#focus stacking

[botanybyyen]

This weeks microscopy features Ranunculus victoriensis, aka the Victorian buttercup. This species is a Victorian endemic found on the Bogong High Plains, and is listed as Endangered. They have very typical buttercup flowers that are a bright and glossy yellow. They have numerous stamen arranged circularly around a head of numerous carpels.

And here's a closeup of those carpels. The tip of the stigma has a lot of texture to it!

And now the anthers, absolutely covered in pollen. Pollen of this species (maybe all Ranunculus, I'm not sure) is spherical and pretty smooth.

And a cheeky cross-section, so that you can see how each carpel is free from one another. :) Plus the big ovule inside that'll go on to become a seed!

[pickleweed2]

orange slime myxomycetes, unable to exactly ID this species. Found on decaying Sitka spruce limbs.

first two images composed of 150 images stacked

Big Lagoon, California

[kas-e]

A freshly emerged Gulf Fritillary.

The Gulf fritillary or passion butterfly (Dione vanillae) is a bright orange butterfly in the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. I raised this particular specimen, and photographed it in Northern Florida on its host plant.

[bricktoygrapher]

Behind the Scenes: Brave Little Knight 🗡️🛡️ - Toy Photographers

Who says dragons are scary? Well, not this brave little girl. Even seasoned knights run at the mere mention of the dragon’s name, but she do

Behind the Scenes: Brave Little Knight 🗡️🛡️

Want to see how I used Nikon Z5II’s focus shift shooting and focus stacking in Photoshop to create one sharp, dramatic frame of a LEGO knight facing a dragon? ⚔️🐉

Then head over to the ToyPhotographers blog, where I shared the full behind-the-scenes process and explained how this technique helped keep both subjects crisp while the background stayed softly blurred and unobtrusive. 📸🎬

[mostlythemarsh]

Focus Stacking - First Try

Single image on the left and 100 focus stacked images on the right.

A lot to improve here but for a first stab at it... kind of cool. Don't think my flowers will stay as still as the phone did here though.

[orofeaiel]

Bird's Nest Fungus

[hitchhikerwithoutguide]

Knot grass moth/Acronicta rumicis

[tim-dennis]

Rusting ring at Whitby Harbour