Stacking images
Jun 28, 2020 19:20:37 #
Jun 28, 2020 19:53:52 #
larrylas wrote:
Could I stack say 3 or 4 images just to get more DOF, say a flower garden
If you are talking about getting more subject matter in focus my stacking the images then yes. For landscapes three or four images would work. This is called focus stacking. Here's a link to explain it if you if you're interested.
https://digital-photography-school.com/a-beginners-guide-to-focus-stacking/
Jun 29, 2020 06:54:27 #
frankraney wrote:
If you are talking about getting more subject matter in focus my stacking the images then yes. For landscapes three or four images would work. This is called focus stacking. Here's a link to explain it if you if you're interested.
https://digital-photography-school.com/a-beginners-guide-to-focus-stacking/
https://digital-photography-school.com/a-beginners-guide-to-focus-stacking/
Thanks for posting this link.
Jun 29, 2020 07:38:30 #
I've recently done this with very good result. It was also for the same reason. Each photograph was between 4 and 5 images. So, yes, you could.
--Bob
--Bob
larrylas wrote:
Could I stack say 3 or 4 images just to get more DOF, say a flower garden
Jun 29, 2020 09:38:01 #
Jun 29, 2020 14:54:55 #
Jun 29, 2020 19:26:31 #
larrylas
Loc: MA
Do you have a name of a software I might use
I used to be smart not so much with passing time
I used to be smart not so much with passing time
Jun 29, 2020 20:38:28 #
larrylas wrote:
Do you have a name of a software I might use
I used to be smart not so much with passing time
I used to be smart not so much with passing time
A lot of us use adobe Photoshop, afinity, and others. Here is a link to several free and paid ones including the ones I mention.
Depending on your camera, some do this in the camera.
https://windowsreport.com/focus-stacking-software/
Jun 29, 2020 23:58:20 #
Wanderer2
Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains
larrylas wrote:
Do you have a name of a software I might use
I used to be smart not so much with passing time
I used to be smart not so much with passing time
I use Affinity Photo for focus stacking of landscapes when more DOF is needed than can be gotten by aperture adjustment. It works very well for this and is a very easy process to do, and quite a number of files can be merged.
Jun 30, 2020 10:24:21 #
Jun 30, 2020 11:16:58 #
You would want to take pictures very quickly, in 'burst' mode to minimize effects of the slightly moving subject. After stacking, you may still need to get in close and do some creative editing to fix artifacts, so that would call for cloning and healing tools in an editing program like Photoshop (there are other programs with this ability too).
Jun 30, 2020 13:01:50 #
Strodav
Loc: Houston, Tx
larrylas wrote:
Could I stack say 3 or 4 images just to get more DOF, say a flower garden
Focus stacking is a tried and true technique, especially for macro photographers. My Nikon D850 has a focus stacking setting (menu) where you tell it how many shots you want and how fine you want the adjustments. I have seen photos with a hundred stacked photos, but be prepared for the post processing time. For landscapes a lot of time I will manually take 3 shots, focusing close, in the middle, and infinity to build the composite. The technique isn't perfect however. Below is a composite of 20 stacked images and, in general, it is sharp where I wanted it to be, but look at the close and largest bloom petal facing down and slightly right. You will see the edges are soft near the tip. Photoshop couldn't detect a hard edge for some reason and merged both sharp and soft images to give the results shown. To fix it, I sharpened up the images before I took them into Photoshop and got a better final result.
Jul 4, 2020 12:35:55 #
larrylas
Loc: MA
Today is the 4th by Monday I'm trying stacking using "CombineZP (free) I will try to take pictures of my yardstick garden. Garden will be 5 yardsticks placed 18" apart in a straight line just to see DOF. I might tack 2 shots each and will manually focus with my Nikon D80 maybe 50mm +/-
if anyone has advice please let me know
if anyone has advice please let me know
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