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Correct, using a 50mm lens was a bad choice for a number of reasons that I will not take time to try explaining. Likewise for shooting 1200 frames. That was almost entirely a waste of time.[50mm] not a good choice ?
The simplest way is to use a different lens, one that is appropriate for that job. That 10X CFI BE Plan objective is not appropriate to shoot the whole head. Nikon rates it as being designed to cover an area that is only 1.8 mm in diameter. ("OFN 18" means an 18 mm diameter image at 10X, then 18/10=1.8 mm at subject.) As a matter of practice the objective will cover a larger area, 2.8 mm frame diagonal in your current case. With great care, some good luck, and a different rear lens, that objective can be pushed to cover about 5.6 mm frame diagonal, albeit with some corner darkening. But that's not something that a beginner would have success with. Alternately, there's a complicated and tricky process called "stack-and-stitch", described at https://www.photomacrography.net/forum/ ... php?t=9542 . Stack-and-stitch is not something a beginner should be messing with either.how do I get the whole head in my picture ?
It's a very good idea to take pictures without touching the camera.I used 125 @ 6.3.. I used live view, delay was approx 5 sec. I used wifi thru tablet to take photos.
What do you have available, for electronic flash?However, when you start getting images, you'll discover that at 10X, vibration is a huge problem. That's because it takes only 0.001 mm of movement at the end of the objective, to produce a 2-pixel smear back at the sensor. Your camera does not provide electronic shutter, so you will inevitably be having to deal with mechanical shutter vibration that will blur your images. For most people, the best solution for that problem is to use electronic flash, dialed back to low power so as to get short light pulses. A typical consumer-grade flash, dialed back to 1/16 power, will produce light flashes that are around 1/5000 second, and still bright enough to give a good exposure at base ISO setting. Diffuse that with some paper or a foam cup or white plastic yogurt container placed close to or around the subject as suggested by Deanimator, and the illumination will be in good shape.