{"id":1254,"date":"2008-11-30T00:11:37","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T00:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1254"},"modified":"2013-11-18T23:47:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T23:47:36","slug":"more-nymphs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/more-nymphs\/","title":{"rendered":"More nymphs"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

I've finally got round to adding some more shots to my damselfly nymphs<\/a> album (on my main site). The trigger was this shot I took this evening. One of the nymphs was near the surface of the water, perfectly positioned for me to get a solid resting point for the camera. I took two frames, focusing first on its head and then its tail. Both shots were partially out of focus. I then ran them through CombineZ5, which 'stacks' the images automatically bringing the in-focus elements to the fore. Clever bit of software, and very easy to use. I've mentioned it on here in the past, but I really should use it more for these types of image.
Damselfly nymph, image stack<\/span><\/a>
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Camera note: both frames taken with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro and Canon 430EX flash unit. I half extended the diffuser to force the light downward. Exposure was set manually at 1\/100s and f\/10 with ISO at 200. The flash was also on manual mode at 1\/2 or 1\/4 power. Focusing was also manual.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[472,480],"class_list":["post-1254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nymph","tag-damselfly-nymph","tag-image-stack","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t