Wildflowers
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Roger - WoW - are you focus stacking with some of these?
Jesse - nice one on the top. Wild rose?
Finally the snow is gone and we actually have some flowers, and I actually took some time to grab a few shots.
not quite sure what focus stacking is. the photos were simply shot in one frame with a macro lens and flash. probably was shooting with a shutter around 200 of a second and aperture around 13. love the photo of the heart shaped flowers you posted :artist: has a softness to it and great aperture
IPT
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Thanks - they're called bleeding hearts. They happen to be in the backyard of the house I bought last year. They are pretty wild looking!
Focus stacking is basically taking multiple images with the same framing but different planes of focus and then masking them together. With super close macro the DOF is so shallow sometimes even stopped down leaves areas soft. This way you can have the image sharp from front to back.
Focus stacking is basically taking multiple images with the same framing but different planes of focus and then masking them together. With super close macro the DOF is so shallow sometimes even stopped down leaves areas soft. This way you can have the image sharp from front to back.
IPT
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I have not done it yet myself. My understanding is that with with high magnification you actually set the focus manually and then use rails to change the areas in focus. Actually changing the focus in the lens will change the proportion of the image more and make it harder to blend. Keep in mind this all just my recolection. Changing the aperature will only get you so far with razor thin DOF's and high magnification.
That being said, I think there is some programs that will help stitch it and do it for you (but I don't know what it/they are). I also think depending on the magnification, distance to subject, etc, you could do it by just manually changing the area you focus on too. I have done it like that before and then jsut maked it in PS but not on Macros. Once you get that huge magnification and shallow DOF it is an entirely different world.
What kind of body/lens are you doing your Macro with? Using extenders?
That being said, I think there is some programs that will help stitch it and do it for you (but I don't know what it/they are). I also think depending on the magnification, distance to subject, etc, you could do it by just manually changing the area you focus on too. I have done it like that before and then jsut maked it in PS but not on Macros. Once you get that huge magnification and shallow DOF it is an entirely different world.
What kind of body/lens are you doing your Macro with? Using extenders?
