Focus Stacking Bee Head Using Cognisys Stackshot

Video shows how I use the Cognysis Stackshot focusing rail to take a portrait of a honey bee head. A total of 118 photos spaced at 50 microns (thinner than human hair) took about 18 minutes. I have taken what I learned in portrait photography of humans and miniaturized it to the level of insects.
It took time to perfect this method and I don’t get into all the details as there are many. Taking the pictures is one thing. Then processing them is yet another step.
Welcome to comments and questions.
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[@lasphotos]

Richard I don’t use first curtain and I shoot RAW. I hope this helps. For this set up first curtain is not needed

[@richardpill8322]

Thanks for the reply, so shutter vibration isn’t an issue?

[@SpencerPullenPhotography]

Thanks for doing this video. I just bought a Stackshot. I’m looking forward to using it. I’m a Nikon shooter, I wish they made the lens you are using. I bought a Nikon bellows to achieve the same effect. I’ll look to see if you have other videos. Thanks!

[@lasphotos]

Spenser - thank you for watching the video and making a comment. Unfortunately I don’t have another video but I need to make one better quality. This process well made simple in the video is taking me many years to figure out how to do. Luckily for me I can use the canon MP 65 mm. I also use a tube and an APO microscope lens to get in very close without using Bellows I will try to do a video comparing, the APO lens versus the MPE

[@lasphotos]

Good luck - there are lots of videos that can help. I also sometimes use an APO microscope lens with a tube to get even close. I will post of video of it getting a portrait of the head of a carpenter ant in side view.

[@lasphotos]

Spencer this video I just did shows the process again
ruclips.net/video/VcXGg_Q_eW4/видео.htmlsi=2wR4t9NlM7_1Fd_1

[@richardpill8322]

Thanks for the video. I am new to macro and I am just about to start and will be using the R7 also, could you tell me if you have it set to electronic first curtain shutter? Do you save the images as JPEG or TIFF? Many thanks.