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Last one for the time being - a 60-frame focus stacked image of the eye region of a Hornet:



Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/

cybermystic, this must be a time consuming art, love those eyes.
but what is a 60 frame stacked image?

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Sony A77, Sony A580, Sony18-55,Minolta AF28-85,Minolta AF 75-300,Minolta AF 50mm f2.8 Macro,Minolta MD 50mm f1.7,Minolta MD 135mm f2.8,Image MD 28mm f2.8,Minolta MD 50mm1.2
http://s1131.photobucket.com/home/bundy58/index
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67754225@N05/

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Try Googling for "focus stacked image".

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OM-D E-M5 + ED 12-50mm, H-PS14042E, H-F007014E, L-RS014150E, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm 1:1.8.
Gitzo GT1541T, Arca-Swiss Z1 DP ball-head.
Astrophotography: TEC 140 'scope, FLI ML16803 camera, ASA DDM60 Pro mount.

Amazing detail!

Some of the best micro/stacked images i've seen are from a guy called `Lord V` (Brian) I think he also lives in your part of the country cybermystic. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/sets/590338/
He uses Zerene stacker AND stacks by hand.
He even makes his own coke-can softbox/diffusers.

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Nikon D800E & D700 bodies + Nikon AF-S 80-400mm f4.5-5.6G ED VR, 50mm F1.4G, 16-35mm f/4G VR, 105 F2.8 VR macro, 70-300mm lenses. A couple of filters, Giotto tripod & ballhead. Lowepro Slingshot 302 AW

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldcarlos/

@ Bob Andersson.
Thanktou for those wonderful words of wisdom, I am not the brightest person here, So bear with me. I am just somebody who has just started photography as a hobby,How ever I would have liked a answer from cybermystic because the amount of work producing those great photos must have taken him a lot of time and effort, In the future I won't bother asking questions here for it will be easier to ask Goggle?
Or can I use your Quote to people who ask a question on this forum?

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Sony A77, Sony A580, Sony18-55,Minolta AF28-85,Minolta AF 75-300,Minolta AF 50mm f2.8 Macro,Minolta MD 50mm f1.7,Minolta MD 135mm f2.8,Image MD 28mm f2.8,Minolta MD 50mm1.2
http://s1131.photobucket.com/home/bundy58/index
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67754225@N05/

Hi blindasabat,

Sorry you feel that way. Note I didn't just say "Google it" - I provided you with a link to a Google search I composed for you and had already taken time to check that the first result gave you the answer you needed. So by any stretch of the imagination I went the extra mile. What was wrong with the Wiki article?

I have no idea why you are disparaging yourself so I'll now get on with my day.

Bob.

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OM-D E-M5 + ED 12-50mm, H-PS14042E, H-F007014E, L-RS014150E, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm 1:1.8.
Gitzo GT1541T, Arca-Swiss Z1 DP ball-head.
Astrophotography: TEC 140 'scope, FLI ML16803 camera, ASA DDM60 Pro mount.

thats coooool

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Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3
Minolta AF 50mm f1.7
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_parker/

Amazing detail!

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Apologies peeps I had lost/forgotten this one so hadn't seen the posts.
Not so time consuming to do this work really. I just put the object under the microscope, select a lens that best suits the object (usually the lowest power) and then manually move the focus through the object from top to bottom (or vice versa) in increments that will give a good focus resolution which usually means at least 50 shots. Download the 50 images to the computer and let Helicon Focus work its magic. Then take the image into Photoshop to clean and tidy up. I guess it takes about an hour per image overall.
Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/