Photography technique conundrum questions: If you have a nocturnal snail you want to photograph with good detail without having the reflections/highlights too bright, and you need greater depth of field so focus stacking is needed, and the snail needs to be alert and possibly moving while you do this, how would you approach this? You can't touch the snail because it would damage the hairs and the snail is only going to be about 5mm in shell diameter. Bright lights will scare the snail which will make it tuck back into its shell. The photo below is what I'm aiming for but I want all the hairs in focus. I plan to catch one and try to encourage it out in daylight just in case this proves to be the simple solution.
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@wild edges Your photo of that snail is already quite good as it is. You write that "you need greater depth of field so focus stacking is needed". I suppose you meant to write "so focus stackingn is not needed"?
@wild edges Your photo of that snail is already quite good as it is. You write that "you need greater depth of field so focus stacking is needed". I suppose you meant to write "so focus stackingn is not needed"?
Sorry I mean that it will probably take a few photos with different focus points stitched together to get all the shell and the hairs in focus. I haven't been able to get sufficient depth of field in one photo but possibly if I use a flash with a diffuser I might be able to open the aperture a bit more which could help. I've considered building a small a light box studio for macro stuff, with a black background and a clamp to hold plants but I think I'd need a second flash to make it work.
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