Small Flower FOCUS STACK
Jan 19, 2013 18:14:41 #
Jan 19, 2013 18:45:01 #
What a difference stacking makes. Still too much for me, I like the freedom of finding bugs in the field and not having to be concerned about a tripod, the wind, or the bug moving during the series.. I guess that I have resigned myself to mediocrity.
Nice pic!
Nice pic!
Jan 19, 2013 18:49:38 #
Blurryeyed wrote:
Mediocrity? I think not. I have a hard time finding bugs. Today was the first nice day we've had that coincided with a day off. I very much follow your work. I haven't been able to solve the refraction challenge yet. Sometimes I feel like my sight is just not good enough for this work. I tried Douglas suggestion to use live view and zoom using the + button. I got pretty frustrated yesterday, trying that technique.I guess that I have resigned myself to mediocrity!
Jan 19, 2013 18:59:25 #
Have you adjusted the diopter on your view finder? That is one of the first things I do when I get a camera because I know that I would never be able to focus the camera if I did not adjust the viewfinder to my eyesight... That's why I call myself Blurryeyed, I have reached the age that the perfect eyesight of my youth stepped off the bus a good while back.
Douglass' advice was correct: to get a good refraction you have to focus on the refraction, I will sometime take two pics, one of the drop and one of the refraction and then layer them with the refraction on the background layer and erase the inside of the drop of the top layer so that the refraction comes through, giving sharp focus to both drop and refraction.
Douglass' advice was correct: to get a good refraction you have to focus on the refraction, I will sometime take two pics, one of the drop and one of the refraction and then layer them with the refraction on the background layer and erase the inside of the drop of the top layer so that the refraction comes through, giving sharp focus to both drop and refraction.
Jan 19, 2013 19:10:57 #
Jan 19, 2013 19:44:03 #
Jan 20, 2013 08:37:19 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Thanks. I've learned that cutting corners just doesn't make it. That 2 second shutter delay combined with cable release is a godsend for helping minimize movement.Outstanding stack!
Jan 20, 2013 17:12:11 #
Jan 20, 2013 19:42:25 #
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