Lessons learned - 30 shot focus stack
Mar 24, 2017 13:53:34 #
John N wrote:
It was well worth the effort.
Thank you. I am going to continue the experiments. They got the attention of the people at photo club.
Mar 24, 2017 13:53:56 #
Mar 24, 2017 13:54:55 #
rmm0605 wrote:
Wow! I admire your patience and persistence!
Thank you
Mar 24, 2017 13:55:16 #
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Mar 24, 2017 14:08:01 #
phkowalchuk wrote:
I've never done a photo stack. I wonder...how did you determine you needed 30 photos? Thanx.
I focused on the cloth just short of the front edge, using live view @ 5X, advanced the focus rail about a mm after each shot and when I had the far edge in focus did one more shot - nothing on the puffball was in focus and neither was the background. I deleted the last frame, and just by accident it was 30 frames. I understand the automated software you focus on the near spot you want sharp, mark it, focus on the far spot you want in focus, mark it, and the software then uses the DOF of your lens setting to calculate the number of shots needed, then proceeds to take those shots on autopilot by actually controlling the focus motor. Makes for less alignment/resizing and I would think just a bit more sharpness than the advancing focus rail method. The app I am looking at "Helicon Remote" only works with Canon and Nikon DSLRs and I believe only with some models.
Mar 24, 2017 14:09:39 #
Vince68 wrote:
Very well done Jerry... the final result came out great.
Thank you very much.
Mar 24, 2017 15:08:09 #
robertjerl wrote:
I focused on the cloth just short of the front edg... (show quote)
Many thanx for the education! I'll have to give it a try. I don't do close-ups, but this will/could/should work for other of my work. I appreciate it.
Mar 24, 2017 15:10:19 #
phkowalchuk wrote:
Many thanx for the education! I'll have to give it a try. I don't do close-ups, but this will/could/should work for other of my work. I appreciate it.
You are welcome, here is the setup used.
Mar 24, 2017 15:24:48 #
Well, if I even had the patience to try that, with my luck I'd sneeze.... Love the result here, the warm tones, the dark background, and that one little tuft that's trying to escape. Masterful execution and beautiful to view.
Mar 24, 2017 15:31:46 #
cabunit wrote:
Well, if I even had the patience to try that, with my luck I'd sneeze.... Love the result here, the warm tones, the dark background, and that one little tuft that's trying to escape. Masterful execution and beautiful to view.
When I was putting the puffball on the cloth that one seed fell off, I picked it up and stuck it where it is.
I am turning the puffball for different views, and my yard is busy producing more subjects. Dandelions, White Cow Thistle and Milkweed in the butterfly section.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:16:56 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
Fantastic Robert. I really must learn how to do this.
Don
Don
Thanks very much.
It is a way to kill time while getting brain exercise and learning a new skill. About the time I get good enough to have it right most of the time I will probably lose interest.
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