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Recently, I posted some photos of a passionflower. Some of the comments led me to decide it was time to do something that scares me...try focus stacking!
Why does focus stacking scare me?? I don't know...because it's new to me. Because it requires not just getting the shot, but getting the shot over and over again, and then learning how to process it. But mostly, it's new...and new scares me.
So, here's my first ever attempt at focus stacking. Not looking for C&C on the subject or the composition, just on the focus stacking.
I used a tiny, tiny little feather I'd found this weekend; my macro lens (Tokina 100mm) and ocf. 25 exposures, stacked and aligned basically by using the "recipe" in Tony Northrup's video that was posted in my passionflower thread. I used PS for the processing part.
Comments? Suggestions? Does it look okay--did I miss parts and get any banding? I already know I didn't quite get the front end of the feather, I messed up and had it a little too close to the lens to get focus on it.
What else do I need to know about focus stacking before I try again?
Why does focus stacking scare me?? I don't know...because it's new to me. Because it requires not just getting the shot, but getting the shot over and over again, and then learning how to process it. But mostly, it's new...and new scares me.
So, here's my first ever attempt at focus stacking. Not looking for C&C on the subject or the composition, just on the focus stacking.
I used a tiny, tiny little feather I'd found this weekend; my macro lens (Tokina 100mm) and ocf. 25 exposures, stacked and aligned basically by using the "recipe" in Tony Northrup's video that was posted in my passionflower thread. I used PS for the processing part.
Comments? Suggestions? Does it look okay--did I miss parts and get any banding? I already know I didn't quite get the front end of the feather, I messed up and had it a little too close to the lens to get focus on it.
What else do I need to know about focus stacking before I try again?