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Lichen Garden

Started 3 months ago | Photos thread
ken_in_nh Senior Member • Posts: 2,399
Re: Lichen Garden

jmiller1948 wrote:

Thanks for the compliments, maggiemole. First, I think a tripod is essential. At macro range the slightest camera shake is deadly to IQ. With the small apertures needed to get enough DoF to avoid stacking 50 images, shutter speeds are quite slow, making any motion even worse. The black background is easy: I use a piece of black poster board and then adjust the black point in post to make it look even blacker. The black background keeps the shadows like you produced from being seen too.

Get your tripod out and give it another go. Those gold lichen species would look great with more magnification and against a black background.

All the more reasons to get away from such small f stops.

Not sure why you're so hostile to stacking?

And yes, macros are just as subject to diffraction as other lens designs.  Not sure where you got that idea from?

Finally, do you think your pics would look better with a natural background?

Here's an example of a natural light stack.

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