Stacked Macro Fly

Today I went over to Moredon Bog within Wareham Forest and found a willing subject in this fly found in an old rotting tree stump.

I managed to get my focusing rail attached, and the subject pose long enough for me to get 21 shots off, before moving off.  I think my manual set flash gun eventually annoyed it enough to crawl out of the way.  The fly was taken on my MPE-65mm at around 2.5x life size.  Aperture F9

Stacked Fly
Stacked Fly – 21 Images

I stacked the images in CombineZP (a free stacking program) and then tidied them up.  I’ve also stacked in a Zerene demo.  I’ll post another article on stacking shortly to compare these two.

Map of Location

Within Wareham forest. Parking is available here.

Chris

I've been taking macro photography from 2004. I use both Canon film and digital cameras.

2 thoughts on “Stacked Macro Fly

  • March 2, 2010 at 5:54 pm
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    Interesting article, I’m going to think about giving this stacking technique a go myself.

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    • May 27, 2010 at 6:04 pm
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      All I can say it’s worth a go.

      I’m hoping to publish some articles on the software at some point in the future.

      Chris

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