CLEANING UP IN POST AFTER STACKING
Why is your insect subject so clean? This question comes up very often when I post a stacked image on Facebook or Flickr. The reason for...
REVERSING EL-NIKKOR 50 F/2.8N ENLARGER LENS
Though my first extreme macro lens is not this EL-Nikkor 50 f/2.8N enlarger lens, it is the second one after searching through the...
ANALYSIS OF MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN OPTICAL AND MOTION AXIS FOR FOCUS STACKING.
I have been asked many times about why there are streaking patterns around border of final stacked image. Well, the most common cause of...
A NICE MICROSCOPY SETUP
Be honest to you, I have neither owned a microscope, nor have I used one extensively. However a recent quest to shoot some butterfly...
Lock Your Mirror When Stacking
When it comes to focus stacking with high magnification objectives, everything that can reduce vibration counts. Among all the things,...
Using Microscope Objectives For Beginners
Isn't it cool to use a microscope objective for macro photography? I mean, just by looking at it, it is cool. But when I first started...