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This is one of my favorite photos of a granular dart frog. It was a partial focus stack to keep both the frog and the little bromeliad plant in focus. I shot a series all the way from the very front of the image to the edge of the log - I think it’s better to have more than you need than not enough - but in the end I liked just having the frog and plant in focus. Some extra fill light was courtesy of a little lumicube. Z9, 105 Z series macro.

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Steve said:
This is one of my favorite photos of a granular dart frog. It was a partial focus stack to keep both the frog and the little bromeliad plant in focus. I shot a series all the way from the very front of the image to the edge of the log - I think it’s better to have more than you need than not enough - but in the end I liked just having the frog and plant in focus. Some extra fill light was courtesy of a little lumicube. Z9, 105 Z series macro.

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Beautiful Steve👍👍👍
 
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beautiful photo Steve. I like everything about it.
I have been thinking on one of those lumecube things. The mini one seems best for just putting in the pocked and using for close up macros of wildflowers. Any thoughts pro/con on these little auxiliary light panels?
Jeff
 
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jeffnles1 said:
beautiful photo Steve. I like everything about it.
I have been thinking on one of those lumecube things. The mini one seems best for just putting in the pocked and using for close up macros of wildflowers. Any thoughts pro/con on these little auxiliary light panels?
Jeff
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Thanks!

That's what I'm using - just a pocket-sized lumi-cube. For small stuff, I think it's really all you need, although I don't do a lot of macro. I sometimes use just a reflector, but I like that I can have a more consistent light source with the cube.
 
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Steve said:
Thanks!

That's what I'm using - just a pocket-sized lumi-cube. For small stuff, I think it's really all you need, although I don't do a lot of macro. I sometimes use just a reflector, but I like that I can have a more consistent light source with the cube.
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Thanks Steve.
Jeff
 
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I noticed you used an apeture of 7.1. When focus stacking is it still better to close the apeture some? I guess it would cut down on the number of images to complete the stack?
 
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Rookie Roy said:
I noticed you used an apeture of 7.1. When focus stacking is it still better to close the apeture some? I guess it would cut down on the number of images to complete the stack?
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Yes, exactly. The shallower the DoF, the longer it takes the get through the stack and the greater the risk of the animal moving. In fact, if I had more light I would have going to F/8 or F/9 - these guys are not patient and I was lucky he didn't hop.
 
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This is truly a best of the best photograph. Superb, artistically and (of course!) technically. I hope National Geographic notices and appreciates that your composition has left all that lovely space upper left for cover text :)
 
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ssheipel said:
This is truly a best of the best photograph. Superb, artistically and (of course!) technically. I hope National Geographic notices and appreciates that your composition has left all that lovely space upper left for cover text :)
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LOL, that would be nice, but I'm just happy with posting it here :)
 
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