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#artAdventCalendar, Dec 5th: Frozen soap bubbles (2/6):

#frozenSoapBubbles #winter #morning #frost #macrophotography #focusStacking

photo of a soap bubble glittering in the rising morning sun. Frost on its surface and the wooden table it's sitting on is reflecting. Shiny

Close-up 1: golden light through hexagonal crystals

Close-up 2: focus stacking ice is always tricky. Due to its semi-transparency it sometimes comes out looking like polished AI slop. This one looks quite-not-real if viewed in full resolution

And a quick edit of the stacked image in #darktable.

#FocusStacking #ShineStacker #MicroFourThirds #Olympus #em5mark3

The same photo of a fly as in the previous post but now the contrast and color saturation are higher and the image slightly cropped so the fly looks slightly bigger.

Today I tried #ShineStacker (https://shinestacker.wordpress.com) – new open source focus stacker and it works! Stacked my hand-held fly shots on default settings with no problems, something I couldn’t achieve with Hugin tools (but my #Olympus #em5mark3 could with OOC jpeg).

#FocusStacking #MacroPhotography #MicroFourThirds

A photo of a fly on a wooden table; eye details are visible, the image is a stack of 8 photos with different focus planes.

Throwback Saturday

Here's one of my better macro shots. It's from some small spring blossom. Shot in 2017 with a vintage Vivitar macro (and I guess a Raynox 250) and focus-stacked.

#photography #macro #macrophotography #flower #flowerphotography #focusstacking

Close-up macro photograph of a white flower showing delicate petals with water droplets and translucent texture. The flower's center reveals bright yellow-orange anthers tipped with pollen, surrounding a pale green pistil. Pink-tinted stamens are visible among the white petals, which show fine details and natural imperfections in the backlighting

I've been looking to get a heavy pair of scissors to add to my bookbinding tools for cutting bookcloth and the like. Sort of had to buy this pair.

#photography #focusstacking #twilkinsonandsons #scissors

A macro photograph of the maker's stamp from "T. Wilkinson & Son" on a pair of antique tailor's shears. Only the pivot screw and the maker's mark is visible in the frame.

A new blog post for you:"Sony a7RIII, Pixel Shift and Focus Stacking"
Enjoy!

https://www.wolfnowl.com/2025/11/sony-a7riii-pixel-shift-and-focus-stacking/

#photo #photography #Sony #PixelShift #FocusStacking #notAI

This is a focus stacked image of Marcia's Dendrobium orchid, with six blossoms.

A new blog post for you:"Sony a7RIII, Pixel Shift and Focus Stacking"
Enjoy!

https://www.wolfnowl.com/2025/11/sony-a7riii-pixel-shift-and-focus-stacking/

#photo #photography #Sony #PixelShift #FocusStacking #notAI

5/5 #fungi

Another #EppingForest fungi shot with manual #focusstacking and an LED panel light. I have mostly achieved the smooth focus fall-off for some 3d pop that I wanted.

Sigma 105 f2.8 #macro lens with a four-thirds mount - adapted to my OM1

#mushrooms #fungus #fungi #photography
#macrophotography

Two delicate mushrooms with pale cream-colored caps showing distinctive blue-tinged centers and white stems, growing among bright green moss and dried brown leaves on the forest floor

Focus stacked Hacky Sack.

#photography #macrophotography #focusstacking #boredom #colorful #weave #hackysack #ball

This is a sharply detailed, focus-stacked close-up photograph of a hacky sack. The image shows a dense weave of yarn loops in bright, saturated colors mainly orange, green, and purple each forming small, interlocking V-shaped stitches. The texture is highly tactile: the thick fibers look slightly fuzzy, with tiny threads and lint catching the light. The tight pattern and shallow curvature suggest the surface of a small crocheted ball. The focus stacking brings every fiber into crisp clarity, emphasizing the rough, organic feel of the yarn and the contrast between the colors.

Schönen Feiertag liebe Community. Ein paar Blumen an alle, die nicht mehr da sind.

#photography #fotografie #highkey #focusstacking

Im rechten Zentrum des Bildes steht ein kleines, unscheinbares, aber elegant geformtes moderne Teetasse aus glasklarem Material. Das Glas ist so transparent, dass es sich fast selbst auflöst und nur noch als Kontur erkennbar ist.

