Bent Nail in Focus
by michelaudette

Comment by hyper7:
Wow! Focus stacking?

Bent Nail in Focus
by michelaudette

Comment by DomD:
The light in your shot is really harsh.

Bent Nail in Focus
by michelaudette

Comment by Hussar1812:
Macro?

Bent Nail in Focus
by michelaudette

Comment by Nadine_Vb:
He looks soooo big.

Lucilia sericata (the common green bottle fly)
by michelaudette

Comment by scooter97:
Really nice. This should do well.

Focus Stacking
by michelaudette

Comment by hesitant:
good example and a reminder to try it

Bent Nail in Focus
by michelaudette

Comment by sinistral_leo:
That things looks huge! Is it a railroad spike?

Focus Stacking
by michelaudette

Comment by cloudsme:
Looking forward to reading this tutorial. Good Job!

Focus Stacking
by michelaudette

Comment by redmoon:
This is a process I have never heard of until now, and even though does look a fiendishly complicated the results do seem very effective. It̢۪s also quite the optical illusion; macros invariably result in a narrow depth of field so when applied to something big, gives an illusion of something being miniature. This has the opposite effect; something small looks really big, and I̢۪m beginning to ponder of different applications for this! This certainly fooled me; I initially thought this was a shot of four turtles, and then bollards along a promenade! I appreciate your skill with messing with my head! To me, it̢۪s not a particularly attractive photo (the colours do seem a bit flat and the line of the heads is a bit uninspiring), but it is an effective demonstration of the process.

My First Weighted Scoring System ™; composition + technical 2.5/3, challenge* 2/1, post processing results 1/2, ooooh factor 2.5/3, originality 1/1 =9 (* I don’t think it’s possible to not meet the challenge on this one so everyone gets a 1/1 – but in this case you get a bonus point for genuinely illustrating a new technique)

Lucilia sericata (the common green bottle fly)
by michelaudette

Comment by ralfw:
Love the DOF on the subject fly and wings! Gross, but still impressed by the DOF on the beast!