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Just some macro fun with an orchid I have in a flower pot.
My first attempt with focus stacking using Zerene Stacker.
Tried several times using Adobe Photoshop CS5 with completely useless results. Downloaded Zerene Stacker (trial) and it worked flawlessly on the first attempt. Go figure :-)
Not completely sure whether I'd prefer to have more light from the top, but I really like the dramatic light from the bottom. :-)
Strobist info:
Key: naked SB-800 with grid, directly below subject
Fill: SB-800, shoot-through umbrella, 45 degrees above subject, camera left
Eschscholzia californica.
While many wild California Poppy plants are without flowers in late fall into early winter, we have a few plants that have come up in pots in which other plants grow and they are flowering actively in late December. This one was drooping with the weight of the rain.
I must have missed a point in my photo stacking because 'Canon' on the camera isn't as sharp as it should be.
© Anvilcloud Photography
Focus stacking generally gives great results - with a tripod. Not having a tripod I thought I'd give it a try. I set the camera on manual focus and swayed my body in and out. This didn't come out too bad because it was in the middle of the frame. Moving away from center produced ghosting (17 images). Probably f/5.6 and half the images would have been better. Fewer images equal fewer processing issues to resolve.
True Dung Beetle ( Onthophagus fissicornis ♂ )
Tech info | 118 exposures stacked at f4, exp.time 2.5sec, ISO200, 6x magnification,
Stacking soft / Zerene Stacker
Canon MacroPhoto Lens 35mm f/2.8 | Asahi Pentax Auto Bellows M | Sony A7
V4 edited per comments from Alan and John. Focus stacked in Photoshop. See v6 for improved detail using Zerene Stacker.
Sea glass (beach glass) — tumbled fragments of man-made glass weathered by water and abrasion.
Likely sources: bottles, jars, tableware, cosmetic containers
Formation: decades of tumbling smooths edges and creates the matte “frosted” surface
Color assessment (from your image)
Dominant hues: cobalt blue, cornflower/soft blue, aqua
Minor variation: one deeper violet-blue piece (possibly manganese-tinted glass or thicker cobalt)
Interpretation:
Cobalt blue: typically from medicine, cosmetic, or specialty bottles
Aqua / light blue: often from older bottles, jars, or insulators (pre-1920s glass formulas with iron content)
Purple tones: sometimes “sun-colored” glass where manganese reacted with UV over time
Description
Smooth, rounded fragments with consistent marine abrasion
Frosted surfaces with slight translucency; some pieces retain semi-gloss patches (indicating partial weathering)
Shapes: irregular but softened—no sharp edges
Thickness variation suggests mixed origins (bottles + possibly thicker tableware fragments)
Arrangement emphasizes tonal gradient from pale blue → saturated cobalt → violet
Quality / Grade (visual estimate)
Mixed “fine” to “very fine” grade
Mostly well-frosted and rounded
A few pieces show minor shine or flatter faces
Rarity (general, not location-specific)
Aqua / soft blue: uncommon
Cobalt blue: uncommon to rare (depends on region)
Purple: uncommon
(Blue family overall is less common than clear/green/brown sea glass )
Continuing the Pselaphinae series, here is the type species of the type genus of this subfamily. It was described by the German entomologist Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst in 1792. I've found it with the help of amateur entomologist friends, sifting the litter of a marsh. Body length is about 1.5 mm.
Studio stack based on 46 exposures taken with the Mitutoyo BD Plan APO 10x microscope objective. Find live beetle shots in the comment!
Focusstacking met de OM-D E-M1 Mark II uit het handje. beestje zit vast in het spinrag. gaat alle kanten op. veel wind en toch dit resultaat. Ik ben verbaasd dat het kan. voor alle duidelijkheid is dit een stack van in totaal 8 beelden.
Egg of Contarinia pseudotsugae sl (Diptera Cecidomyiidae) on young needles of the Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) inside an opening bud.
You can see the egg laying behavior in this short video :
www.flickr.com/photos/sanmartin/49862156428
Egg length : ~0.5 mm
- Focus stack of 46 pictures
- Microscope objective (Nikon M Plan 10x 160/0.25) on Nikon PB-4 bellow
- Olympus OM-D E-M1 mark II
This is just an image from the in camera focus stacking of a small pink flower I saw on the side of the road.
Common moths have scales over their whole body, the wings are almost entirely made of scales. Quite fascinating from up close.
Focus stacked with Olympus E-M5 II and 60mm macro
Cute but stinky flower (think garbage can on hot summer day). Focus stacked image of 6 different frames.
Can a man admit that he is intrigued with red balls in nature?
El Chorro Regional Park,
San Luis Obispo, California
When I did a little homework I saw this described as "fuzzy marbles on a string."--Virginia Tech Dendrology
And, in a bit more scientific parlance: "The trees are monoecious, i.e., both male and female flowers, although on different stalks, are together on the same tree."--Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Focus stacked from 5 pics
see www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/189241767/
www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/189241768/
for other shots in this series
Biorhiza pallida (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) agamic female (prepared, dead specimen). Length: 6 mm
Last work closing the year 2011. Hope the next will be more fruitful for every Flickr contact of mine. 90 exposures taken with the Mitutoyo BD Plan APO 10/0.28 microscope objective @ 11,7x. Single flash light diffused with white office paper cylinder. Combined in Zerene Stacker (PMax). Picture is uncropped, but resized to 3000x2000px.
Dittero della famiglia degli Empididae (probabilmente una femmina di Empis sp.) Focus stacking di 17 scatti. © Eugenio Sollima.
Site of the 2015 Park Hill Fire the following spring,
Eastern San Luis Obispo Co., CA
A fire follower, "usually appearing after fire."--The Vacular Plants of San Luis Obispo County, California, Robert F. Hoover
Figueroa Mt.,
Santa Barbara Co., California
Compare & contrast with the adjacent Allium. Colors vary within species, so they can look very similar.