A couple of weeks ago I posted a series of photos of a white hyacinth blossom. This is the little sister, all grown up now. The final shot is a 20 frame d-Map focus stack processed in Zerene. Stacking wasn't really necessary but I was pleased with it. I had been having trouble getting stacking right and it was a relief to have it work out.
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To get the black background I used two pieces of black foamcore. One for the base and the other (propped up with a bottle of pancake syrup) for the backdrop. Sometimes I add extra light but these were just shot on the dining table with the light from above and additional light coming from the kitchen.
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Little sister as a tot standing by bug sister.
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All grown up now and dressed for the ball!
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So elegant!
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Focus stacked close up portrait.
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Cwilson341 wrote:
A couple of weeks ago I posted a series of photos of a white hyacinth blossom. This is the little sister, all grown up now. The final shot is a 20 frame d-Map focus stack processed in Zerene. Stacking wasn't really necessary but I was pleased with it. I had been having trouble getting stacking right and it was a relief to have it work out.
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To get the black background I used two pieces of black foamcore. One for the base and the other (propped up with a bottle of pancake syrup) for the backdrop. Sometimes I add extra light but these were just shot on the dining table with the light from above and additional light coming from the kitchen.
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Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Very nice, Carol. I haven't been very successful with focus stacking. You have encouraged me to try again.
Really beautiful images.
Cwilson341 wrote:
A couple of weeks ago I posted a series of photos of a white hyacinth blossom. This is the little sister, all grown up now. The final shot is a 20 frame d-Map focus stack processed in Zerene. Stacking wasn't really necessary but I was pleased with it. I had been having trouble getting stacking right and it was a relief to have it work out.
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To get the black background I used two pieces of black foamcore. One for the base and the other (propped up with a bottle of pancake syrup) for the backdrop. Sometimes I add extra light but these were just shot on the dining table with the light from above and additional light coming from the kitchen.
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Lovely! I like the last image most.
morkie1891 wrote:
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you. I’m pleased you enjoyed them!😊
roder10 wrote:
Very nice, Carol. I haven't been very successful with focus stacking. You have encouraged me to try again.
Really beautiful images.
Thank you! A couple of years ago I experimented with stacking quite a bit and loved the results. The last few times I have tried were total flops. I really thought it through step by step this time and it worked
quixdraw wrote:
Good shots!
Thank you! I’m glad you like them
photophile wrote:
Lovely! I like the last image most.
Thank you, Karin. I worked hard on that last one so I’m glad it’s your favorite.
Cwilson341 wrote:
Thank you. I’m pleased you enjoyed them!😊
I use a sony 6500 with the sony 90mm f2.8 macro and photoshop to stack - curious what lens you used and which stacking software?
morkie wrote:
I use a sony 6500 with the sony 90mm f2.8 macro and photoshop to stack - curious what lens you used and which stacking software?
I started stacking using a Nikon D7100 with the 105 macro lens and Control My Nikon software to make the exposures. Now I use a D850 because it can be set up to take the required images automatically. I then process the stack using Zerene Stacker. For this stack I was using the 24-120 lens.
Cwilson341 wrote:
I started stacking using a Nikon D7100 with the 105 macro lens and Control My Nikon software to make the exposures. Now I use a D850 because it can be set up to take the required images automatically. I then process the stack using Zerene Stacker. For this stack I was using the 24-120 lens.
Thanks the a6500 doesn’t have that feature. I use the focus peaking and focus manually when using a tripod and if not on tripod manual focus on the near point and move closer with continuous shooting. Takes a lot of images but usually works out. Thanks again.
Spectacular set, Carol!! They are tack sharp and really pop!
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