Bug

[Stephen]

Handheld in-camera focus bracketing/depth composite enabled (10 shots)
Natural light, Av, CRaw, shot at 0.3m (magnification around 1:1)
post-processed with Canon Digital Photo Professional and Topaz Denoise AI

Feel free to comment.....

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 640

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 640

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 640

 

[Kamoshika]

Nice job. You have a very steady hand.

 

[Archibald]

Handheld in-camera focus bracketing/depth composite enabled (10 shots)
Natural light, Av, CRaw, shot at 0.3m (magnification around 1:1)
post-processed with Canon Digital Photo Professional and Topaz Denoise AI

Feel free to comment.....


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Good work! It's a reminder to me to do more focus bracketing with bug photos.

 

[Stephen]

Nice job. You have a very steady hand.

Thanks. IBIS and 2 stops image stabilization (at magnification 1:1) help a lot. With the assistance of gridlines, it is easier to obtain the same scene in the in-camera focus stacking mode.

 

[Stephen]

Good work! It's a reminder to me to do more focus bracketing with bug photos.

Thanks. I think for you, focus bracketing is as easy as ABC.

 

[Archibald]

Thanks. I think for you, focus bracketing is as easy as ABC.

It is never easy when hand-holding. My bugs are often moving around quite a bit. Flash stops motion, delivers lots of light, and gets the shot. But natural light looks nicer. There are always compromises.

 

[Hali]

Nicely done! I don't think I could ever hold that still for the focus stack to happen even with the IBIS and the lens IS. Kudos to you.

 

[Stephen]

Nicely done! I don't think I could ever hold that still for the focus stack to happen even with the IBIS and the lens IS. Kudos to you.

Thanks. I forgot to give a credit to Canon. The cameras provide fast FPS so that I can take shots in a very short period of time. e.g. for EOS-R7, 30 FPS, for ten shots, it needs 1/3 of a second.

 

[Stephen]

It is never easy when hand-holding. My bugs are often moving around quite a bit. Flash stops motion, delivers lots of light, and gets the shot. But natural light looks nicer. There are always compromises.

I hope to see your focus stacked photos ASAP

 

[Archibald]

I hope to see your focus stacked photos ASAP

OK, thanks! Winter has started here and there are no bugs here any more. But I will look for opportunities when travelling.

 

[Grahamk]

Nice work. Must give it a try next Spring.

 

[Stephen]

Nice work. Must give it a try next Spring.

Sometimes if there was no wind, and the insects didn't have any movement, we could use the in-camera depth composite photo directly. Each photo is around 9-11MB.


A.
1. single shot (CRaw to jpg, DPP, cropped)

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 2000

2. in-camera focus bracketing/depth composite photo (jpg)

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 2000

3. post processed focus stacking photo (CRaw, DPP, Denoise AI)

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 2000

B
4. in-camera focus bracketing/depth composite photo (cropped and gamma corrected)

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 2000

C.
5. in-camera focus bracketing/depth composite photo (jpg)

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/125 sec
• ISO 3200

6. post processed focus stacking photo (CRaw files, DPP, Denoise AI)

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/125 sec
• ISO 3200