After a heavy rain the other day I went out to see if I could find some interesting subjects with water drops to photograph. I wanted to use Image Stacking for more detail in the water drops and main subjects, but still have softer backgrounds. This is one of the first subjects I came upon. I was using a Sigma 150mm f/2.8 macro lens on a Canon R. These are all handheld because it was difficult to get the view I wanted using a tripod. The featured image is 13 images shot from left to right @ f/2.8.  Each image in the panorama series is manually focused for the area needed in focus as I shot along the subject to keep a softer cleaner looking background.

8 image handheld panorama focused stacked stopping down to  f/11  – giving a much busier looking background

18 image stack @ f/8

8 image Focus Stack – f/16

12 Image Focus Stack @ f/8

9 Image Focus Stack f/5.6

7 Image Stack @ f/8

18 image stack @ f/8 for a much wider focus range.