This was a tedious shoot, and it taught me how to be very patient and zen 😁. The water droplets were carefully placed on a piece of thread and it was photo-stacked to make sure all the droplets were as sharp as possible. Over all it was a fun experiment! The setup shot is in the description below.

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Poppy worn alongside the official RBL badge

Waiting for nature to regain color.

Till then, I'll have to make it myself.

Irix de 15mm es un lente objetivo excelente pero su gran diametro impide usar filtros circulares de densidad neutra (ND) convencionales. Esta imagen de un atardecer en la playa Mar Brava de Carelmapu, en la costa a unos 100 kms de Puerto Varas, fue realizada apilando 10 capturas en PS para obtener el efecto sedado similar al de una captura larga exposicion. El resultado fue interesante pero pienso que la tecnica requerira nuevo intentos para obtener el efecto deseado.

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Irix 15mm is an excellent objective lens but its large diameter prevents the use of conventional circular neutral density filters (ND). This image of a sunset on the Mar Brava beach of Carelmapu, on the coast about 100 kms from Puerto Varas, was done stacking 10 shots in PS to obtain the silky effect similar as long exposure capture you can get. The result was interesting but I think the technique will require new attempts to get the desired effect

A panoramic photo stacking trial, with “Black Nightshade” a member of the nightshade family……deadly.

Bei 5 Grad Celsius und Regen. Man war das frisch...

Kurzzeitig hat sich meine OM5 aufgehängt, der war es wohl auch zu frisch :D

Fotostacking mit 13 Fotos

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photostacking, 13 photos

These flowers were right on the edge of either being in the full sun or the shade of a large maple tree.

Itn the light breeze the flowers danced back and forth between the shade and the light..

The light won. It just made all the intense colors of this scene just POP!

Shot using a Konica Hexanon AR 135mm f2.5 lens.

Not often is it still enough to photostack flowers outdoors.

A few weeks ago we had a perfectly still / perfectly cloudy Saturday morning for photography, and with that I took full advantage. My favorite areas to explore are smaller cascades that are off the beaten path, and that are sometimes tricky to get into. This particular cascade on Moccasin Creek in North Georgia caught my eye during the creekwalk and had to be captured. I spent about 15 minutes cleaning the primary cascade that you see here from a number of downed limbs, logs, and downfall... it wasn't easy work, but someone had to do it, and I definitely think the result was worth it! With the cloudy morning I ended up photostacking all of my captures as with the polarizer things were definitely a touch dark at the narrower aperture, and I never like my exposure time to be much over a second. Photostacking kept things sharp across the entire frame even with the wider aperture - fun!

And here is a quick video for Part I of the adventure if you would like to check it out.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkf8xiGMfY8&t=5s

Thanks so much for visiting! :) -H3

So the real question on this monkey post is why?

I was going to use it for the Macro Monday Ceramic theme from a couple of weeks ago but it exceeded the size specification of 3 inches ( it measured out at 4.75 in. tall by 2 in. deep) and I didn't like it cropped. The monkey was pretty excited about being featured on flickr and you can only imagine his disappointment when he got wind that I used the Hummel instead. I didn't want to [...bear a monkey...] as the expression goes even if it was my fault the next morning after a good bit of drinking so I felt it best to show him off here.

Ceramic lid from a German 2l stein that I received from an uncle who brought it from Germany around 1900. It's manufactured by Matthias Grimscheid, Mold #1199. It's a big stein so the wording is most appropriate: “Trag deinen Affen mit Geduld, an dem bist du nur selber Schuld.” (Bear your monkey with patience, it is your own fault.)

55mm f/2.8 NIKKOR Micro, 6 image photo stack.

Textures by: Skeltalmess and Lenabem-Anna.

If you like this photograph as well as some of my other images, I invite you to take a look at my wildlife/birding page, which I try to update every few days, at grenfell.weebly.com and my web page at www.tekfx.ca

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This was done using a process called photo stacking. 12 shots total, with each one being 0.25mm closer than the previous, so total travel of 3mm. I use a WeMacro Rail

If you like this photograph as well as some of my other images, I invite you to take a look at my wildlife/birding page, which I try to update every few days, at grenfell.weebly.com and my web page at www.tekfx.ca

As always I am delighted and most appreciative of your your feedback and comments! so feel free to contact me for any reason. I can be reached at billm@tekfx.ca or on Flickrmail

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Been down west wales, so sorry for not keeping up with photostreams. This is a photostack of about 15 images, was rather difficult and wanted a head on shot but there was a bloody twig! lol think it might have worked better like this due to the lighting tho.

