Others Water drop macro

[KimStewartPhotography]

For those struggling for inspiration, using your IPAD as a background is a viable option. These images sere taken of the same water drop just using different photos of the waterdrop on the screen, at an oblique angle.

 

[Jack]

Hi Him. Great pictures, how you shoot water drops, is there any tip you can give ?

 

[KimStewartPhotography]

Thanks. Lay the screen of the iPad facing up, find a photo on the iPad, place a water droplet using a syringe, then set up the camera, manual focus, set exposure and tak a photo with sufficient depth of field to get the majority of the drop in focus.

 

[Jack]

Thanks. Lay the screen of the iPad facing up, find a photo on the iPad, place a water droplet using a syringe, then set up the camera, manual focus, set exposure and tak a photo with sufficient depth of field to get the majority of the drop in focus.

Thanks for the tip, that's good idea to kill time. What lens you are using?

 

[KimStewartPhotography]

I am using the 90G Macro on my A7r4. But sometimes I use it on my a6300. Works just fine. if I can’t get enough depth of field, I will focus stack a number of images.

 

[Jack]

I am using the 90G Macro on my A7r4. But sometimes I use it on my a6300. Works just fine. if I can’t get enough depth of field, I will focus stack a number of images.

how many stack images usually you do if you can’t get enough depth of field ?

 

[KimStewartPhotography]

Depends on the subject and how small it is. If it is flat, very few, if it is round the stacks need to be closer together. Sometimes 5-10 is enough, other times I will do about 40-50. For these images, I used around 10 shots.

 

[Jack]

Depends on the subject and how small it is. If it is flat, very few, if it is round the stacks need to be closer together. Sometimes 5-10 is enough, other times I will do about 40-50. For these images, I used around 10 shots.

That’s a lot of pictures for just one shot. How about if you have couple of speed lights with you, still need so many stack images ?

 

[KimStewartPhotography]

It’s about depth of field, not shutter speed. Using a tripod, you can have a shutter speed as slow as you want (depends on ambient light) f stop will dictate the depth of field, but once you go macro, the DOF may be as thin as a fraction of a millimetre. That is the reason to do focus stacking. Don’t forget that the iPad image will be providing a lot of light as well

 

[Jack]

It’s about depth of field, not shutter speed. Using a tripod, you can have a shutter speed as slow as you want (depends on ambient light) f stop will dictate the depth of field, but once you go macro, the DOF may be as thin as a fraction of a millimetre. That is the reason to do focus stacking. Don’t forget that the iPad image will be providing a lot of light as well

Ohh, didn’t knew that. Thanks a lot Kim, your information are very useful. Maybe I will try it too. have you tried with raynox attachment?