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[bobfriedman]

FujiFilm GFX100S ,Printing-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8
1/50s f/2.8 iso100 70-stack

 

[Butlerkid]

STUNNING! Superb control of focus and excellent composition!

 

[Irap]

Great color and use of DOF Bob!

 

[bobfriedman]

so with these stacked images.... I just throw away rear portions of the stack to give this illusion of shallow DoF since the DoF for the lenses on each image is razor thin.

 

[Butlerkid]

so with these stacked images.... I just throw away rear portions of the stack to give this illusion of shallow DoF since the DoF for the lenses on each image is razor thin.

Interesting. So you shoot wide open and don't stop down at all? I believe f8 is the sweet spot for the 105, so even 5.6 or so would reduce the # of images to stack. What stacking s/w do you use?

 

[bobfriedman]

So this is the Printing-Nikkor which is designed for industrial use (see https://coinimaging.com/printing-nikkor_105.html)... primarily to copy 70mm motion picture film. For macros I use primarily industrial lenses check previous flower macros... the sharpest is wide open or almost wide open. I shoot a stack in raw, then convert with color correction in photoshop to TIF, then stack with Zerene Stacker.

 

[Rixpx]

Beautiful Macro.

 

[bobfriedman]

another with a different lens.

FujiFilm GFX100S ,Schneider Xenon-Sapphire 95mm f/3.9
1/80s f/3.9 iso100 80-stack

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FujiFilm GFX100S ,Schneider Xenon-Sapphire 95mm f/3.9
1/50s f/3.9 iso100 60-stack

 

[Dave Stargazer]

Lovely work, Bob. And here I thought you were paging me with the thread title

Cheers and Happy Holidays, Merry Xmas to all!

...Dave...

 

[Nick B.]

Great pictures! For the stacking, do you use an automated tool? Manually adjust focus? Or, something else?

 

[bobfriedman]

Great pictures! For the stacking, do you use an automated tool? Manually adjust focus? Or, something else?

I use Zerene Stacker for the stacking process. The focus plane is adjusted by using a stepper motor on the rear standard of a Cambo view camera.

 

[bobfriedman]

Lovely work, Bob. And here I thought you were paging me with the thread title

Cheers and Happy Holidays, Merry Xmas to all!

...Dave...

Yep... maybe I was!

 

[Whiskeyman]

FujiFilm GFX100S ,Printing-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8
1/50s f/2.8 iso100 70-stack

Wonderful photos, Bob! What are you using for a primary light? Are you sign a lightbox for these?

 

[bobfriedman]

well, I might as post the setup with LED lighting toughspun modifiers... of course this was with a different flower and lens, but the lens I used is on the counter (also not my complete set of macro lenses, just a few favs)

Notice the stepper motor on the rear standard connected to the controller. This way the lens doesn't move when I step through the focal planes..

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[Bigmo]

Very nice work.

 

[Oosty]

Wow, Bob - great images and a lighting setup beyond my wildest imagination.
I'm either too dumb or too lazy to venture into artificial lighting but your results certainly justify the effort !!

 

[PhD69]

well, I might as post the setup with LED lighting toughspun modifiers... of course this was with a different flower and lens, but the lens I used is on the counter (also not my complete set of macro lenses, just a few favs)

Notice the stepper motor on the rear standard connected to the controller. This way the lens doesn't move when I step through the focal planes..

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Thanks for sharing this picture that give us a good idea of the equipment used to get this high level fo quality, particularly regarding the quality of the light and its distribution without shade. BRAVO

 

[RichF]

Incredible images and then I saw the setup. looks .. ingenius.