Posted by John Robinson on September 27, 2010 at 4:12 AM
Russula Spp
It's a very good fungi years so far
Usual set up
7 stacked czm
levels
JohnT
Posted by Ron McCombe on September 27, 2010 at 5:05 AM
Very nice John
Look good enough to eat
Ron
Posted by Guy Rogers on September 27, 2010 at 11:28 AM
Hello John.
Works beautifully for me and the extra detail as been well controlled with the stacking.
I will say that I dont see how stacking images is cheating as all we are doing is using the tools we have to reproduce what we saw. As the lenses we use are just not capable ( macro ) of produceing the amount of detail we see. So for me having all this new equipment and not using it to its full advantage, just shows a lack of vision.
I love stacking images as I love detail which is why I love macro photography so much, so keep stacking John as I want to see all that lovely detail which we would just not see form one shot.
Posted by John Robinson on September 27, 2010 at 11:50 AM
Cheers both.
JohnR
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 27, 2010 at 1:23 PM
I like the way you've shown us the top of one and the underside of the other
If you have some extension tubes, put one on your Bigma and set it to about 400mm, move your camera back to probably 8 feet? or so and set your camera to f11 or f16 and you'll get some nice results, you'll be surprised
Well done John.
Geoff.
Posted by John Robinson on September 27, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Geoff
Done it the other day and wasn't too happy with the backdrop and carting the lens about!!!
I haven't any tubes though.
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Shaun Simpson on September 27, 2010 at 3:09 PM
Now that is very good John shows the setting very well,
Posted by Ian Haskell on September 27, 2010 at 5:27 PM
Is it not possible to get all that detail from a specialist lens? rather than stacking?
I like the shot and that top left corner really makes the shot for me.
Ian
Posted by Scott Tilley on September 27, 2010 at 5:32 PM
Hi John, super image, will have to have a go at this stacking technique myself!
Scott
Posted by John Robinson on September 27, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Ian
I,ve been trying this a lot lately and with the gear I have I can't seem to get the quality. I can do it with the wide angle but when you look at them large size it just isn't there. I did some tests with the sigma 150 macro and the sigma 50 mm macro the other day at f16 down to f32 just to test what you are saying.Firstly you can't get the shutter speed and secondly when you look really closely the detail is not there. I'm not going into the malarky about defraction but it certainly is there at small appertures.You need to see the stuff big to appreciate it. Try it ! -with just a shot or two and I think you will see something very different.. I did anyway. I will say though, its not much good on every day subjects. You need something small where you could never get the DOF with a normal set up.
Discussion
10 repliesIt's a very good fungi years so far
Usual set up
7 stacked czm
levels
JohnT
Look good enough to eat
Ron
Works beautifully for me and the extra detail as been well controlled with the stacking.
I will say that I dont see how stacking images is cheating as all we are doing is using the tools we have to reproduce what we saw. As the lenses we use are just not capable ( macro ) of produceing the amount of detail we see. So for me having all this new equipment and not using it to its full advantage, just shows a lack of vision.
I love stacking images as I love detail which is why I love macro photography so much, so keep stacking John as I want to see all that lovely detail which we would just not see form one shot.
JohnR
If you have some extension tubes, put one on your Bigma and set it to about 400mm, move your camera back to probably 8 feet? or so and set your camera to f11 or f16 and you'll get some nice results, you'll be surprised
Well done John.
Geoff.
Done it the other day and wasn't too happy with the backdrop and carting the lens about!!!
I haven't any tubes though.
Cheers
JohnR
I like the shot and that top left corner really makes the shot for me.
Ian
Scott
I,ve been trying this a lot lately and with the gear I have I can't seem to get the quality. I can do it with the wide angle but when you look at them large size it just isn't there. I did some tests with the sigma 150 macro and the sigma 50 mm macro the other day at f16 down to f32 just to test what you are saying.Firstly you can't get the shutter speed and secondly when you look really closely the detail is not there. I'm not going into the malarky about defraction but it certainly is there at small appertures.You need to see the stuff big to appreciate it. Try it ! -with just a shot or two and I think you will see something very different.. I did anyway. I will say though, its not much good on every day subjects. You need something small where you could never get the DOF with a normal set up.