How do you shoot macro and stack photo's for focus?
Nov 11, 2014 13:36:30 #
Gene51 wrote:
Just don't sell it to anyone - :)
Not to worry! It's just such a great photo that I just want to use it to compare other moon photos to. Besides I just like looking at it!
Nov 11, 2014 14:29:37 #
Tom Brownell wrote:
It pretty much does, but it's just a little different in the tools and how you use them. Photoshop has a few features that are easyer for removing background for example. But You can do pretty much everything in GIMP that you can in photoshop.
The thing of it is, It's free vs photoshop costing several hundred dollars!
The thing of it is, It's free vs photoshop costing several hundred dollars!
Actually, Photoshop does the stacking automatically for you, just like a stacking program, no need to remove any backgrounds!
Nov 11, 2014 14:33:44 #
Greenguy33 wrote:
Thanks lamiaceae and everyone else for the helpful posts.
What is a good aperture opening for this process?
What is a good aperture opening for this process?
Your len's sweet spot, usually 2 to 3 stops up from wide open, e.g., f/5.6, f/8, f/11
Nov 11, 2014 14:38:04 #
speters wrote:
Actually, Photoshop does the stacking automatically for you, just like a stacking program, no need to remove any backgrounds!
Ya, I know, that does make it nice! I just didn't want to pay for it to do a few photos once in a while! If I were doing it a lot professionally, that would be different. Then I would spend the money.
Nov 11, 2014 17:36:53 #
Check out https://www.facebook.com/mike.moats?fref=ts
Mike has classes and great advice about things in the macro field.
Mike has classes and great advice about things in the macro field.
Nov 11, 2014 18:04:45 #
GENorkus wrote:
Moats' Workshops were recently discussed in the Macro Forum. The last few posts sum-up the conclusion:Check out http://www.facebook.com/mike.moats?fref=ts
Mike has classes and great advice about things in the macro field.
Mike has classes and great advice about things in the macro field.
Mike Moats' Macro Photo Weekend Workshops
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-258072-1.html
Nov 11, 2014 18:08:04 #
GENorkus wrote:
Check out https://www.facebook.com/mike.moats?fref=ts
Mike has classes and great advice about things in the macro field.
Mike has classes and great advice about things in the macro field.
Check out http://www.facebook.com/mike.moats?fref=ts
Nov 11, 2014 18:37:44 #
I don't want to start a war but seems to me that it's similar to; Who makes the best camera? Maybe; That lens is very fast.
To a degree, the word "macro" is pretty vague.
To a degree, the word "macro" is pretty vague.
Nov 11, 2014 18:44:37 #
GENorkus wrote:
I don't want to start a war but seems to me that it's similar to; Who makes the best camera? Maybe; That lens is very fast.
To a degree, the word "macro" is pretty vague.
To a degree, the word "macro" is pretty vague.
Technically macro is 1:1 reproduction - a little more or a little less. When it is greater than 1:1, it's called photomicrography, microphotogaphy, etc. Nothing too vague about it, unless you are a lens manufacturer, then anything greater than 1:4 is macro.
Nov 11, 2014 18:44:57 #
lighthouse
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GENorkus wrote:
......To a degree, the word "macro" is pretty vague.
Not to some of us.
I am very very comfortable with Douglass's definition.
Nov 11, 2014 19:03:25 #
Gene51 wrote:
unless you are a lens manufacturer, then anything greater than 1:4 is macro.
(See what I mean.) LoL
Nov 11, 2014 19:16:10 #
GENorkus wrote:
(See what I mean.) LoL
aw, c'mon, how many of us make lenses . . .
Nov 11, 2014 19:22:53 #
Wow, Ya really have to be careful what ya say on here, pretty easy to start an argument!
Nov 11, 2014 19:24:31 #
lighthouse
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Tom Brownell wrote:
Wow, Ya really have to be careful what ya say on here, pretty easy to start an argument!
Yes, especially if you say stuff that is just wrong.
Nov 11, 2014 19:34:33 #
lighthouse wrote:
Yes, especially if you say stuff that is just wrong.
Ya well, what ever you say! Sometimes wrong is just a matter of opinion, and obviously you have strong ones!
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