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I woke up this morning and shot straight out of my creaky twin bunk-bed (lower half of course), screaming "Holy crap! I have never done a seashell macro!!" Then I whacked my forehead on the top bunk and flopped onto the floor, softly groaning, "seashell.... seashell... " After regaining my senses, I raced to the hardware store, bought some crap, and built a big light-box. Then I hurried to the Salvation Army (I had some stuff to donate - not related to this photo) and then I zoomed over to the local camera shop and bought a new tripod head. I rushed back, fastened the new tripod head to an older tripod head (double the swivel/pan/tilt plus it takes my quick-release) and bolted it to a board, which I clamped to the light box that was once my dining room table. Thanks so much if you are still reading this. You're the best! Anyway, then I rooted out some seashells from a box of junk my daughter doesn't want anymore but still expects me to keep forever. A hundred or so shots later... I am done! This is an 8-shot focus stack, using a 100mm macro lens with a 20mm extension tube. I haven't really figured out what I'm doing with the focus stack software yet; but it's kind of fun anyway.

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I woke up this morning and shot straight out of my creaky twin bunk-bed (lower half of course), screaming "Holy crap! I have never done a seashell macro!!" Then I whacked my forehead on the top bunk and flopped onto the floor, softly groaning, "seashell.... seashell... " After regaining my senses, I raced to the hardware store, bought some crap, and built a big light-box. Then I hurried to the Salvation Army (I had some stuff to donate - not related to this photo) and then I zoomed over to the local camera shop and bought a new tripod head. I rushed back, fastened the new tripod head to an older tripod head (double the swivel/pan/tilt plus it takes my quick-release) and bolted it to a board, which I clamped to the light box that was once my dining room table. Thanks so much if you are still reading this. You're the best! Anyway, then I rooted out some seashells from a box of junk my daughter doesn't want anymore but still expects me to keep forever. A hundred or so shots later... I am done! This is an 8-shot focus stack, using a 100mm macro lens with a 20mm extension tube. I haven't really figured out what I'm doing with the focus stack software yet; but it's kind of fun anyway.