To stack or not to stack

For flowers etc, for each subject I often capture post focus videos for stacking and also exposure bracketed stills (one shot each from f/2.8 to f/22) for when the stack doesn't work or when I like one or more of the single shots whether or not the stack worked. This is the sort of set I get to choose from when using exposure bracketing.

I use stacks not for the detail you can see if you zoom in, because I produce images for viewing "as is" without zooming in on them. I use stacking because I like the look of the images I can produce using it. This sort of thing. (First two stacked from G80 4K video, the other two from G9 6K video, all with Olympus 60mm macro. All four hand-held, hands possibly supported by a low wall for the second, the others with hands unsupported, possibly one-handed because of awkward positioning of the subject.)

I have only occasionally used stacking for invertebrates; it doesn't really suit my subject matter (much smaller than most of my botanical subjects, usually on foliage, with the foliage often moving around in a breeze and/or the subject moving around, subjects often only there for a few seconds, often in indifferent light levels). And it doesn't really suit my preference for shooting hand-held. This is one of the few I have done (probably using a tripod, but with hands on the camera). I might try doing more next year. Maybe.