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.
Category Archives: Focus Stacking
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.
HHFS Macro Flower Images
This article shares some recent handheld focus stacked HHFS macro flower images that were captured at the Royal Botanical Gardens. I’ve been experimenting with the in-camera handheld focus stacking technology resident in my E-M1X for a number of years.
HHFS Butterfly Images
In preparation for the upcoming spring/summer outdoor macro photography season, I recently got in some practice with HHFS (handheld focus stacked) butterfly images at the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory.
HHFS Flowers with 100-400
This article features a selection of HHFS flowers captured with the M.Zuiko 100-400 mm f/5-6.3 IS zoom lens. Often when we think about handheld in-camera focus stacking (HHFS) when photographing flowers, using a macro lens come to mind… rather than a long telephoto zoom lens.
HHFS at the RBG
This article shares a selection of new images captured using handheld in-camera focus stacking HHFS at the RBG (Royal Botanical Gardens) in Burlington Ontario.
Whenever we go out with our cameras to photograph nature there is a risk that our planned subject matter may not appear. Or, that our anticipated shooting conditions may change. So, some flexibility can come in handy.
HHFS Images Using 12-100 f/4 PRO
This short article features some sample HHFS (handheld focus stacked) images using the M.Zuiko 12-100 f/4 PRO IS zoom lens… captured at the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory. These photographs demonstrate the old adage that the ‘best camera’ is the one that you have with you.