Feeding on Honey

[damage]

Found this cold and wet fly so I gave it a drop of honey handheld 4 stacked images .


333 s by John Chorley, on Flickr

 

[Archies]

Amazing

 

[scotty94]

Amazing indeed John, still amazes me ohow th ehell you do these handheld, must have concrete running through your veins

 

[Digitall]

Hi John super shot nice DOF, what lens are you using and are you using extension tubes?
Looked at you Flickr site, some very nice shots there.

 

[damage]

Thank you guys Allan I use the Nikon 105mm f2.8 VR macro lens and yes I use tubes with it. Although these are handheld It was low down so I lay prone and had my elbows on the ground for support.

 

[gbmphoto]

John, the detail on that is superb! I have not had anywhere near the success you have had with my extension tubes.

 

[Digitall]

Hi John that is what I suspected, and now confirmed

 

[littlehuw]

superb! (and very scary!)

 

[dibbly dobbler]

Love it!

 

[mattd85]

Amazing

 

[Nikon Dave]

Hi John , can I ask what extension tubes you use as I also have just recently bought said lens and am very happy with it but you cannot help but want to get even closer . Absolutely cracking sharpness and clarity to your shots mate , well done.

 

[Digitall]

Dave you will not go far wrong with Kenko auto tubes. Set of three useually, use them myself.

 

[architectfadi]

Wow, great capture

 

[Deleted member 55704]

Top inspiration this John, great shot

 

[damage]

Thank you everyone, Nikon Dave , I use the Kenko tubes

 

[RJL2005]

Very nice mate

 

[tman]

John
care to run us/me through your stacking technique in detail please
EXCELLENT pic, as always
regards
tman

 

[damage]

Very nice mate

Thank you Rhod

John
care to run us/me through your stacking technique in detail please
EXCELLENT pic, as always
regards
tman

Thank you , Just seven images taken at different focal points and the images stacked using combine ZM. I load the seven images into the software and then do a soft stack , i dont really know much about the other features of combine ZM yet.

 

[shaunyshaun1234]

Absolutely incredible!!

 

[The Chiller]

Don't think you can get any better than this. Top class John.

 

[tman]

John
you say you hand hold !
do you just move back and forth slightly and take several pix ?
or do you physically move the focus ring and take several pix ?
also what about lighting and background ?
any info much appreciated
regards
tman

 

[damage]

John
you say you hand hold !
do you just move back and forth slightly and take several pix ?
or do you physically move the focus ring and take several pix ?
also what about lighting and background ?
any info much appreciated
regards
tman

Handheld yes, elbows were supported on the ground though, focused by moving in , shoot, in a bit more , shoot , in more , shoot , etc. background was a piece of plastic sheet and lighting was single flashgun on a home made bracket with diffuser. I will add a pic of my setup later.

 

[tman]

Excellent John, thanks for the heads up on your technique

 

[damage]

here is a pic of me in the field with my setup (and NO that is not a solar panel on my head to charge the flash ! )


self shot s by John Chorley, on Flickr