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e6filmuser wrote:
I agree. Could you confirm the aperture?
Haroldf
In a focus stack, the aperture doesn't really matter so much. The depth of field is determined by the final stack. All the aperture really does is control the end sharpness, as aperture does play a role there. Remember at macro distances the depth of field is miniscule, often less than the width of a human hair. That said, the aperture I used for these was for f/11. I chose that aperture for two reasons. 1, the 105d puts out a very clean image at that aperture, and 2, it's a tiny bit deeper which let me cut the number of shots required by a not insignificant amount.
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e6filmuser wrote:
All subjects which would be mobile in life are dead when huge numbers of shots are taken for a stack. Sometimes two to four shots of a living insect are achievable, e.g. in cold weather.
Harold
Harold's right on the money with this one, more or less anyways. One trick that some use is to cool a bug down and then do your shots, let it go. I've never had good results with that, although I have tried it. I occasionally find a cooperative live subject but many of my best macro stacks were with bugs that I found either floating in the pool, or otherwise dead. I will NOT kill a bug to take a picture of it. Nope nope nope nope nope.
This picture illustrates why moving uncooperative subjects are no fun. The stacking software can attempt to correct for some movement but results may vary.
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Living subject, you can see movement between shots
Edited on Jul 27, 2016 at 10:55 AM · View previous versions
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