{"id":14983,"date":"2021-06-24T21:57:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T01:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=14983"},"modified":"2021-06-24T21:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T01:58:36","slug":"24jun2021-photography-focus-stack-beetle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/24\/24jun2021-photography-focus-stack-beetle\/","title":{"rendered":"24JUN2021 &#8211; Photography &#8211; Focus Stack &#8211; Beetle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For today&#8217;s experiment in photographing dead bugs here&#8217;s a beetle with brightly colored legs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/24JUN2021-beetle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14982\" src=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/24JUN2021-beetle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2553\" height=\"1274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/24JUN2021-beetle.jpg 2553w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/24JUN2021-beetle-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/24JUN2021-beetle-1024x511.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/24JUN2021-beetle-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/24JUN2021-beetle-1536x766.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/24JUN2021-beetle-2048x1022.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2553px) 100vw, 2553px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/24JUN2021-beetle-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14981\" src=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/24JUN2021-beetle-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1303\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/24JUN2021-beetle-crop.jpg 1303w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/24JUN2021-beetle-crop-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/24JUN2021-beetle-crop-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/24JUN2021-beetle-crop-768x391.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1303px) 100vw, 1303px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Part of the craft is arranging the dead bug so that he doesn&#8217;t look quite so much like road kill.\u00a0 Also the other part of the deal is first post processing all the input files in terms of exposure and light balance.\u00a0 But right now I&#8217;m just adjusting the merged file which is less flexible than the raw input files.\u00a0 But this is as much a learning exercise for me as anything else.\u00a0 So I&#8217;m taking some short cuts.\u00a0 The main thing is the merge does create photos with enormously wider areas of sharp focus.<\/p>\n<p>This beetle is less than a half inch in length.\u00a0 I named him Bob.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For today&#8217;s experiment in photographing dead bugs here&#8217;s a beetle with brightly colored legs. 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