1st try at focus stacking
Aug 14, 2019 09:50:10 #
5 shots with Nikon 810, processed through Photoshop, light from a east window just before sunrise. The petals are paper thin, but it doesn't show in the photo, any ideas?
Aug 14, 2019 09:54:49 #
Aug 14, 2019 09:55:58 #
Aug 14, 2019 10:02:15 #
Amouk Photo wrote:
5 shots with Nikon 810, processed through Photoshop, light from a east window just before sunrise. The petals are paper thin, but it doesn't show in the photo, any ideas?
Looks great....
Aug 14, 2019 10:06:20 #
Aug 14, 2019 10:21:26 #
Amouk Photo wrote:
The petals are paper thin, but it doesn't show in the photo, any ideas?
To more clearly reveal how thin the pedals are, you would need some kind of light coming through the opposite side of the pedal, which would show that the pedals are more than just surface, but have a slight transparency to them.
Aug 14, 2019 10:30:58 #
Aug 14, 2019 10:40:56 #
Aug 14, 2019 10:55:49 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
Beautiful flowers! And well represented!
Not to be critical, but I notice some “ghosting” around the edges of some of the petals. Is this something that can’t be avoided when doing focus stacking? I haven’t done any focus stacking myself but I was under the impression that the software or process function would find the edges of objects in the images and adjust to ensure coincidence. Which method of varying the focus point works best for this kind of stacking?
Stan
Not to be critical, but I notice some “ghosting” around the edges of some of the petals. Is this something that can’t be avoided when doing focus stacking? I haven’t done any focus stacking myself but I was under the impression that the software or process function would find the edges of objects in the images and adjust to ensure coincidence. Which method of varying the focus point works best for this kind of stacking?
Stan
Aug 14, 2019 13:20:58 #
Amouk Photo wrote:
5 shots with Nikon 810, processed through Photoshop, light from a east window just before sunrise. The petals are paper thin, but it doesn't show in the photo, any ideas?
Now you have a pretty good start and can become obsessed with stacking, or not.
Try some back light to shine through the petals. Even a small flashlight or reflector off to the side and behind out of the frame.
Aug 14, 2019 14:14:29 #
Amouk Photo wrote:
5 shots with Nikon 810, processed through Photoshop, light from a east window just before sunrise. The petals are paper thin, but it doesn't show in the photo, any ideas?
Great job, good for you. They do not show that they are paper thin, because of the light, if it came somewhat more from behind, one could see that, because it would shine though!
Aug 14, 2019 14:17:33 #
StanMac wrote:
Beautiful flowers! And well represented!
Not to be critical, but I notice some “ghosting” around the edges of some of the petals. Is this something that can’t be avoided when doing focus stacking? I haven’t done any focus stacking myself but I was under the impression that the software or process function would find the edges of objects in the images and adjust to ensure coincidence. Which method of varying the focus point works best for this kind of stacking?
Stan
Not to be critical, but I notice some “ghosting” around the edges of some of the petals. Is this something that can’t be avoided when doing focus stacking? I haven’t done any focus stacking myself but I was under the impression that the software or process function would find the edges of objects in the images and adjust to ensure coincidence. Which method of varying the focus point works best for this kind of stacking?
Stan
Yes it can be easily fixed afterwards when using PS. All you have to do, is to go into the layer masks that contain any ghosting and remove it!
Aug 14, 2019 23:28:36 #
Amouk Photo wrote:
The petals are paper thin, but it doesn't show in the photo, any ideas?
Add some back lighting
Aug 15, 2019 08:22:37 #
Aug 15, 2019 09:45:15 #
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