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It has taken about two years of practice....needs to be done without the dehumidifier on so that surface tension has a chance to work!  What question about the setup....like the camera and lenses ...

the bottom of the spider isn't, but the one spider is along with the wasp.  I do half dead half live.,

great example, Don!  Thank you!

Well, aren't you funny?!  Thank you!

yes, between each exposure it moves the focus a tiny bit. There's a setting to set called focus bracketing - and you set it between 1 and 10....1 being the smallest steps.  I always use 1 as less ...

Thank you much!!

Focus bracketing is the key along with getting the magnification up there.  You can use a rail system to move the camera, but Olympus makes it easier with focus bracketing.

I use the Olympus EM1 Mark 3 along with the MC-20 teleconverter, a modified 16mm PIXCO extension tube to connect the teleconverter to the Olympus 60mm macro lens - then after that either a Raynox ...

Don't know how I missed this thread, but glad it got sorted out! A few things....The 2x teleconverter the MC-20 also works with the same PIXCO setup....I have not found any issues with lighting by ...

Manual focus always.  Get the camera where you want it right before your focus point and waste a few shots to get what you need. also, I always use electronic shutter

Just now saw this.  I always use JPEG SF option.  Don't need Raw as I like the Olympus JPEGS - also, stacking raw is a pain

I have had so many people doubt my work - that the sand is really that small - that bugs really look like this up close or that the spider images are of live ones....even that snowflakes don't ...

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Using a PIXCO Brand extension tube, 16mm, you can attach the MC-20 (2x) teleconverter to the 60mm macro lens.  All you have to do is remove a millimeter of the plastic inside the cheap extension ...

It's a joy to share these!

Although messy, there is still some neat detail on the bottom half of this image taken with the 505. Here is some incredible detail of a dendrite snowflake with an amazing center.  I zoomed in past ...

I decided to go stronger than my last series and switch out the Raynox 250 for the 202 and also the 505 for a shot or two.  So here we go... Olympus EM1 Mark 2, the Olympus MC-20 Teleconverter, ...

The Kenko are metal inside and will not work

Thank you!!!