Image Stacking

This long legged fly photograph is the result of stacking three separate images. The first image had the wing in focus, the second the eye and the third the middle body. While I'm not the biggest fan of focus-stacking in Photoshop, it is quick, easy and I already own it. Once I corrected the three images in Lightroom to my liking, I brought them into PS and used Auto-Align and the Auto-Blend. Photoshop did a pretty good job this time of getting the details correct.

The image of the roly polie (Armadillidiidae) is a focus-stack of three seperate images, allowing me to get the front and rear of the pillbug both sharp.

Dolichopodidae #3 Nikon D7000 ISO 100 f/8 1/200 sec. and Nikkor 105mm f/4 Micro AI manual focus lens + 27mm + 20mm + 14mm + 12mm extension tubes, off-body flash with DIY snoot/diffuser 

Armadillidiiae's New Shell Nikon D7000 ISO 100 f/8 1/200 sec. and Nikkor 105mm f/4 Micro AI manual focus lens + 27mm + 20mm + 14mm + 12mm extension tubes, off-body flash with DIY snoot/diffuser