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    A bit of Nailsea cullet

    Inspired by Dave_S's post about stacking images, I decided to have another go at it.

    I bought the same focus rail as he did, but did not find it very satisfactory, so I spent more money and got one of these
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 instead. A much more robust device.

    Some time ago, I unearthed a bit of old cullet, presumably from the Nailsea glassworks, in our veggie plot - we have found quite a few pieces (some large) and we assume it was used as hardore for paths etc. This piece is about 40mm long.

    I wanted to see if the image stacking would pick out the internal features of the glass (bubbles etc.). This seems to have been at least partially successful, but not quite as good as I had hoped. The glass itself is not crystal clear of course, which does not help.

    Nonetheless, I am reasonably pleased with the result - some internal bubbles show with well-defined detail.


    Nailsea cullet by John Liddle, on Flickr
    John Liddle

    Backwell, North Somerset - "Where the cider apples grow"

    #2
    Re: A bit of Nailsea cullet

    Nice work John, what software did you use to stack the images ?


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    Peter

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      #3
      Re: A bit of Nailsea cullet

      It looks good to me.
      Brian Vickers LRPS

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        #4
        Re: A bit of Nailsea cullet

        Thanks chaps.

        Originally posted by ST-EOS View Post
        ....... what software did you use to stack the images ?
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        I took the images into LR, then transferred them as layers to PS and aligned/stacked them there.
        John Liddle

        Backwell, North Somerset - "Where the cider apples grow"

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          #5
          Re: A bit of Nailsea cullet

          Looks good to me too.

          Bill.
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            #6
            Re: A bit of Nailsea cullet

            That is a much better engineered rail than my "Cheapo Chinese" one John.

            That said, mine did the job perfectly, and the results were good.

            I guess that maybe I was lucky enough to get a good one.
            Dave

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              #7
              Re: A bit of Nailsea cullet

              Interesting shot of what most would see as a rather mundane subject.

              Good work...
              Nigel

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                #8
                Re: A bit of Nailsea cullet

                Bill, Dave & Nigel - thanks for looking and commenting chaps.
                John Liddle

                Backwell, North Somerset - "Where the cider apples grow"

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                  #9
                  Re: A bit of Nailsea cullet

                  Looks pretty good. I'm impressed that you were able to stack in PS.
                  Steven Dillon Photography - Capturing Nature's Art

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                    #10
                    Re: A bit of Nailsea cullet

                    Thanks Steven.

                    Originally posted by stevendillonphoto View Post
                    ........ I'm impressed that you were able to stack in PS.
                    Nothing clever on my part - it's built in.

                    Select images in LR then
                    Photo > Edit in > Open as layers in PS

                    When images loaded in PS, select all layers then
                    Edit > Auto align layers then
                    Edit > Auto blend layers > select Stack images option and seamless tone & colours

                    Go and make a cup of tea/coffee according to taste while the magic happens

                    On your return
                    Layer > Merge visible and you're done!
                    John Liddle

                    Backwell, North Somerset - "Where the cider apples grow"

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                      #11
                      Re: A bit of Nailsea cullet

                      Originally posted by John Liddle View Post
                      Thanks Steven.



                      Nothing clever on my part - it's built in.

                      Select images in LR then
                      Photo > Edit in > Open as layers in PS

                      When images loaded in PS, select all layers then
                      Edit > Auto align layers then
                      Edit > Auto blend layers > select Stack images option and seamless tone & colours

                      Go and make a cup of tea/coffee according to taste while the magic happens

                      On your return
                      Layer > Merge visible and you're done!
                      Hello John,
                      That's not exactly what I meant. I found that PS produced SO many artifacts within the image that I couldn't use it. I had a little better luck with Helicon, but it too has problems. Most of what killed it for me was how much extra work was required to "correct" the OOF areas. The software has an image in the stack that it could pull in focus areas from, but somehow gets confused and blends OOF areas into the finished product. And, while those can be fixed by doing it yourself, the amount of time required just wasn't worth it. When 90% of the images require 3 to 4 hours just to correct the stack, I couldn't justify putting that much work into them. So, since then, I went back to single images - until the software improves.
                      Steven Dillon Photography - Capturing Nature's Art

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                        Re: A bit of Nailsea cullet

                        Originally posted by stevendillonphoto View Post
                        Hello John,
                        That's not exactly what I meant. I found that PS produced SO many artifacts within the image that I couldn't use it. I had a little better luck with Helicon, but it too has problems. Most of what killed it for me was how much extra work was required to "correct" the OOF areas. The software has an image in the stack that it could pull in focus areas from, but somehow gets confused and blends OOF areas into the finished product. And, while those can be fixed by doing it yourself, the amount of time required just wasn't worth it. When 90% of the images require 3 to 4 hours just to correct the stack, I couldn't justify putting that much work into them. So, since then, I went back to single images - until the software improves.
                        Ah - I understand now. I have to say I have not been troubled by odd artefacts created by the software, but I expect I am not examining them so critically, since I am not looking to offer any of them for sale.
                        John Liddle

                        Backwell, North Somerset - "Where the cider apples grow"

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