I actually got some bird shots, so my flickr might not be so full of bugs from now on :)

Hope you all had a good bank holiday weekend!

I did up until the last few days, now slightly disheartened but ill talk about that again :/.

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I potted two examples 0f the fungi Fly Agaric and thought they would be a good test for photostacking.

Slime mould sporangia found in Epping Forest - very new to this subject and will seek help for ID. These are not fungi but more closely related to amoebae evidently. Got some reading to do. These spore bearing heads are barely visible so require some intense macro.

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This was a macro photo stacked image made up of 49 shots.

Still learning how to do this. And learning what works and what doesn't. It can be very frustrating.

Just trying to get the droplets to stick to certain things. Some stick, some just get wet and won't allow the water to form a droplet. Even when I mix in some glycerin to the water.

This time the droplets are on a leaf stem of a columbine plant in front of a sunflower bloom. To get these flowers, I had to go to the store and buy my wife some flowers. So its a win/win for me. LOL!

Shot using a Tokina AT-X 90mm f2.5 Macro lens with a Canon FD 25 U extension tube.

Just trying out the different extenders and magnification levels.

This is a 7 image photo stack to get everything in focus, each shot a f8.

Playing around with my Macro lens again. This time experimenting with different speedlight settings. The surface is an egg and the droplet is just plain water added with a syringe. The surface of an egg holds droplets well! Trying to add colors and exciting reflections using flowers in the background. To achieve a more orange tone, i bounced light of some orange fake flowers with one of the speedlights. Photo-stacking using Helicon and the Nisi M-180 Macro focusin rail. Post processing in Lightroom and Photoshop. I used a 2x teleconverter on my 105 mm Nikkor Micro lens to achieve 2:1.

Tillandsia ionantha is commonly called "Air Plant" because, being epiphytic, it grows on trees and gets its nutrients and water predominantly through its leaves. It is native to South and Central America.

#Tillandsia-ionantha #Tillandsia #ionantha #airplant #air-plant #bromeliad #flower #macroplant #photostack #CUgreenhouse

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Penstemons and pennyroyal

Autumn is just starting to appear here in Scotland, another couple of weeks and hopefully we will see the full glory of this time of year. In the meantime, I've collected a selection of the early autumn items and colours and brought them indoors. This is a photostack of 11 images

We had heard of this sweet little waterfall off the Opossum Creek Trail hike but never bushwacked down to it... so with a nice cloudy day on my hands I took the plunge. Tricky getting down and not much room to operate, but I think what we have here is a beautiful waterfall to be sure. Appeared to be good waterflow and just beautiful moss & greenery overall. A little photostacking allowed me to put the entire frame in focus - foreground moss & all. -H3

52 Weeks of 2020

Week 28: Photo Stacking

Category: Technique

5 images photo stack.

one lesson from trying to get this shot. Pick very calm day , no wind ;)

Compliments of ToolWiz Photos for aiding in this creation. As a result, camera info has been dropped.

Unlike the earlier Milky Way shot, which was somewhat opportunistic, I'd planned this shot in my mind before travelling to St Lucia. Our apartment was due North of the Pitons, so I figured that if I composed with the Pitons in the frame, I could get huge startrails arcing over them. Moreover, the rising moon could illuminate the bay (if I could wait long enough for it to do so!).

This shot consists of 270x 30s exposures at ISO 2000, F4, giving a total exposure of just over 2hrs. The rich blue colour has resulted from the moonlight, which was rising during the shot. The pink is a mix of the blue and the ambient light from nearby Soufrière. As an idea of scale the Pitons rise about a 1/2 mile straight out of the sea.

From a close-up photography course run at Copped Hall yesterday. The wet weather meant we were struggling to find dragonflies but a juvenile green woodpecker and this beautiful lady posed beautifully for the group.

Macro Mondays

Bread and Topping

Carnivorous sundew - this is a tiny specimen but it still has the capability to catch small flies - evidently. Mine is struggling :)

I was really just trying out the whole "stacking" thing. It's cool, I think. I just used Photoshop, but I am considering one of the dedicated programs. I'd really like to explore it more. I got a new camera...new for me anyway. It is AMAZING...and drives screw-drive lenses. I'm not a mirrorless hater. I'm sure I am headed that way.