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[Darrell C]

Nikon 100mm 2.8macro, ISO 100, 1/250, F11, 51 stacked

 

[Fons Baerken]

Well done!

[Jakov Minić]

Lovely Darrell!
Since I am not an expert on staking or studio lighting my words may not be of any importance, but I do see dark areas (shadows) underneath the body where I miss detail

[Darrell C]

Well done!

Lovely Darrell!
Since I am not an expert on staking or studio lighting my words may not be of any importance, but I do see dark areas (shadows) underneath the body where I miss detail

Thank you Fons and Jakov.............
Jakov thank you for your interest, I am not an expert either, I am using Nikon's macro lighting, I am still very much learning, your comments will help guide in future shots.

[HCS]

... 51 stacked

So i guess this is a staged shot 

In that case, you could use a bounce card to lighten up the underside of the bee a bit. A white piece of paper will do. Give it some tries to find the angle in which to hold the card and the distance to the subject for the desired illumination (or rather: bounce).

I like the shot, but also find too little separation of the bee from the background. That causes the image to lose the effect of the focus stacking quite a bit (IMHO).

[Darrell C]

So i guess this is a staged shot 

In that case, you could use a bounce card to lighten up the underside of the bee a bit. A white piece of paper will do. Give it some tries to find the angle in which to hold the card and the distance to the subject for the desired illumination (or rather: bounce).

I like the shot, but also find too little separation of the bee from the background. That causes the image to lose the effect of the focus stacking quite a bit (IMHO).

Thanks, and of course.
cheers