High Dynamic Range (HDR) Holy Grail and Star Timelapses

After torturing my camera for hours and hours of shooting... 

And overheating my PC for more hours and hours of processing....

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In Flight

Do you know that a fruit fly flaps its wings 250 times per second? Here are some snapshots of fruit flies in flight. :)

Female Fruit Fly on flower

Canon T3 with Canon EF-S 55-250 f/3.5-5.6 @ ~100mm

with Macro extension tubes (9mm, 16mm, and 30mm)

1/1000 sec, f/5.6, ISO-800

no flash

A Small World of Macro

Insects are one of the most diverse creatures on Earth.  Most of them are small that cannot see the intricate details of their body... let us examine them :)

Grasshopper's Eye

Canon T3 w/ Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS @ 55mm

with Macro extension tubes (9mm, 16mm, and 30mm)

1/160sec, F/16, ISO 800 

 Close encounter with a Wasp (~90% zoom)

Canon T3 w/ Canon EF-S 55-250 IS @ ~100mm

with Macro extension tubes (9mm, 16mm, and 30mm)

1/160sec, f/18, ISO 100

Flash: Speedlite YN560 @ 1/8 

Cute Dragonfly (Side View)

Canon T3 w/ Canon EF-S 55-250 IS @ ~60mm

with Macro extension tubes (9mm, 16mm, and 30mm)

10sec, f/20, ISO 400, no flash

Yes, its 10 secs exposure!! The dragonfly didn't move for 10 secs!