Focus stacking

[powernapper]

Just lately it seems that every time I look-up the news headlines on my mobile there's an article on "Focus Stacking". So, having a bit of time on my hands yesterday I thought I'd give it a whirl. Dead easy. You just need a camera, tripod and a subject. Remember Fathers Day? Well the Toblerone packaging seemed like just the thing. Five shots and a little bit of PS and 15 mins later my first attempt was done.


[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...53286472_c.jpg[/img]Toblerone Stack by Stephen Thompson, on Flickr

[powernapper]

Sorry, I really don't understand why we can only see the link, and not the actual image. But at least the link does work!

[colin C]

Nicely done.

I keep meaning to do some focus stacking. I have done the research and read the articles, but it hasn't quite happened. Your efforts may spur me on.

[Trev B]

Colin's just taken the words out of my mouth - me too. Its a great pity there's only 24 hours in a day!

[colin C]

Its a great pity there's only 24 hours in a day!

It's a great pity Mrs C has such a long list of chores.

It's a great pity there are so many hobbies to enjoy.

It's a great pity I need sleep.

[antoeknee]

Sorry, I really don't understand why we can only see the link, and not the actual image. But at least the link does work!

You need to post the bbcode. When you go to share select the bbcode option and copy and paste the link.

Nice piece of work too.

[@imagesBV]

Looks very good.....I've not tried it.....I believe there is a focus stacking feature on the RP.

[Swanny48]

I haven’t used focus stacking for macro work but sometimes use it for landscapes, if I want to include something close along with a distant background.

John

[stevendillonphoto]

I've done it, but gave it up because of the anomalies created by the available software and the amount of work required to "fix" the end result. I did get lucky a couple of times and only had minor work to do in post, but when I found that it was taking 5 and 6 hours to fix OOF areas where the software definitely had an in focus area in the stack, I could no longer justify the effort. So, I went back to F22 and single frames. :-)

[powernapper]

I've done it, but gave it up because of the anomalies created by the available software and the amount of work required to "fix" the end result. I did get lucky a couple of times and only had minor work to do in post, but when I found that it was taking 5 and 6 hours to fix OOF areas where the software definitely had an in focus area in the stack, I could no longer justify the effort. So, I went back to F22 and single frames. :-)

Yep, I know what you mean. My main subject was ok, but background far from perfect.

[neonlamp]

I tend to use focus stacking a lot for macro work. Often, it does generate "ghost" images where it seems unable to determine the actual point of focus. I don't find it too problematic when that happens, but you need to be prepared to do some post-stacking tidying up on occasions. Sometimes, the nature of the image is such that things aren't obviously ghosted, and if it is hard to tell, I generally don't bother to clean up.

[Coryman]

I had a little play yesterday.
This was a combination of 80 frames.

Canon EOS R; 100mm macro; 200 ISO; f5.6 at 1/80

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