Macro photography 101

[M0nkey]

monkey and bman,nice shots there , personally think that all your shots are the highest grade on all these forums, big respect, these pics could make any cover in the world and best of all its all uk!
peace bros, bb

thanks bro..

 

[bannana man]

hay bb thanks for stopping in mate ,

 

[bannana man]

krowberry macros ,enjoy the pink dank

 

[M0nkey]

krowberry macros ,enjoy the pink dank

u got to love that krowberry.. i can smell her from here..

 

[Four Fingers]

Long time, no post.








Forfingoz

 

[pico]

4 words........Focus Stacking

Ok, now I gotta run. Jason King is going to hunt me down and kill me. Pretty sure this is his 'secret' technic.

 

[old fla stoner]

nice shots bannana man

 

[Sideshow-Bob]

banana, great shots! i love coloured trichs unfortunately I haven't had the pleasure to find such a specimen till now...

another old pic of mine (can't take new ones atm because my computer is broken..)

greetings

 

[M0nkey]

here is a focus stacked shot..i took 10 shots at fstop 2.5 at 10 different focus rages..i then stacked them together to become 1 perfect pic..im going to focus stack my macro shots but i need this thing for my tripod..im going to order one tomorrow..so for now heres my 1st stack..il post the link to the free software i use..easier to use then ps.stacking the pic is the clearest shot it can be with no unsharpen mask needed

 

[J-Roc]

dude!
YUMMY!
i gotta get a thousand dollar camera!

 

[old fla stoner]

sweet micro shot there Monkey

 

[Guest]

here is a focus stacked shot..i took 10 shots at fstop 2.5 at 10 different focus rages..i then stacked them together to become 1 perfect pic..im going to focus stack my macro shots but i need this thing for my tripod..im going to order one tomorrow..so for now heres my 1st stack..il post the link to the free software i use..easier to use then ps.stacking the pic is the clearest shot it can be with no unsharpen mask needed

very nice! wanted to do this for a while but didn't fint a proper tutorial and freeware... looking forward to try it soon

greetz

 

[M0nkey]

here is what i use..enjoy guys..

http://www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZM/Manual/Install.htm


http://www.digitalgrin.com/showthread.php?t=61316

 

[Guest]

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to M0nkey again."

thx for the links bro :smile:

 

[guest5703]

i like that digitalgrin place thanks monkey

 

[ker2noir]

 

[DoobieDuck]

MOnkey thanks again for your post..I read through the stacking technic, very interesting, Dr. Duck.

 

[pico]

here is a focus stacked shot..i took 10 shots at fstop 2.5 at 10 different focus rages..i then stacked them together to become 1 perfect pic..im going to focus stack my macro shots but i need this thing for my tripod..im going to order one tomorrow..so for now heres my 1st stack..il post the link to the free software i use..easier to use then ps.stacking the pic is the clearest shot it can be with no unsharpen mask needed

Very nice. I use a program called combineZM for focus stacking. free and works well. You using the same one?

Edit: Nevermind, I missed your second post.

 

[Dusty Bowls]

so if i had an EOS 20D from canon whats the best macro lens I can pick up?

 

[Klepto]

here is a focus stacked shot..i took 10 shots at fstop 2.5 at 10 different focus rages..i then stacked them together to become 1 perfect pic..im going to focus stack my macro shots but i need this thing for my tripod..im going to order one tomorrow..so for now heres my 1st stack..il post the link to the free software i use..easier to use then ps.stacking the pic is the clearest shot it can be with no unsharpen mask needed

Wow, that is beautiful-- props for going to great lengths for the shot there!