Bellows on a Butterfly

[NateS]

Who says you need a tripod to use bellows. This is a focus stack of 2 shots. It was shot using a 50mm f1.8 on a set of bellows attached to my D90 (or D5k..can't remember which). Using a sync cord I held the bellows/camera in one hand and the flash/diffuser in the other hand. I need to play a bit more with this setup but really need to order or create some type of bracket so I can have two hands on the camera.

 

[Arkanjel Imaging]

Choice. Really nice light coming off his back.

 

[NateS]

Choice. Really nice light coming off his back.

Thanks, I appreciate it. I devised a ghetto bracket for this setup tonight and went out shooting again. Working on stacking the images but the setup is looking very promising and the one I've done so far (3 image stack) seems pretty nice.

 

[NateS]

Here's some of the butterfly from "normal" viewing distances.