm beginning to take the fun out of why i started macro photography, i don't find this this as fun anymore, more a chore which is awful to say really. I was thinking of buying an automated rail but again, it's like the rail would be the thing creating the image and not myself, so manually getting the image is what i might get back to doing, outdoors in the sun chasing wasps waiting for one to land to get an image was more fun.
Ant | A Nightmare stack
This is my second attempt at an Ant stack, after my other a few months back.
This stack wasn't too bad in all honesty when i first looked at it, comparing it to others it has its many minor issues but i don't have one of these micro meter thingies which automatically moves the camera 0.01mm for every photo so i think i did a good job manually moving it around 0.1mm for each photo with my new setup that i built (See Below)
If you are interested in stacking then read this article which will help you in starting with the basics as i am doing, lighting, rail and objectives etc...
www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun09/mm-macrostack.html
This was a Non-crop stack of 100 images all taken separately, i held the flash in place (bad cramp) and the 2 lights either side for more light. 8x Objective.
I set a timer on the camera so i can press the button and then let it settle before it takes the image.
Although it's not the best of quality, i don't think i will change my setup anymore, i think i'm beginning to take the fun out of why i started macro photography, i don't find this this as fun anymore, more a chore which is awful to say really. I was thinking of buying an automated rail but again, it's like the rail would be the thing creating the image and not myself, so manually getting the image is what i might get back to doing, outdoors in the sun chasing wasps waiting for one to land to get an image was more fun.