Monomad Photography Challenge - Hoverfly on dandelion

This is my entry into todays #monomad photography challenge.

Here is a focus stacked image created from 33 separate shots at F2, 1/250sec, ISO200.

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Images taken with the Olympus E-M1 III and 25mm mitakon f0.95 lens + 10mm extension tube
Stacked with Zerene Stacker
Edited with Capture One and Aurora hdr

I normally use my 60mm macro lens for close up shots but it was not suitable on this occasion. It was either too tight on the subject or if I pulled back then the background was not sufficiently out of focus.

To the rescue came my Mitakon 25mm f0.95. I used it with my 10mm extension tube and shot at f2.0 and it gave the results I was after.

The Mitakon is a manual lens so I had to focus stack using the old method of manually turning the focus ring a small amount between each shot.

Some more images I created of the the same fly and dandelion.