For this photo I used Focus bracketing with 60 photos and composited with Helicon Focus and then edited with Photoshop 2022.
E-M1Mark III
M.Zuiko 60mmf/2.8 macro
Iso 200,
1/6 sec.
Light: daylight only
Tripod, very simply the coffee table.
Everything just as simple as possible.
Camera: X-T4 wth Mitutoyo M Plan APO 5x/0.14
Tube lens: ITL 200 reversed ~162m from sensor and 70mm to objective
EXIF: ISO 200, 1/125
Processing: LR, Helicon Focus with stack of 88 images
Lighting: Mk320 and Godox TT350 + diffuser
E-M1MarkII, M.Zuiko 60mmf/2.8 macro, f/3.5, 1/8 sec, ISO 250
60 Images, Caruba Extension Tube 16mm
Helicon Focus and a little Photoshop,
Light: Day light
This photo was not taken in a studio, but simply in the open air.
You can also take good photos with a simple setting (see second photo).
Tripod has been replaced by a self-made garden bench.
Did use a remote control.
How simple can you make it.
This bubble blowing is an activity that many flies practice.
The bubble (actually a droplet) is always sucked in again.
There are all kinds of theories about it among fly connoisseurs; for example, it is suggested that it is a way to warm up.
It seems that flies always do this with their head to...