>>3320513>that's some super extensionThat's just a single tube. I've stacked all the tubes and bellows I had one night and got stuff like this with a reversed lens (same lens below). These are the lenses on the eye of a wasp if I recall correctly. With that much tube, any vibration at all makes it shake terribly. I had to stand far far from it to keep it from picking up vibrations my body was causing.
>or was it dead?Dead for a month probably. I think that one was a "AF-P DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G" using a reverse ring and either bellows or extension tubes. I think it was one of the first focus stacks I did with the ring light. There's something like 10-11 photos in one focus stack for that image.
>whitebalance after the factOf course, but some times it can completely wreck it beyond repair or add some neat effect.
>d3xxx high iso performance is generally pretty shitAnything beyond 800 is a crapshoot, but it does depend on some factors for 1600 and 3200 if they will actually be, "okay". Whatever you do, don't brighten the exposure in post with anything higher than 800. lol
