[PIC_THREAD] All Things Macro, Micro
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Hey Buddy, the vast majority of my macro images are stacked because of the razer thin aperture, aside from where I stopped because of artistic choice.
Ah yes just noticed some of your earlier images.
Sahara Gastropod, Brachiopod fossils, Pyride didn't come out well so skipped that.
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Worked from the living room whilst cats were asleep, otherwise i'm pretty sure they'd interfere
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Worked from the living room whilst cats were asleep, otherwise i'm pretty sure they'd interfere
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Soldato
RIP butterflyFace was probably not much more than a couple of mm across, can see it's curled up probe for extracting nectar from plants.
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wee butterfly from the garden below is the specimen used:
Wouldn't that destroy its wings
Doesn't seem worth a photo
It was already dead, and it's the head I was interested in. I add those for context on the macro subject, it's size in relation items around it, otherwise it can be rather abstract to what you're looking at.
I've also found some people are interested in how you took the photo, the setup, the process.
I've also found some people are interested in how you took the photo, the setup, the process.
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Spent past couple of days building rig, really excited to try some different setups over the next weeks, a test shot from this evening, 200 stacked shots
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5X Mitutoyo Plan Apo Objective.
Novoflex tub with built in achromatic lens.
Adapter for Nikon Z6II
Two wooden sheets with anti-vibration pads inbetween.
Cheapo XYZ axis CNC trim is a life saver for tiny adjustments.
Cheapo Z extender bolted to top sheet of wood.
Some flashes.
Electric rail.
Bonus, unrelated, Crow shark tooth:
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5X Mitutoyo Plan Apo Objective.
Novoflex tub with built in achromatic lens.
Adapter for Nikon Z6II
Two wooden sheets with anti-vibration pads inbetween.
Cheapo XYZ axis CNC trim is a life saver for tiny adjustments.
Cheapo Z extender bolted to top sheet of wood.
Some flashes.
Electric rail.
Bonus, unrelated, Crow shark tooth:
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Pumpkin seed
Seed on rig for context
This just testing some settings and lighting out with test subject, more fascinating than anything.
Seed on rig for context
This just testing some settings and lighting out with test subject, more fascinating than anything.
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7mm depth shot at 20micons per step worked out to 350 images, stacked to the above: things are getting alittle interesting with stacks now, 32GB of RAM wasn't enough, now running 64GB, which has improved the processing time a lot, as prior around halfway through all the RAM would be eaten up would then stall for a good minute.
Now 250-360 images top out at around 54GB of RAM.
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Have heard good things about the WeMacro rail and your images are fantastic so must be good.
How I wished my man cave was bigger. Going to totally redecorate it some point as it takes me ages to setup, I'm flipping from doing B-rolll for a YouTube channel, social media of small items such as watches to macro to micro. Each time I have to dismantle things, hours wasted and sometimes I don't have the energy after the day job.
Then gaming
It's an extremely accurate rail, very solid, with a very simple app on mobile via Bluetooth for what I need: start, end, pause between shots, pause after moving forward(or back) to wait for vibration to stop & travel in mm or microns.
One Euro firm has a rail for for £1700, I mean these are essentially glorified CNC, 3D printer motors so it's abit cheeky.
Then gaming
It's an extremely accurate rail, very solid, with a very simple app on mobile via Bluetooth for what I need: start, end, pause between shots, pause after moving forward(or back) to wait for vibration to stop & travel in mm or microns.
One Euro firm has a rail for for £1700, I mean these are essentially glorified CNC, 3D printer motors so it's abit cheeky.