In April I made more macro mistakes during a single, half-day photo session at the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) than I had in quite some time. I could attempt to excuse my macro mistakes away by providing context… but at the end of the day none of that matters.
Category Archives: Focus Stacking
Blossoms, Bugs & Butterflies eBook
We are pleased to announce the publication of our newest eBook… Blossoms, Bugs & Butterflies: Exploring Handheld Macro and Close-Up Photography.
This 210 page eBook shares over 500 original handheld photographs and discusses a wide range of techniques and approaches that were used to photograph blossoms, bugs & butterflies.
HHFS Images With 150-600
This article features a selection of Handheld In-Camera Focus Stacked HHFS images captured with the M.Zuiko 150-600 telephoto zoom. All of the photographs featured in this article were unplanned captures.
January Outdoor Macro Images
This article features a selection of January outdoor macro images that were captured using handheld in-camera focus stacking. The winter season is not usually a time when we’d be out doing macro photography. We had a short respite from the cold weather so I thought it was a great opportunity to grab my camera gear to see what I could find in my yard.
Forest HHFS Macro Images
This article shares a selection of forest HHFS macro images captured during a recent visit to the Niagara Glen Nature Centre. Over the past number of years I have come to more fully appreciate the photographic potential of using in-camera handheld focus stacking (HHFS) for my macro photography.
Handheld Focus Stacked Macro
This article shares a selection of handheld focus stacked macro images captured during a recent visit to the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) in Burlington Ontario. I didn’t spend very much time capturing images for my personal use as my main goal was to identify macro opportunities for my RBG guest.
Grasshopper Macro Images
This article features a selection of handheld grasshopper macro images captured with the M.Zuiko 90 mm macro IS PRO lens. I used the M.Zuiko MC-20 teleconverter for all of the photographs in this article. Most of the images were captured using handheld in-camera focus stacking technology. A few photographs at the end of the article were captured using the M.Zuiko STF-8 Twin Macro Flash.
Photographing Captive Butterflies
Photographing captive butterflies can be a very different experience when compared to photographing their counterparts in the wild. Since captive butterflies are usually acclimatized to people we can get much closer to them. This can also lead to them being more comfortable staying in a specific perched position for longer durations of time.
Macro Treasures
Often we can find macro treasures to photograph while exploring the flower beds in the yards around our own homes. This article features a selection of images captured using handheld in-camera focus stacking in combination with the M.Zuiko 90 mm f/3.5 PRO IS Macro lens and M.Zuiko MC-14 teleconverter.
Micro HHFS TG-5 images
This article features a selection of micro HHFS TG-5 images of plants, flowers and midges captured handheld in my yard. I had a lot of fun pushing my Olympus TG-5 Tough with these handheld in-camera focus stacked (HHFS) micro photographs.
This was one of the few times that I can remember trying the in-camera focus stacking option when shooting in Microscope mode. All images featured in this article are displayed without any cropping at all.