Big Bee stacked x59 H&A
Bee that I found on my conservatory, used a Sony a7Rii with Sigma 105mm and extension tubes 16
+10mm. Ended with a 59 frame stack. ...
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Bee that I found on my conservatory, used a Sony a7Rii with Sigma 105mm and extension tubes 16
+10mm. Ended with a 59 frame stack.
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+10mm. Ended with a 59 frame stack.
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Apr, 2020Views
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Behind The Lens
Location
I took this photo at home, coming back from work was happy to this bee on my window sill. Not being able to go outside and shoot landscapes, macro photography has been my keep sane escape :)Time
This was in the evening, I spent about 45 mins setting up and taking 59 shots manually moving the focus steps, then another hour stacking and editing it. Not sure what time it was but ended late...Lighting
I must have heard this a million times, "light is very important". I say light is literally everything on a picture and with practice, I am learning how to use it in more creative ways instead of just flooding the subject.Equipment
This was shot on a Sony a7rii with a Sigma 105mm macro and 26mm extension tubes. Also used a sturdy tripod and two 25w Led lights 5500k temp.Inspiration
Not being able to go outside, due to this pandemic has motivated me to do macro. It is incredible how vast is your house/garden seen from 31mm close :)Editing
I used the Helicon software for staking and Affinity photo for the colors.In my camera bag
Camera- Sony a7rii Lens - Sigma 105mm 2.8, Sony 50mm 1.8, Yashica 50mm 1.9 (super sharp and light) and a Samyang 14mm 2.8 Gopro 7 DJI Zoom 2 Batteries, tripod, spare card and cleaning kitFeedback
Diffuse the light as much as possible, if you can see a shine on the subject when you stacked it will be exaggerated and usually overlaps the focus areas on the subsequent frames. If moving the focus steps manually, be patient and leave 5 seconds before engaging the shutter(remotely, always) so that the camera stops shaking/vibrating. If you notice that there is a shaky shot do not add it to the stack.
