Jürgen Niermann Wildlife Photography

Focus stacks
The following pictures were taken by "focus stacking", i.e. several shots of the same scene with different focus points are later merged in an image processing program (here: Helicon Focus Pro). For an automatic series of shots, my Nikon cameras offer the function "Focus shift shooting". Lenses used: Canon EF 1:3.5/180 mm Macro (using a Fringer EF-NZ adapter), Nikkor MC Z 105mm and Z 24-70 mm 1:4 S, the latter occasionally with a Novoflex automatic reverse adapter NIKZ-RETRO for image scales up to 2:1. For an image scale of approx. 5:1 I also have a PLAN X 4x microscope lens, which I screw into the filter thread of the Canon 180mm Macro using an adapter.
jumping spider Northern Dune Tiger Beetle slime mold Bitter oyster Fly Green leafhopper Common foxglove Amethyst deceiver Broad-leaved helleborine Four-spotted chaser Musk Beetle Green rose chafer Small Red-eyed damselfly Wasp spider Acorn weevil Green shield bug mushroom Bleeding fairy helmet Pear-shaped puffballs Nursery web spider twin-lobed deerfly Black-spotted longhorn beetle Trichterförmiger Muscheling Robber fly European stag beetle Crab spider mushroom weevil mushroom mushroom mushroom Common puffball lichen Dor Long-bodied Cellar Spider