Allan, I have done a lot of landscape panorama stitching, and in fact have been able to produce 12' + murals as far back as 15 years ago using 3 MP cameras. More recently, using my 24 MP Sony, very large prints of Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon (etc.) become relatively doable. And of course, with this pandemic keeping us entertained in the house with macro imaging, this would be the next step in the art. I'm not sure if I still have that much OCD left in me, but you present to us a great challenge... Thanks.

A 5mm bettle blown up to 12 feet sounds utterly terrifying! But thank you for the exanation.

Hi Allan. Thanks for being so thorough. After watching your videos I have the confidence to do these things that you show us. I believe I will try this at some point. You are correct about the wife though, I don't see her fully appreciating a 6-foot stink bug on the wall! However, over the years I have collected a ton of thin polished slabs of various minerals. They are fairly small and very inexpensive and roughly fill the frame at about 1 to 1. The thing is they have simply amazing abstract patterns. I have a small piece of Morrisonite that I would put up against any abstract painter. Some of them like brecchiated Imperial Jasper have scenes in them that are reminiscent of Salvador Dali. I think I will get my feet wet with one of these specimens because they are very flat and only need a few Focus steps. That way I can learn a workflow before I take on an insect. And it better be a spectacular insect as well to justify the time investment LOL.

This is so helpful! Thank you, Allan.

Thank you very much Allan, nicely done.

Absoultely satisfying... thank you very much...

More respect for you Allan

Brilliant. Thank you.

What an enlightening video! Not sure that I would ever have the need or patience for this technique but I was completely unaware that this could be done at the macro level. Thanks for all your efforts Allan.

Hi Allan - easy to see why you haven't had much relaxation time lately! Another great video, I especially like the mapping section which makes a lot of sense. I don't think it is likely that I will try this any time soon as I still have to master everything else I have learned from you. It will be interesting when I try some microscope objective shots on a Bryophyte component which presents different issues altogether. Thanks again! :)

Amazing! Thank you

Thank you s.m.👍☕️

Great video Alan. I was hoping you would address this subject soon. It’s a fascinating concept and I have already tried stitching one image a few weeks ago, and successfully. Mine was only 4 stacks though. I was wondering how to approach larger stacks and your methodology makes a lot of sense.

No wonder you don't have any time to answer my simple question. This Stacking and Stitching is intense. I got the Nikon PB-6 Bellow and Nikon 50mm 2.8 enlarging lens mounted reversed based on your recommendation and am blown away with the magnification and image quality. Looking forward to getting my Wemacro from China and have loads of fun with my new exciting hobby. Mahalo

I was making gigapanorama of bettle : 4500+ photos and 60h total work time (shoot,stack,retouch). Lots of work but final effect is so good

Excellent advice, thanks!

may I suggest you mount your XYR unit at a 90 degree from your lab table. The dials are marked such that you can plot position with the dials left to right and down eliminating the need to look for reference points

Wow

Amazing work and well explanation.

Excellent video. I was interested in your lighting setup this time with individual tracing paper diffusers over each flash head rather than your usual “cone” diffuser over the specimen. How have the two compared in light quality you’re getting?