Wonderful shots. The needle and thread is so dynamic.
Typically since building a new desktop setup for macro
I'll sort out some images possibly tomorrow.Love these, almost microscopic images, could you expand on what you rig is comprised of, perhaps a picture or two so we could better understand how you are achieving these?
From memory I think it was around f/8 but I had my stackshot set to .025mm increments I think I've deleted the original photos now but I'll sort out something tomorrow to show how narrow the depth of field is. Stacking the photos at the magnification the objective gives is the only real option. I am however a total novice using this setup so I could be doing it all wrong, could be fun learning the right way though.That sounds like a ridiculous amount of shots.
What aperture did you use?
Is this a crop? All images?
May explain the amount of shots but if not I have shot smaller subjects with F11 and 1 shot was enough but to do a stack about 5-10 shots probably would surfice.
I'll sort out some images possibly tomorrow.
The flower was done with my sigma 105mm with kendo extension tubes. The needle was my first go with my new nikon lens objective attached to the above setup.
Nice setup! As mentioned the needle and thread is particularly striking, but they are all a bit stunning tbh..
Could I ask about your lighting setup. I can see you have an ikea(?) lamp in there. Is that just for focusing? What are those two flash units?
Whenever I have done studio stacking before I have always used a tripod with the subject "balanced" somehow on the table. I like the board idea much better and maybe this is something I should look into doing. It look much better for packing away, and far more stable!