A romantic moment (Hoverfly)

[Stephen]

Hoverfly (Ischiodon scutellaris, 9.2mm long)

The insects were hanging on a tiny and thin grass stem. At a glance, it looks like they are kissing each other.

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 2000

Actually, they are .........

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 2000

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 3200

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 2000

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 3200

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 4000

This photo was taken with f/9 1/200s ISO 6400 (focus stacked)

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 6400

These photos were taken in natural light, one hour before sunset. Handheld in-camera focus stacking mode (Focus bracketing / depth composite enabled) was used with 10 shots/series in CRaw format. I used Canon DPP (focus stacking and editing) and Topas Denoise AI (noise reduction) in the post-processing step.

I took these photos at around 0.3m, magnification of around 1x. In order to obtain enough DOF, for a single shot, f/11 or f/13 with 1/200s and ISO 6400 or above should have been used. By using in-camera focus stacking mode, I could increase the DOF. Moreover, I could lower one to three f-stop i.e. f/8 1/200s and ISO 2000-3200 was used.

Please feel free to comment .....

 

[AKVet]

Excellent!

 

[Stephen]

Excellent!

Thank you