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Focus problem with distant lighthouse (canon sx40)
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Sep 28, 2012 20:14:33   #
LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field
 
gessman wrote:
nikonateer wrote:
Someone may be able to explain how to achieve a photo of both the grass and the distant background in focus by taking two photos, one with the grass in sharp focus and another with the background focused, then layer them in PP to get that effect. I would explain it but haven't figured that out well enough yet myself, but I think it can be done. Anyone??


It's called 'focus stacking' but you would have to sacrifice the birds - really can't have much movement in a two+ image you're going to stack. The grass could still show movement which is a good way to show that the wind is blowing while everything else stays still. Here is a link that explains it well: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/focus-stacking.htm

And here is some software with which to do it, some free, some not: http://www.laurieknight.net/article/view/7/

You can shoot several images at different distances between you and infinity at less than max aperture to avoid lens aberrations, stacking as many images as is required to build up to one totally focused image.
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There are a few stacks in the Macro section. This technique requires a tripod & some cropping space around the edges. In macro stacks, one uses a focusing rail to move the plane of focus. In landscape the focus ring on the lens is adjusted. Of course, it requires MF and consistent exposure.

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Oct 1, 2012 14:47:47   #
willard3 Loc: In the Bajío, Méjico
 
Odd man out here. The manual focus on the SX40 is pretty useful and would certainly have solved this problem.

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