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[Stephen]

Hamadruas hieroglyphica (Lynx Spider, 12-15mm)​

Early testing photo with handheld in-camera focus bracketing / stacking (depth composite enabled)

Shooting information
Canon EOS-R7, EF 100mm macro IS, f4, ISO 125, 1/250s
No. of photos taken : 15, step : 1
focus distance : 0.39m (magnification 1:2)

To obtain a better photo (better depth of field), I think I should use
No. of photos taken : 10 step : 4-6
More precise initial focus point : 5x magnifying glass



post processed with Canon DPP (focus stacking), Topaz Denoise AI (sharpness)

in-camera generated depth composite jpg photo, uncropped, for comparison

 

[Archibald]

A Costa Rican ant licking the surface of a leaf.

 

[Archibald]

Hamadruas hieroglyphica (Lynx Spider, 12-15mm)​

Early testing photo with handheld in-camera focus bracketing / stacking (depth composite enabled)

Shooting information
Canon EOS-R7, EF 100mm macro IS, f4, ISO 125, 1/250s
No. of photos taken : 15, step : 1
focus distance : 0.39m (magnification 1:2)

To obtain a better photo (better depth of field), I think I should use
No. of photos taken : 10 step : 4-6
More precise initial focus point : 5x magnifying glass



post processed with Canon DPP (focus stacking), Topaz Denoise AI (sharpness)
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in-camera generated depth composite jpg photo, uncropped, for comparison
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Very effectively done, Stephen!

Bug season is beginning where I live, and I want to try more focus stacking of macro subjects when the bugs come back.

 

[Stephen]

A Costa Rican ant licking the surface of a leaf.

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Great shot. Good photography techniques especially in handling flash.
Although bug season is also beginning in my living place, there are fewer and fewer bugs because of the urban development

 

[jerrykbiker]

 

[jerrykbiker]

 

[Stephen]

Vanessa indica

 

[Archibald]

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Very colorful!

 

[Archibald]

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Nice shot of that butterfly in action.

 

[Archibald]

Vanessa indica

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Nicely composed, nice lighting too.

 

[Archibald]

Banana spider female (notice the small male at the top).

 

[Kamoshika]

I think this is a Ypthima baldus.

 

[Archibald]

I think this is a Ypthima baldus.View attachment 27395

Nice one, David.

 

[Kamoshika]

Nice one, David.

Thanks. It was one of those slow days today where you try to make the best of the situation. There always seems to be something interesting to shoot if you look hard enough.

 

[Kamoshika]

 

[Archibald]

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Wow, good grab. That takes excellent technique.

 

[Kamoshika]

Wow, good grab. That takes excellent technique.

Thanks. Luckily, it was doing some periodic hovering, giving the camera a chance to lock on.

 

[Kamoshika]

Asian giant hornet (オオスズメバチ ōsuzumebachi). Can be quite dangerous...something I always keep an eye out for when hiking around. You don't want to stumble across a swarm of these things.

 

[Archibald]

Asian giant hornet (オオスズメバチ ōsuzumebachi). Can be quite dangerous...something I always keep an eye out for when hiking around. You don't want to stumble across a swarm of these things.

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Interesting hornet. It's always good to be polite around hornets!

 

[Archibald]

A leaf-cutter ant clinging to its leaf coupon. It had gotten lost in a blossom of a hibiscus bush.

 

[Kamoshika]

Playing around with my new (used) lens and shallow DOF.
"I've got my eyes on you."

 

[mimigamez]

I went outside for a bit and caught a few bugs, though they almost got me. I had a wasp fly into my hair and try to burrow. There was a lizard and tarantula but they moved too fast for me. I found the tarantula's hole, so I'll stalk it in a bit and hope I can catch a good picture of it. Here are some pics I got when I stepped outside my house; I was outside for about 10 minutes.

My husband saw a coral snake when he was calling our dogs back into our house a few weeks ago, so needless to say I don't venture out much. I try to keep it from the car into the house, but even then, I've got an injury from a little over a year ago when I was getting out of the truck and there was a snake by the tire, I think it was under the hood and when I moved the truck, it fell by the tire and was slithering out from under the truck.

 

[Kamoshika]

A couple of bees in the rhododendron flowers.

 

[Archibald]

A pretty black/blue damselfly in Costa Rica. Might be Oculate Dancer, Argia oculata.

 

[Kamoshika]

Alpine black swallowtail

 

[Kamoshika]

 

[Archibald]

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Nice result with the extender!

 

[Kamoshika]

Nice result with the extender!

Thanks. I'm always a bit surprised that one can get these results handheld with an extender. Are tripods even necessary anymore?

 

[Kamoshika]

 

[Archibald]

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Wow, big eyes.