Drip drip drip...

[Lumen Miner]

Tis' a bit rainy of late, surprise surprise. Decided to make the most of it.
I need to buy some colourful flowers, to get refractions of in the drops next time. Alas my garden has very few flowers at the moment.

I hope to do some decent refraction shots soon.

Thanks for looking. :)

[Lumen Miner]

Just a few more.

[DavidU]

They are rippers mate !

[lacad01]

Very nicely done :thumbsup:

[Lumen Miner]

Thanks guys! Much appreciated! :)

I bought some plants with flowers on them today. Hopefully if I can build my new lighting system by tonight, I should get some good refractions.

I am alil' bit lost though. In order to get a good refraction / DOF, I would need to focus stack yeah? But obviously a tripod makes it hard / impossible to move in and out to focus. So how do you macro focus stack free hand? Surely free hand movement, would ruin chances of good frames / stackable ones... I'm lost...
Do you need a rail to focus stack?

Perhaps google will be my friend... :)

Edit~ Ok, now I get it, doesn't matter about free hand frame shake / movement. The current programs like combineZM align the images for you. Tops!!

[multiweb]

Yeah, this is sooo cool! :eyepop: Real nice. Colors are great too. Very soft. Good stuff :thumbsup:

[Lumen Miner]

Thanks marc!!
I hope to get better, I think I have the focus stacking almost down now. Should lead to some better shots. Especially with my Fauna work.

[rastis95]

Great shots Mitch,
Maybe just a suggestion, try and open up the depth of field a bit ( i think thats the right term ) might bring a bit more into focus, im still on a steep learning curve myself but its great fun. Just running some star trail shots at the moment so will see what comes of that. Keep em coming

Cheers
Scott :D

[Lumen Miner]

Any recommendations on increasing DoF? I am using a reversed 50mm lens on a 50mm. When I increase the F value I don't see a DoF increase. If I zoom, the 50mm attached to the camera out, I get more DoF yet a smaller image. I guess it is a trade off of the two... :confused2:

[rastis95]

mmmm, two lenses, not too sure on that one, all ive been doing is using my 18 - 55 mm lens zoom right out to 55 and use an f# of 16 or higher. This should bring more into focus and the images should be sharper ? just slow your shutter speed down to get the right exp. When i zoom in i can still focus at very close levels to the lens. See how ya go :thumbsup:

Cheers
Scott :D