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KMRennie

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St. John's Wort Focus stacking
« on: August 01, 2015, 11:32:57 am »

Horrible weather here in the North of England so I have been trying to learn how to focus stack, unfortunately without a macro lens, so this is a Tamron 24-70 on a D810.

Ken

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Re: St. John's Wort Focus stacking
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2015, 01:23:48 pm »

The first is really well done.

What do you use (software) for focus stacking?!

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Re: St. John's Wort Focus stacking
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2015, 08:32:34 pm »

Whatever you did with it, it worked out very nicely. Beautiful colours on the black background.
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Re: St. John's Wort Focus stacking
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2015, 05:20:49 am »

Excellent work, very detailed images and nice processing too.

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Re: St. John's Wort Focus stacking
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2015, 05:49:10 am »

Whatever you did with it, it worked out very nicely. Beautiful colours on the black background.


Agreed!

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Re: St. John's Wort Focus stacking
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2015, 06:14:13 am »

Thanks for the comments.
I used a trial version of Helicon focus 6 set at default for the second shot. Nikon D810 ISO 64 Tamron 24-70 f2.8, 13 shots at f8 1/6s 70mm. I cut the stalk off and brought it inside as the merest puff of wind ruined the shots. Flower placed close to a window lit by the light of a very gloomy day with a daylight viewing light placed opposite it, thus the 2 highlights.  I tried to stack with Photoshop CS6 but it kept on having problems with the main leaf behind the central berry. Helicon focus also had problems in the same area but far fewer so I patched a few areas from the original shots.
The first shot was not stacked, same lens but at 24mm and f16 no 2nd light and the flower had now been sitting for a day in water so a few leaves had to be trimmed and the stamens were looking a little bedraggled. The black background was a dark woolen coat draped over a chair angled so that it didn't catch any of the light.

The second shot is much sharper, although it probably doesn't show at this size but the first one is a nicer arrangement.

I hope this helps. Ken
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Re: St. John's Wort Focus stacking
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2015, 08:21:05 am »

+1. I think both are superb.
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Re: St. John's Wort Focus stacking
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2015, 04:13:31 am »

Very good work.

Indeed it is a big challenge to do these in the field, as the merest breeze ruins things...
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