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Macro focus stacking - Cicada

Dragonling

Dragonling

Doesn't do "casual"
While taking out the trash, I noticed a very crispy cicada on the sidewalk, so we brought it inside to take pictures of it. Kyle had been wanting to try a technique called focus stacking to get as much of a macro shot in focus as possible. I think it turned out pretty well! This photo is a combination of about a dozen or so images.


DSC03872stacked by Snagon Pics, on Flickr
 
Great photo! I've never heard of focus stacking before. I looked around a bit and found out a little. Requires a dead :) or very still model. All lighting should stay constant. Seems a bit involved for sure. Did you use a certain computer software?
 
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That's amazing!!! How do you keep the camera still? Tripod? I wish you could tag people in forums, like you can in facebook.
 
Kyle says thanks, you guys! :)

kdickens said:
Great photo! I've never heard of focus stacking before. I looked around a bit and found out a little. Requires a dead :) or very still model. All lighting should stay constant. Seems a bit involved for sure. Did you use a certain computer software?
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You can do it in photoshop, but he found something free (though not very user-friendly) called Hugin. It's meant for panorama stitching, but works great for this too.

Nanci said:
That's amazing!!! How do you keep the camera still? Tripod? I wish you could tag people in forums, like you can in facebook.
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Yeah, he used a mini tripod.
 
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