I am! This is approximately 30 shots stacked, shot at 1/13s exposure @ f/5.6.

One small bit of related advice: if you're using both a lens with stabilization and a tripod, make sure to turn stabilization off while it's mounted on the tripod.

It's somewhat counter-intuitive, I know, but I've found that if it's left on, the lens tries to compensate, and the resulting images are a bit blurry / shaky.

Not fake, but focus stacked. This is 29 shots blended, each at 1/13s, f/5.6.

Cheers! I hear ya on stopping to admire your surroundings. Too often on a hike I get the blinders on, and just push to the destination. The best stuff is usually on the trail.

Thanks! So glad your eye caught that web as well. :-)

Thanks! And thanks for the additional info - very interesting!

Sure looks like it to me too! Thanks for the ID help, I’m awful at identifying the plants I shoot.

Thank you! Process involves shooting a range of images in the field (generally more than I need), then merging them in either Photoshop or a tool like Helicon Focus. I then select the edge shots (where I'd like the focus to begin and end), and then selectively edit and/or remove shots from the stack; perhaps the wind moved the subject a bit, or a bug entered shot. Following that is my usual RAW processing regime, which varies from shot to shot.

Thanks very much! This was shot on a Nikon Z6, using the F-mount 105mm macro lens. It's a focus stack of 25 exposures, each shot at 0.4s f/5.6.

Thanks very much!

Thanks! For sure, dramatic sunrise clouds are one of my favourite fall features.

I think upper left might be Davey Richards? Not 100% sure though.

Check out The Physics of Superheroes. It's a fun read.

https://kakalios.com/books/the-physics-of-superheroes/

Thank you very much! I did enhance the light I was given somewhat when converting it to B&W, but mostly it was good conditions, and some good luck (as I had to bail on this location quickly to avoid being eaten by mosquitoes lol).

Very cool - thanks for filling in the info gap!

Very cool! This spot can be great, but it's very dependent on weather conditions for me. Bright and sunny leads this to be somewhat boring, IMO.

Thanks very much! Glad you liked it as well.

Thanks very much! This was a focus stack taken on a Nikon Z6, using the 105mm macro via the FTZ adapter.

Thanks! The drop-off is something that I've struggled with using this process so far, as the edge shots will have the same shallow DoF that all of the other ones do. If there were a way to vary aperture while shooting the stack, that might be a way to do it.

ngl, this was my first thought when composing this shot