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Wallers
02-05-2010, 22:19
So, it's that time of the month where I read about something on the internets and then tell you lot about it :smash: This time, Focus stacking, I love it!

I don't have a true macro lens, but my 24-70 seems to do a decent job.

At f8 I get this.. Barts Pepper corns sharp, the rest trailing to a nice blur.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_fujisawa/4571090737/" title="Untitled by Mr Fujisawa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4571090737_67bc3edfb3.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="" /></a>

With focus stacking, you focus manually on one thing, say the Bart's Pepper pot and take a shot. Then change focus to the Mustard Seeds and take a shot, then Rosemary etc.. Then using something like CombineZP http://www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZP/News.htm or http://www.heliconsoft.com/heliconfocus.html you combine the images.

I used Helicon for all mine.

With a few images you end up with this..

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_fujisawa/4571085195/" title="Untitled by Mr Fujisawa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4571085195_3d3bb98ab8.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="" /></a>

There are a couple of errors where I haven't focused well enough on the Mustard seed jar and the Tesco thing, it's a little smooshy.

You can then do cool macro shots of electronics with huge depth of field.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_fujisawa/4568682074/" title="Untitled by Mr Fujisawa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4568682074_509004bae6_b.jpg" width="1024" height="462" alt="" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_fujisawa/4568677390/" title="Untitled by Mr Fujisawa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4568677390_71a8fa7db5_o.jpg" width="1280" height="709" alt="" /></a>

Obviously on Flickr there are some ridiculous shots, some of the insect ones are crazy. http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Focus%20Stacking&w=all&s=int

MattyGee
02-05-2010, 22:57
nice pics Paul :thumbs:

Some of those on flickr are mental :cool:

Silane
02-05-2010, 23:18
I read that as a photographs of someone stacking a Ford Focus. :o

Photographs look great though!