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Anania hortulata, the small magpie moth. Found on my wall just now.

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  1. mat
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    Pretty pleased with this photo. Moth is about 25mm wingtip-to-wingtip. Photo shot handheld using a Fujinon 65mm macro lens with a 10mm extension tube, on a Fuji XE2 camera. Slightly cropped and...

    Pretty pleased with this photo. Moth is about 25mm wingtip-to-wingtip.

    Photo shot handheld using a Fujinon 65mm macro lens with a 10mm extension tube, on a Fuji XE2 camera. Slightly cropped and mildly adjusted for colour/contrast etc in Showfoto.

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    Zlyme
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    Woah that's a really good photo

    Woah that's a really good photo

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  3. meristele
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    It's beautiful. And the blue surface really makes it pop!

    It's beautiful. And the blue surface really makes it pop!

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    eladnarra
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    Nice! I love macro photography and like @meristele, I think the colors work really well. Have you heard of/tried focus stacking? I don't know much about photography techniques, but I came across...

    Nice! I love macro photography and like @meristele, I think the colors work really well.

    Have you heard of/tried focus stacking? I don't know much about photography techniques, but I came across the concept the other day and suddenly started seeing it around. It looks difficult to do, especially handheld, but I like the increased depth of field it gives macro shots. This is the first focus stacking shot I saw (CW: spider).

    I'm thinking of dusting off my DSLR and trying it out, starting with plants and fungi since they can't move :D

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      mat
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      I've heard of focus stacking but I've never done it. I did consider getting my tripod to get some deeper dof on this shot (1/60 exposure @f5.6 handheld is OK but I didn't want to go much slower)...

      I've heard of focus stacking but I've never done it. I did consider getting my tripod to get some deeper dof on this shot (1/60 exposure @f5.6 handheld is OK but I didn't want to go much slower) but this was positioned very awkwardly to get a tripod to.

      I have done noise reduction stacking a few times with astrophotography images, that's pretty effective. Although my actual photos were never amazing, and I never really bothered to get a telescope adaptor for my current camera. I probably should.

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      1. eladnarra
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        Oo, astrophotography! I definitely encourage you to get a telescope adapter (if you want to and it's within your budget). Mostly because I'd love to see the photos, haha.

        Oo, astrophotography! I definitely encourage you to get a telescope adapter (if you want to and it's within your budget). Mostly because I'd love to see the photos, haha.

  5. eladnarra
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    Nice! I love macro photography, and like @meristele I think the colors work really well. Have you heard of/tried focus stacking? I don't know much about photography techniques, but I came across...

    Nice! I love macro photography, and like @meristele I think the colors work really well.

    Have you heard of/tried focus stacking? I don't know much about photography techniques, but I came across the concept the other day and suddenly started seeing it around. It looks difficult to do, especially handheld, but I like the increased depth of field it gives macro shots. This is the first focus stacking shot I saw (CW: spider).

    I'm thinking of dusting off my DSLR and trying it out, starting with plants and fungi since they can't move :D