Focus Stacking

Olympus BH2-BHT SPlan 10, polarized light, Helicon Focus

First test shots with MP-E, Magnification 4.8. Focus stack of 7 images with enfuse.

A focus stack of 69 images.

If anyone is interested in the resolution of this picture, look at the original.

Materials from a school project in Evesham. Photos taken by students through the town and along the river were merged using the Focus Stacking tools in Photoshop. They were then printed out for use in a giant collage.

Dewdrops on aquilegia shoot. Focus stacked from 3 pics

Close up of a petal shot at 3.4:1 and focus stacked- pic is cropped.

You can see another dewdrop in the refracted image. Focus stacked from 2 pics

Focus stacking attempt

Camera: Digital Canon Rebel

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20 focus stacked macro

Close up of a pink rhododendron flower. 10 images shot with Canon 50D and MP-E 65mm at 1.5x using 0.23mm steps with a Cognisys StackShot and stacked in Zerene Stacker. Lit with MT-24EX @ 1/16 with diffusion gels.

30 images taken with 50D and MP-E 65mm at 2.2x using 0.2mm steps with a Cognisys StackShot and stacked in Zerene Stacker DMap+PMax. Lit with MT-24EX @ 1/32 with diffusion gels.

41 images taken with 50D and MP-E 65mm at 4x using 0.08mm steps with a Cognisys StackShot and stacked in Zerene Stacker. Lit with MT-24EX @ 1/32 with diffusion gels.

I continue experimenting with focus stacking

In this session of shots (33 shots) I connected the flash

Focusstack,

168 Bilder / Images

0,05 mm pro Step

12 images

40 shot focus stack in DPP

Pilze

Raindrops on potentilla. Natural light. Focus stacked from 3 pics

opname gemaakt in Thorn

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As we drove up the hills the snow kept getting deeper and deeper. Until the road ended for us, because we had no snow chains. This was one of the last scenes I captured on this particular trip and relays beautifully the landscapes and feel of these trips.

Tête de Fourmi

Multiple differently focussed shots taken on the iPhone with a Moment Macro lens and then focus stacked in Affinity Photo on the iPad.

A praying mantis that was curiously watching me from behind as I shot this 26 frame stack. This mantis is only 1 3/16” in length. (Yes I did measure it). I love these guys, truly amazing creatures!!

Shot with a Canon 100mm f/2.8L macro lens on a 6D mark II body.

Materials from a school project in Evesham. Photos taken by students through the town and along the river were merged using the Focus Stacking tools in Photoshop. They were then printed out for use in a giant collage.

Amazing artwork by Deepali Bhagvat

Focus Stacking

The focus stacking rail is made from Lego. It uses an old-style high RPM motor, and three worm gears to push the subject along by about 1mm for every second of motor running.

15 images taken with 50D and MP-E 65mm at 1.5x using 0.36mm steps with a Cognisys StackShot and stacked in Zerene Stacker. Lit with MT-24EX @ 1/32 with diffusion gels.

Focusstack, 241 Bilder / Images

Schrittweite / Step 0,01 mm,

Weibchen / Female

Focus stacking with Zerene Stacking : 100 pictures, reversed lens (35mm f/1.8) 35mm f/4

22 images taken with 50D and MP-E 65mm at 5x using 0.06mm steps with a Cognisys Stackshot and stacked in Zerene Stacker.

Vancouver, BC, Canada

38 natural light exposures at ISO 100 of a Tachinid [?] on a grass stem. Due to some breeze I wasn't able to finish the stack for the first time but I like the final result more than the complete stack posted below.

Equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Carl Zeiss Luminar 63/4.5 lens and Nikon PB-6 bellows.

4000px version

Focus Stacking

Olympus BH2-BHT SPlanApo 4, polarized light, Helicon Focus

Focus stacked in Photoshop. See v6 for improved detail using Zerene Stacker.

Cross-eye stereogram. Pic is focus stacked

This is an animated GIF showing each of the 27 separate focus slices used to create one of my competition entries for this month's Focus Photo Club meeting. Flickr only displays the animation when viewing the full-size image. :-(

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Focus stacking

Stigma and anthers of a petunia flower. 70 images taken with 50D and MP-E 65mm at 3x using 0.126mm steps with a Cognisys StackShot and stacked in Zerene Stacker. Lit with MT-24EX @ 1/16 with diffusion gels.