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The Stacks of Duncansby, Duncansby Head at sunset as a hail shower moves across.
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Contraption for handheld and fast stacking in the field.
Of course only for insects that are not skittish ....
The support where the insect sits does not have to be cut, but in many cases I cut it off. If the insect doesn't buzz off after cutting, you're likely to have a good chance of getting the stack made.
The left hand (1) holds the specimen (4) and rests on a metal tube (3), recovered from an old tripod, about 27cm long. The metal tube slides neatly over a metal rod (2). The rod (2) is 27cm long, sits about 6.5cm under the camera base, 1cm outside its left side and is firmly fixed under the camera (stuff from Wondlan). A second rod (5) carries a ‘magic arm’ with diffusor (6) over the specimen (absolutely needed in bright sunlight).
Shifting the subject goes as follows: i hold the subject in my left hand, between index and thumb. While shifting the subject through the focal plane, my left hand rests on the sliding tube. So left hand and black tube slide together over rod 2. This helps to gain full control over lateral movements that could destroy the composition. It also helps to make steadier - regular shifts.
It didn't take much exercise and this slider is a great help. However, it does add wheight to the camera, but it's a winner since this method doesn't require the need for much heavier tripods and sliding plate, etcetera.
A small rod (7) is placed under the contraption and serves as monopod (12cm); it gives better support to the camera by resting it on the right knee or any other support available.
UPDATE (January 2018) of this rig here: www.flickr.com/photos/andredekesel/8086137225/in/dateposted/
Before you start hunting it is best to train all this on a static subject.
It's also good to have all the camera settings right before bringing the subject in front of the lens. Usually camera settings are like this:
a) The camera is set to continuous shooting, the highest frame rate. The more the better. The Sony A6300 (or A6500) has 11fr/sec, the Sony A7R5 has 10fr/sec.
b) while pressing the button, the specimen is shifted through the focal plane. Because of this movement, you need to use shutter priority and set it to at least 1/160sec or even faster (if light allows). You can also use aperture priority, but then keep an eye on the shutter speed, it should be faster than 1/160sec.
c) With the Sony A6300, A6500 or A7R5 an ISO setting between 200 to 400 gives excellent jpegs. I only shift it higher than 100 if necessary, so only when the resulting aperture is too low 2.8
d) in general i try to get an aperture around f5 and exposure compensation at -0,7 to -1.
e) I shoot with the highest jpeg, and i am only interested in stacks with images of 6000x4000px. Usually the A6300's buffer fills up after 60 images. This means that a complete shift/stack with the A6300 needs to be made in less than 5 seconds. Which is perfectly possible. With the A6500 or A7R5 this is not a problem, the buffer is big enough.
f) So far I have used this technique with the Canon's 100mm & 60mm macro, and also with Sony's FE90mm macro and the Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2X macro APO.
Examples of images made with this setup in the first comment lines
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I used this interesting light conditions to picture the stacked wood. It was littered with a beatufil cutting-pattern.
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The Stacks of Duncansby, Duncansby Head at dawn.
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The Stacks of Duncansby, Duncansby Head at dawn.
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This is the first time I've done a focus stack that hasn't involved a macro lens and tiny fungi or lichen, but I really liked this moss covered root reaching out to the world and I happened to have my tripod with me for once, so I thought I'd give it a quick go. It was too cold to hang around for long though.
"New Museum of Contemporary Art building", designed by Japanese architects SANAA.
NYC
"The anodised aluminium mesh exterior covering the building's six stacked rectangular boxes emphasises the ramshackle colour of its Lower East Side surroundings. It provides a great surface for attaching artworks, fridge magnet-style, like the Ugo Rondinone rainbow sign “Hell, Yes!” (2001)."
For Iron Photographer 238 where the elements are
1 - a stack of three things
2 - one red thing
3 - cinematic aspect ratio
Hope I've got this correct having my red thing atop the stack of three things?