This is my first real attempt with focus merge using my Canon R5. I'm amazed at the results!!! Hand held with the 24-105 kit lens. 1/60 sec @ F10, ISO 1000. Yes, I know the stick is in the background. Oh well, next time.
SonyA580
Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer
ABQMikee wrote:
This is my first real attempt with focus merge using my Canon R5. I'm amazed at the results!!! Hand held with the 24-105 kit lens. 1/60 sec @ F10, ISO 1000. Yes, I know the stick is in the background. Oh well, next time.
What exactly is Focus Merge? Very nice picture!!
Focus Merge, or Focus stacking is a process where you take a series of pictures of a subject. The first picture is focused on a nearby point. The second is focused on a point a little further out. The third a little further out, etc., until you take a picture of the furthermost point. The series of pictures are then loaded into software, like Affinity, Photoshop, etc., that can merge the photos together to produce one picture that has the best focus throughout the desired depth of the picture.
The pictures can be taken automatically if the camera has that capability or be done manually.
Jimyo65
Loc: Orig: Elmore,AL. Current: San Antonio, TX
Thanks for the info! I want to try this technique! If successful, I’ll post the results.
Google focus stacking of Focus merge. There are some good youtube videos on it.
One technique is to set your camera on auto drive. Focus on a nearby point. Start taking pictures and slowly move the camera forward toward the subject. You will end up with a series of pictures that are focused on points further and further out.
Then process them with your software.
ABQMikee wrote:
This is my first real attempt with focus merge using my Canon R5. I'm amazed at the results!!! Hand held with the 24-105 kit lens. 1/60 sec @ F10, ISO 1000. Yes, I know the stick is in the background. Oh well, next time.
Nice. And to get rid of stock try content aware fill in PS. Or healing brush? (More advanced users can comment!)
I like it......not sure what focus-merge is...though...?
Hip Coyote wrote:
Nice. And to get rid of stock try content aware fill in PS. Or healing brush? (More advanced users can comment!)
Sorry...meant stick...not stock. Sheesh
Better yet, just re-take the picture without the stick!!
OK, I got rid of the stick in Affinity.
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