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oneofone25
oneofone25 Senior Member • Posts: 1,586
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This past spring my son brought me a tiny blue flower and asked me to photograph it with my setup....I was able to get quite a nice focus stacked image at about 4.5x magnification...about 150 images total stacked in Helicon.

Olympus OM-1

MC-20 Teleconverter

Pixco 16mm Extension tube

Olympus 60mm macro lens

Raynox 250

f4.5, iso200, focus bracket mode 1/10, used a single GODOX 126LED light on hotshoe for my lighting, and a makeshift drawer as my "Light box"

You can see the flower here on my finger showing the true size

The pollen capsule which was open was very intriguing to me, so I decided to use a 7.5x magnification setup to capture that, using about 175 images stacked in Helicon....just switched out the Raynox 250 for the Raynox 202, and a crop of about 35%.

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tripleC
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Very good image

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Jim B (MSP) Forum Pro • Posts: 11,959
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Great photography & story.

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macrouser
macrouser Senior Member • Posts: 3,979
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You have goon beyond anything I have tried.  I have never done photo stacking.

I like seeing the different size and shape and color of pollen.

I love seeing the flowers that have more interesting structures.

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BlueRay2 Forum Pro • Posts: 14,816
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nice captures. probably one of the tiniest flowers i have seen.

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ThrillaMozilla Veteran Member • Posts: 7,661
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Oh, yes!

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CraigDB New Member • Posts: 9
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just as an fyi... that's a Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica).

One focus stacked "in the field":

oneofone25
OP oneofone25 Senior Member • Posts: 1,586
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CraigDB wrote:

just as an fyi... that's a Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica).

One focus stacked "in the field":

Thanks Craig!  Really great shot you did there!  Was it a 15-image stack in-camera??

Glad to have you here on the DPREVIEW boards!  I did two in the field...

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CraigDB New Member • Posts: 9
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oneofone25 wrote:

CraigDB wrote:

just as an fyi... that's a Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica).

One focus stacked "in the field":

Thanks Craig! Really great shot you did there! Was it a 15-image stack in-camera??

I had to go back and check, but I'm only set for 6 images. I'd be too "shakey" for that many. I do a lot more small insects and more than 6 tends to get antennae moving and then the resultant image ends up with 4 or more antennae.

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