That is exceptionally nice! What machine would provide handheld stacks of a subject hanging in the breeze? No machine, just a bean bag and moment with no breeze :D Excellent shot. Would you mind explaining how you use the bean bag? Just support the camera and lens on a small bean bag, the sort you ...

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Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:31 am

That is exceptionally nice! What machine would provide handheld stacks of a subject hanging in the breeze?

No machine, just a bean bag and moment with no breeze

A very common spider but worth a closer look. Metellina segmentata.
22 image handheld stack. Canon 5D, 100mm macro lens, Raynox 250 and diffused flash.

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Thank you for looking

Frank

Pau wrote:Excellent.

Does the 5D Mk4 performs by itself focus bracketing for stacking?

No, not as standard. These shots were all taken by moving a fraction forward between each image. In this case I used a small beanbag to support the camera and enable smooth movement.

Thank goodness for digital! Found this diminutive iridescent little weevil the other day, I think it is Polydrusus formosus, about 6mm long. These three images are the net result of 92 frames. Got to love handheld stacking of live specimens. Suffolk UK. Canon 5D Mk4, 100mm macro +25mm ext & Raynox 2...

These little beauties seem to be in abundance this year. Suffolk UK Handheld stacks ranging from 16-32 images per stack, combined in Zerene. Edited in LR & PS Canon 5D Mk4, 100mm macro plus 25mm ext and Raynox 250. For higher res. images: www.flickr.com/photos/frankhendre http://www.photomacrography...

Some rework of stacks taken a couple of years ago of the superb European Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra). Handheld stacks of between 13 & 24 images, combined in Zerene and edited in LR. Cantabria, Northern Spain. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/3521_48764901Edit_1.jpg http://ww...

Nice capture Frank. intrigued by the change in background, was she dragging fly back to a lair? I have a small fossil shell that on the inside has a sandy concretion of red crag deposit, that is the pebbly lloking background. After a couple of stack sets she got tired of the flash strobing so she t...

The common Zebra spider (Salticus scenicus). Suffolk. UK 5mm female feeding on a small fly. Handheld stacks, 22-28 frames per image. Canon 5D mk4 with Canon 100mm L macro on 25mm of extension tube. Illumination, YN24EX on battery pack for rapid shooting. Images stacked in Zerene, and edited in LR. H...

Another insect from the Australian bush that is more than happy to give you a nip. March fly (Tabanidae).

12 image handheld stack. Zerene, PS & LR





Thank you for looking

Frank

Love the final image, superb. What lighting did you use on that one?

Frank

Superb set of images!

New South Wales. Australia. 6 image handheld stack.

Canon 5D Mk4, 100mm L macro with Raynox 250. hot shoe mounted flash with homemade diffuser. Processed in Zerene, PS & LR.



Thank you for looking

Frank

Web casting spider (Deinopis subrufa) New South Wales.





Frank

Fabulous shots, as always.