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Focus Bracketing 200 photos, E-M1 Mark II, Olympus 60 mm f / 2.8 macro, Caruba extension rings 10 and 16, 1/6, f / 2.8, iso100.

Ron Westbroek

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Sometimes I try to take an extreme macro photo of an Insect.
I always say, there is always room for improvement.
And a picture of how this picture was made.
Normally I use a tripod from Sirui N-3203X with a Sirui K-20X headset, but this time just the table as a tripod.
Wireless remote control from Hahnel Capture.
On the left you see extra light from Nanguang Luxpad 23 Bi-Color-LED
The Hoverfly was dead. Zweefvlieg-16-4-2020in-.jpg
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Jack

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That’s amazing how close you can get to such of small subject and how sharp an detailed you can get the subject in the picture. Great shot Ron Westbroek Ron Westbroek
 
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Helix_2648

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Ron Westbroek Ron Westbroek the basics are really good. The light seems to be very good. How many pictures have you taken for the stack?

I import my RAW files in LR and adjust the basics like highlights and shadows. But I also sharpen the RAW files and reduce noise at this point. Less noise and better sharpness in the single pictures means a better stacking result.

Afterwards I export the files as a TIF file in Helicon and stack it in three different ways.
First of all in A with a higher radius (about 20) to get a nice blurry background. After that I render the same stack again with method B but with a lower radius (about 8-16). This stack is for the basic details.

Both (A and B) causes halos if you've overlapping details like wings or legs. This can be removed by using method C.

So I render the stack three times and have three files which I can import again in Helicon Focus. Render these three files again and combine the advantages of each stack to get a really good picture. A for the blurry background, B for the basic details and C only for the halos or other ares where you need strong contrasts.

I wrote a tutorial for this. Just check the subforum and give it a try.
 

Ron Westbroek

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Helix_2648 Helix_2648
Thanks for the tip
These were 200 photos, see exif.
I just use Helicon by default, I select all the photos and let the program do the rest.
Then I save the photo then open it in photoshop to edit it like color, sharpen, remove noise.
But I'm definitely going to try your way.
 
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