Here’s a short guide to shooting several photographs to make an ultra sharp close focus shot. Peter Bargh explains how to shoot, and then what software will combine the shots to give you ultra sharp results.
Here’s a short guide to shooting several photographs to make an ultra sharp close focus shot. Peter Bargh explains how to shoot, and then what software will combine the shots to give you ultra sharp results.
Thanks for sharing that.
johannesrousseau(com) also has some very nice macro photos.
@AndreasFehrm
he is demonstrating the technique and he says that using a higher f/ratio might not be the best for all situations. sure he could use that on this shot but then he woulsnt have a focus stacking video now would he
One reason you don’t just open it up is to preserve the background rendition. Opening to f8+ can render the background more than you want it. So to keep the nice boheh you shoot wide and stack
do you move the camera to change the focus or do you change something on the camera?
You’re saying that the bad thing about using a small aperture, so that more gets into focus, is that it requires a long shutter speed.
Well, since you’re using a tripod when you’re doing this weird technique you could make the aperture smaller as well and just take one shot. I can’t see why you aren’t doing that instead..
that was great help, cheers
Won’t work for real close macro. Product shots is ok, but as soon you get really close you’ll see even a small small aperture number won’t cut it, and even when it does, you’ll have long shutter speed and other annoying problems that come up.
that was cool
thanks
camera came out in 2006, its not a “very old” camera…idiot!
very old camera
@ abumuhannadh: nope! even the smallest aperture isn’t enough to do the trick. Plus: when your lens is set at the smallest aperture the diffraction makes the picture unsharp, even with the most expensive lenses. It’s a matter of balance between sharpnes and DOF. With stacking you get sharpness AND DOF
Thanks, I’ll try it!
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this is good info, thanks
but if i have to put the cam on tripod either way, then i don’t think slow shutter speed would be a problem, so you can just choose a small aperture and click the shutter and wait. saves all the work.
that was cool, I will try that, thanks for the tips
Very informative.
actually you get better resolution stacking at say f8 rather than using a single shot at f22
if you have a Mac – Helicon is good stacking software.
Sure… if you have a ton of light (macro ring flash, midday sunlight, etc).
Very cool. I must try this
small aperture = larger depth of field = more stuff in focus
wouldn’t a large field of depth do fine as well ? so a large f number and longer shutter time ?
Greetings
interesting… thanks.
Top info! Thanks for sharing.
can’t do that with Compact T_T but could do it slowly
thanks!