Aus diesem Gefäß ragt ein kleiner, lebendiger Strauß anscheinend frisch gepflückter Wildblumen. Ich tippe auf feingliedrige Astern oder Wiesenmargeriten (laut google Lens). Die Blütenköpfe sind sternförmig aufgebaut, mit unzähligen, schneeweißen, hauchzarten Blütenblättern. In der Mitte jeder Blüte liegt ein leuchtend gelber Pollenkern, der wie eine winzige, warme Sonne strahlt. Die Anordnung der Blumen ist locker und organisch; die Stiele sind kräftig grün und schaffen einen wichtigen Farbakzent in diesem ansonsten so hellen Bild. Sie wirken ungezwungen, vital und sind ein Symbol für stille, sommerliche Widerstandsfähigkeit. Das Licht ist weich und diffus, verhindert harte Schatten und taucht das gesamte Ensemble in eine sanfte, fast meditative Atmosphäre. Es ist einfach und doch zutiefst zufriedenstellend.

My first attempt at focus stacking with a macro lens. Hastily captured over lunch time today.

Processed with https://github.com/lucalista/shinestacker although I'm still considering other options. Shine Stacker errors out after composing the image with an EXIF error, and OOMed my computer on my first try.

#MacroPhotography #FocusStacking

A macro photo of tiny plant about 7cm tall. It has one large leaf a tiny second leaf, and a rolled up leaf growing from the middle.

#Macro photo of a peacock's tail feather. Bird dropped it right in front of me while moulting back in July. It's so much fun to zoom into these shots and discover all the iridiscent details.

#FotoMontag #FocusStacking #birdphotography #peacock #macrophotography

photo of the eye of a peacock's tail feather on a black surface.

Close-up. Tiny iridescent brushes aligned

As satisfying to watch as it is to touch despite looking rough.

The contrast of dark violet and surrounding green-gold-bronze always stunning

Experimenting with new tools: focus stacking. This is a (deceased) carpenter bee taken from one of the traps I use to try and minimize the holes they drill in my porch, on a sassafras leaf. 60 shots stacked.

#photography #macro #focusstacking #insects #wildlife #nature #massachusetts

A close-up macro photograph of a carpenter bee on a sassafras leaf.

How to Build a ‘Simple’ Focus Stacking System https://petapixel.com/2025/09/18/how-to-build-a-simple-focus-stacking-system/ #focusstacking #DoItYourself #doityourself #tedkinsman #Tutorials #build #make #DIY

Love all the fine details of this single macro shot.

#germany #bavaria #hobby #sony #sonyalpha #deutschland #bayern #flower #blume #closeup #nahaufnahme #macro #makro #focusstacking #stacking #yellow #red #a6700 #alpha6700 #sigma #sigma105mm
#affinity #affinityphoto #focusshift #shift

Which of these three images do you think is best? I'm terrible at choosing.
Spider seemingly eating something. Focus stacked with 6-8 shots.

#photography #macro #macrophotography #aracnids #spider #animalidentification #insectphotography #cygnustechdiffuser #denmark #danmark #viborg #moss #sonya7iii #focusstacking #laowamacro

Spider with moss, web and bark around it

The succulent from the office Cinco de Mayo festivities decided to blossom. #succulent #macro #closeup #flash #focusstacking

Tiny pink flowers with yellow interiors on a small stem that shot up from a succulent plant. Nectar is visible in the flowers.

#52wochenfotochallenge by @norberteder #FocusStacking

I was in the woods and give the in-camera-focus-stacking feature a try. I forgot my tripod and so it was out of hand and was limited.

#nature #photography

Moss in detail with trees in the background. So typical floor of a wood.

#FocusStacking in @norberteder's #52WochenFotoChallenge

32/52 Dancing with the Light
Strolled through the woods - the quest for my model. Then I found it right next to tree roots and leaves on the forest floor. So small. Will I be able to get several focus-layers? I placed the camera upside down on the tripod and began. It was very relaxing to set everything up and manually focus at the edge of my lens's capabilities.

:nikon: :darktable:

#closeUp #wood #nature #photography #darktable #paperg

#focusstacking

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