Stacked Mega Macro

MightyMike · Jul 29, 2010

So i revisited the spiders of the basement this time with stacking on my mind... I used 2 external flashes tethered as manual flashes

the result of 9 shots stacked

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sfa1966 · Jul 29, 2010

Excellent! You got the lighting just right. That creature almost looks quite cuddly at that scale. Almost.
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narddogg81 · Jul 29, 2010

that is one patient spider to sit there for 9 photos. they usually skitter off for me
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labnut · Jul 30, 2010

Wonderful shot. I am not sure I would want to do into a basement to meet that creature!

MightyMike · Jul 30, 2010

what that tiny little spider? the photo is only 6.7mm across the long size

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Lothman · Jul 30, 2010

MightyMike said:
So i revisited the spiders of the basement this time with stacking on my mind... I used 2 external flashes tethered as manual flashes

the result of 9 shots stacked

way better this time

There are some strong reflection on the spider which are hard to control on such creatures. Did you soften the flashlight?

What did you use for stacking? In Zerene you have an good rtouching mode and you can clean up such ares where thin hairs are before an background what usually shows some artefacts or blurry area.

Irek J · Jul 30, 2010

That's extreme macro, very good job handling this giant spider

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MightyMike · Jul 30, 2010

Thanks sfa, I'm not sure i'd co so far as cuddly, but i would say it looks angry at me for bugging it

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MightyMike · Jul 30, 2010

sometimes they freeze and 9 shots in less then 2 seconds isn't too hard, however this one froze for a good many minutes allowing me several angles and over 100 shots
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GraniteShoppe · Jul 30, 2010

MightyMike is quietly becoming the "Macro King" around here. I've followed your posts for quite some time and have always been impressed by your creativity. It seems like you have a nack at pushing your equipment to the limits with amazing results.

I tried a spider a while back with disappointing results. Handheld, panning forward and back with continuous shutter pressed. It seemed like I had 5 or 6 shots that I could put together to increase my dof, but the Registax software wasn't able to pull everything together the way I wanted.

Now I see your post and I think I'll give it another try. Thanks for the inspiration.

B

joshnl · Jul 30, 2010

Holy crap, that's cool!

BudOhio · Jul 30, 2010

Excellent work, Mike! I'd have to say that you have, officially, become "obsessed" with macro... and it's paying off

Kudos!

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Johan Josefsson · Jul 30, 2010

Great spider shot, Mike!

But how did you get her to sit still for 9 shots with flash? Glue?

When I do macro spiders I have a hard time getting one shot sharp before they run off on their spider business.

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Neil Morgan · Jul 30, 2010

Beautiful shot Mike !
What is the benefit of stacking, please explain what you did ? and why?
Cheers Neil

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MightyMike · Jul 31, 2010

Thanks Lothman, i didn't soften the flash any. I'll have to look into that program too
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MightyMike · Jul 31, 2010

Thanks Irek
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MightyMike · Jul 31, 2010

Well i don't know about macro king, there are many others with great skill around here. I say go for it, try again, film is cheap

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MightyMike · Jul 31, 2010

Thanks Joshnl
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MightyMike · Jul 31, 2010

Thanks Bud but its just a phase... it may be another year before i go macro crazy again
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MightyMike · Jul 31, 2010

Sometimes the spiders think if they stay very very still you won't see them even if you're taking pictures of them LOL it stayed still for a good hundred shots, then backed up a little more under the freezer
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