Ladybugs mating (Menochilus sexmaculatus)

[Stephen]

Natural night, handheld, Av
Focus Bracketing / Depth Composite enabled / 10 shots
DPP (Focus Stacking), Topaz Denoise AI

• 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
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 2000

• 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/9
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[Archibald]

Natural night, handheld, Av
Focus Bracketing / Depth Composite enabled / 10 shots
DPP (Focus Stacking), Topaz Denoise AI


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Good job! Natural light macro looks great. How does stacking affect noise?

 

[Stephen]

Good job! Natural light macro looks great. How does stacking affect noise?

Focus stacking does not reduce noise because the method gives you only one image in each patch.
For EOS-R7, noise is not a problem. I usually use ISO below 2000 for handheld focus stacking
Here is a photo (single shot) using ISO 6400, DPP to 16 bit TIFF, denoise with Topaz Denoise AI and convert to jpg

• Canon EOS R7
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/80 sec
• ISO 6400