Small Dianthus Flower with Rain Drops

[480sparky41 41]

The background of the stacked shot clearly shows it was stacked.

No way, I thought it was some new kind of DoF effect

Nope. It's an artifact of the stacking process. Kinda like halos plague HDR shots.

 

[cgipson1]

Excluding the background, do you find the extended focus on the flower works?

I use a wide gamut monitor so I have to be careful judging reds in shot viewed online. I downloaded both shots and opened them in CS5. The red channel is clearly blown in the stacked version - less so in the non stacked. The combination of this and possible artifacts due to stacking 9 handheld images detracts significantly when compared to the 2nd (original) shot you posted. Yes, the apparent DOF is larger in the 1st shot, but I would have to say it does not help the image in this case.

Gotcha... I will probably reshoot it, and do it properly instead of playing with it. I was actually surprised I could get a halfway decent stack with handheld shots. I will have to watch that red channel too... Thanks for the input.

 

[cgipson1]

The background of the stacked shot clearly shows it was stacked.

No way, I thought it was some new kind of DoF effect

Nope. It's an artifact of the stacking process. Kinda like halos plague HDR shots.

Yep! And shooting the stack handheld appears to have magnified the artifacts! Oh well, I had fun doing it! lol! I was in a hurry, as it was starting to get dark... and so didn't get the focus rail out.

 

[cgipson1]

Thanks Becky... it turned out better than I expected.... good, rich color, but as was pointed out.. the red channel is blown! But even so, this has proven very popular with some people. I have had two requests for prints... hmm, you never know!

 

[cgipson1]

The shot without focus stack is clearly better.

Btw, I've heard of R2D2, never of R1C1, must be an older model.

hahaha... yea! Where did this come from? I didn't use the R1C1's to shoot this?

EDIT: SIG line.. right? lol!

 

[sovietdoc]

The background of the stacked shot clearly shows it was stacked.

No way, I thought it was some new kind of DoF effect

Nope. It's an artifact of the stacking process. Kinda like halos plague HDR shots.

Yeah I was just being sarcastic.


Yeah, I looked at the sig.

 

[LizardKing]

Another great shot dude! Have to say I prefer the non-stacked version, too. The color and raindrops are simply amazing!
I'm not a big fan of the background here. But besides that, really nice!

 

[cgipson1]

Another great shot dude! Have to say I prefer the non-stacked version, too. The color and raindrops are simply amazing!
I'm not a big fan of the background here. But besides that, really nice!

Martin, thank you! I am just trying to try some different things with some ordinary subjects.. see what happens.

 

[480sparky41 41]

Yep! And shooting the stack handheld appears to have magnified the artifacts! Oh well, I had fun doing it! lol! I was in a hurry, as it was starting to get dark... and so didn't get the focus rail out.

It's not a result of hand-holding. I get the same artifacts, even when tripod-mounted and using a rail. If you're skillful with a clone & heal tool, you can make 'em go away.

 

[cgipson1]

Yep! And shooting the stack handheld appears to have magnified the artifacts! Oh well, I had fun doing it! lol! I was in a hurry, as it was starting to get dark... and so didn't get the focus rail out.

It's not a result of hand-holding. I get the same artifacts, even when tripod-mounted and using a rail. If you're skillful with a clone & heal tool, you can make 'em go away.

Yea, I can handle that! I just haven't seen the artifacts that bad before. I did like that background, so pulled the flower out, and did a content aware fill on the hole, and then added some Gaussian blur... might come in handy for something! Need to do a little more blending here.. the flower is floating! lol!

 

[480sparky41 41]

Yep! And shooting the stack handheld appears to have magnified the artifacts! Oh well, I had fun doing it! lol! I was in a hurry, as it was starting to get dark... and so didn't get the focus rail out.

It's not a result of hand-holding. I get the same artifacts, even when tripod-mounted and using a rail. If you're skillful with a clone & heal tool, you can make 'em go away.

Yea, I can handle that! I just haven't seen the artifacts that bad before. I did like that background, so pulled the flower out, and did a content aware fill on the hole, and then added some Gaussian blur... might come in handy for something! Need to do a little more blending here.. the flower is floating! lol!

Gaussian blur works, too!

I find a lot of my FS's need some sort of editing, especially one s with a lot of OOF areas or where there's a lot of depth to the stack.

 

[LizardKing]

The new version is so much better!

 

[cgipson1]

It's not a result of hand-holding. I get the same artifacts, even when tripod-mounted and using a rail. If you're skillful with a clone & heal tool, you can make 'em go away.

Yea, I can handle that! I just haven't seen the artifacts that bad before. I did like that background, so pulled the flower out, and did a content aware fill on the hole, and then added some Gaussian blur... might come in handy for something! Need to do a little more blending here.. the flower is floating! lol!

Gaussian blur works, too!

I find a lot of my FS's need some sort of editing, especially one s with a lot of OOF areas or where there's a lot of depth to the stack.

Yes... fun stuff though! I just picked up a Stackshot, although I haven't had time to do more than open the box!

 

[cgipson1]

The new version is so much better!

Thanks, Martin! I think so too!

 

[Derrel]

Love the original shot.

The stacking in the 1st shot seems to have introduced some unpleasant distortion - particularly in the background (the grey).
Makes it look over sharpened to my eyes.

I was thinking the same,exact thing...