Monomad Photography Challenge - Hoverfly on dandelion

[brianhphotos]

This is my entry into todays #monomad photography challenge.

Here is a focus stacked image created from 33 separate shots at F2, 1/250sec, ISO200.

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• Images taken with the Olympus E-M1 III and 25mm mitakon f0.95 lens + 10mm extension tube
• Stacked with Zerene Stacker
• Edited with Capture One and Aurora hdr

I normally use my 60mm macro lens for close up shots but it was not suitable on this occasion. It was either too tight on the subject or if I pulled back then the background was not sufficiently out of focus.

To the rescue came my Mitakon 25mm f0.95. I used it with my 10mm extension tube and shot at f2.0 and it gave the results I was after.

The Mitakon is a manual lens so I had to focus stack using the old method of manually turning the focus ring a small amount between each shot.

Some more images I created of the the same fly and dandelion.

If you would like to know more about how I create my macro images then please take a look at my tutorial, see links below

Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Preparing Insects
Part 3 Preparing Flowers
Part 4 Equipment
Part 5 Shooting the stack
Part 6 Processing the stack
Part 7 Editing the stack
Part 8 Final Summary

Thanks for taking a look at my photography
@brianhphotos

Comments

[qurator]

Manually curated by ackhoo from the @qurator Team. Keep up the good work!

[brianhphotos]

Thank you very much.

[monochromes]

Congratulations. Today's #monomad third place is yours. Thank You very much for participating.

Also, and in case you didn't yet, feel free to join our Black And White Community.

[brianhphotos]

Thank you

[zrss]

@brianhphotos i want to see your colore macro pictures. Amazing pictures

[brianhphotos]

Thank You. I'll see if I can post some colour images later today.