Canon 100mm L IS Macro lens

[HDNitehawk]

Thank you all for the help.

Firstly I tried the focus stacking : really hard to do while holding camera in hard (at least for me it was)

Tried with a tripod It works very good.

but I wanted to do it though the camera as sometimes it may not be possible to take multiple shots.

so tried with F number starting from F16 onwards.

It works perfectly in bright sunlight but indoors...not so much.

so I have bought a YongNuo MR-58 Ring flash (bargain for $45 compared to Canon's offering)

given below are a few sots I took Outdoors. Again Thanks a lot for the help guys. Really appreciate it.

Looks like you are getting the hang of it.

Focus stacking hand held would be hard. If you have a really fast camera like the 1D IV or 1D X you could do a burst shot as you gradually get closer and farther away. But you end up with many throw aways.

The best way is with a rail, with a very fine sliding control, mounted on a tripod.

Edit; you do not neccesarly need a ring flash. Any flash with a remote cable can suffice on a budget and sometimes would be preferred. A ring flash will tend to flatten your picture, where if you get light in from the sides it can add depth.