Long Horned Beetle

Long Horned Beetle

This Long Horned Beetle was photographed using the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro lens. I blended 6 shots which had different points of focus into a single using new auto-blend feature of Adobe Photoshop CS4. At 1:1 depth of field was minuscule. By using auto-blending I was able to acheive a perfectly clean image of the beetle with all the points in focus. I planning to present the tutorial on autoblending soon. Previously I had tried focus stacking using freeware combinez5 which produced fantastic results.

EDIT: Check out my post comapring CS4 auto-blending with CombineZ here

EXIF info…
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Exposure Mode: Manual exposure
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec.
Exposure Bias: 0.0
Aperture (F Stop): f/11.0
ISO Used: 200
Flash Used: Flash fired, compulsory flash mode.
White Balance: As Shot
Focal Length: 100.0 mm
Metering Mode: Pattern
Date Time: 2009:03:03 15:46:10
GPS Location in Google Map:
13° 4' 1.89696" N – 74° 59' 44.5520399667" E
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Tags: Adobe photoshop CS4, auto-blending, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro, Canon EOS 5D mark II, combinez5, Long Horned Beetle
Posted in Nature, Photography, Wildlife | Comments (8)

8 Responses to “Long Horned Beetle”

1. shiva Says:
   March 5th, 2009 at 9:58 PM

   Very nice shot. really a good piece getting a 1:1 and stiching them.

2. Adobe Photoshop CS4 Auto-Blending Focus Tutorial | Krishna Mohan Photography Says:
   March 6th, 2009 at 7:27 PM

   [...] other day, I found a Long horned beetle clinging to the siding of my house. I grabbed my trusty Canon 5D Mark II and a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 [...]

3. drkrishi Says:
   March 6th, 2009 at 9:56 PM

   Shiva thanks for the compliment. Please go through the tutorial and let me know your opinion.

4. jerry Says:
   March 8th, 2009 at 1:21 PM

   hi krishi,
   I liked this tutorial as well as the final out come. would love to see more of your wonderfull work.
   personaly your dabs with photography is lot more intresting than IT.

5. drkrishi Says:
   March 9th, 2009 at 10:33 AM

   Jerry Thanks for commenting. IT never involved any creativity, it was just keeping up with bleeding edge of technology. Where as Photography opens up quite a few ideas and vistas we can explore ourselves. Thanks a lot.
   Regards

6. Pratap Says:
   April 7th, 2009 at 12:59 PM

   Doc, very informative tutorial. Unfortunately since this technique requires precise focus changes, a tripod is inevitable.Not always easy to carry a tripod and do macros here in India. Of course, unless one has a house close to nature and has plenty of photo-ops right in t he backyard

7. drkrishi Says:
   April 9th, 2009 at 9:31 PM

   With recession driving people away from urban concrete jungles to rural areas we might get opportunity to photo-ops right in the backyard
   Regards
   Krishna Mohan

8. Focus Stacking Using CombineZ | Krishna Mohan Photography Says:
   May 29th, 2009 at 9:20 PM

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