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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
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.
I just recently learned about focus stacking with macro photography! Just experimenting to see how it works.
I found this lovely Native Hydrangea growing in a ditch. This is photo was composited from 7 photos with different focal lengths.
Trial3 is by for my favorite exposure. I did sneak in a small edit, removing some blueness as seen in the other two trial pictures. The only part I don't like about this one is the odd bokeh drop off with the bottom leaf.
So, like any automated Photoshop function, it's not perfect. Either I need to improve my capturing technique or do some manual post production. By the way, did you notice the little grasshopper on the bloom? :)
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.
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.
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.
22 images taken with 50D and MP-E 65mm at 5x using 0.06mm steps with a Cognisys Stackshot and stacked in Zerene Stacker.
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. :-(
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.
20 images taken with 50D and MP-E 65mm at 2.2x using 0.26mm steps with a Cognisys StackShot and stacked in Zerene Stacker. Front/back lit with MT-24EX @ 1/32 with diffusion gels.
Asiatic lily (Lilium asiatic) anther. 28 images taken with Canon 50D and MP-E 65mm at 2x manually stepped with macro rail and stacked in Zerene Stacker. Lit with MT-24EX @ 1/32 with diffusion gels.
Trichomes on a cannabis leaf. 23 images taken with 50D MP-E 65mm at 4x manually stepped with macro rail and stacked in Zerene Stacker. Lit with MT-24EX @ 1/8 with diffusion gels.
Shot with my Canon EOS M3 and EF-M 55-200mm lens. 10 frames focus stacked in Photoshop.
I was also carrying my 4x5 large format kit which includes a double-sided 1 metre square focusing cloth (black on one side and white on the other). I shot the thistles with the natural background and with the cloth draped over a branch with either the black or white side providing subject isolation.
This is the version shot with the white background.
In post processing, it was amazing to see how differently I wanted to treat the images based solely on the different backgrounds.
Focus stacking has the benefit of maintaining good background blur compared to shooting with a small f-stop. Also, since there was a bit of wind and the subject was moving slightly, I was able to shoot with a wide open aperture, fast shutter speed, and moderate ISO setting to prevent motion blur. If I was shooting a single frame at a high f-stop I would have to use a long shutter speed and/or high ISO and would loose a lot of detail as a result.