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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 810783" data-attributes="member: 50197">I've been doing most of mine handheld. I'm shooting with a flash, so I can get small apertures and control the quality of the light. I move the camera forward and take a number of shots while slowly advancing the camera toward the subject. It's the same concept as a focusing rail, only without the equipment. This is a different crop of one I posted earlier today. I used 5 individual frames to get everything in focus. This was shot at F13, although I usually am at around F16 or F22. I'm sure the focusing rail makes things a lot simpler in shooting, but also require setting up a tripod and getting everything in place. I'm using a Z5, so I can use automatic focus stacking in camera instead of a focusing rail, but it still requires lugging a tripod around and setting it up. Lots of critters won't stick around while you do all that.[ATTACH=full]396304[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 810783, member: 50197"] I've been doing most of mine handheld. I'm shooting with a flash, so I can get small apertures and control the quality of the light. I move the camera forward and take a number of shots while slowly advancing the camera toward the subject. It's the same concept as a focusing rail, only without the equipment. This is a different crop of one I posted earlier today. I used 5 individual frames to get everything in focus. This was shot at F13, although I usually am at around F16 or F22. I'm sure the focusing rail makes things a lot simpler in shooting, but also require setting up a tripod and getting everything in place. I'm using a Z5, so I can use automatic focus stacking in camera instead of a focusing rail, but it still requires lugging a tripod around and setting it up. Lots of critters won't stick around while you do all that. [ATTACH type="full"]396304[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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