In this video tutorial the photographer passes on his techniques on focus stacking
In this video tutorial the photographer passes on his techniques on focus stacking
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thanks man you gave me new light on this.
Thanks for the reply. One more question though. Will elements 10 do the job? Thanks.
Quite tricky with an insect
I’m getting my MP-E 65mm lens, focus rack and 24EX flash in a couple of days and expect working with such a narrow DoF is going to take some getting used to. Cheers for the vid
I’ve heard wide open it’s 0.048mm which is insane. Any you cant stop down to f16 and the images arent sharp enough; its going to be a real challenge
Will do but expecting it will take me weeks to master
why not use a smaller aperture with more depth of field for the same effect?
sorry, which comment in particular?
Thanks for the effort. This tutorial is awesome. I like how you did it in video at first. you’re right it’s easy to understand.
I thought focus stacking was supposed to be done on Low F stops with the aperture wide open to capture as much detail as possible with the highest shutter speed and lowest ISO. At the end of the video you mention that taking the photos at F8 or higher would be best but that would just give you a wide open depth of field. Can you clarify?
You will have extreme diffraction at low apertures.
can’t you do the same effect in this case with a tilt-shift lens?
Dot ate who?
Thank you for this :)
What? Last time I checked tilt shift lenses weren’t built for macro. A tilt shift lens will still have a limited dof anyway.
too small of an aperture and you lose sharpness. Try a macro lens with all extension tubes. Even f14 has a really shallow depth of field.
and what happens when you don’t have enough light?
10/26/12
Thanks Jason for an excellent tutorial on Focus Stacking… just a great job!
Doug.
Great video. Thanks for the explanation. My question though is, how do you think the photo would differ if for example you were to shoot one photo at f16. Would you not get a similar image to the one you did with focus stacking?
Hello,
Good question and the answer is two-fold. Yes the depth of filed would be greater at f/16, but still not deep enough depending on the magnification. f/16 would yeild about 3/4’s of the coin mostly sharp if I had to guess. The macro magnification makes the dof much narrower than standard magnification.
Thanks Jay, very good video!
nice one Jay… much appreciated.
Thanks for doing this video. I’ve been considering this, but wanted to understand how to use Lightroom to do it. Looks like Photoshop is the way it is done. Great!
Great intro to focus stacking, thanks.
I would suggest avoiding using f16 because a lot of lenses start to not be as sharp at those f stops. Most of them are sharpest between 5.6 – 11 (may vary slightly from lens to lens). At the higher f stops, you get weird things like fringing and CA which would be annoying to deal with when stacking photos.
Thanks for this Jay. Can this be done with Elements 11 as well?
2 dot 8… cmon douchbag just say the typical 2 point 8. stop trying to be different
Why not just shoot the coin, straight down,lol. No DOF probs there:/ I know, its only a demo of the method,lol.
WHAAAAT!!!! A wide OPEN stop gives more abberation that F16:/ Must have shit lenses:/
Hi! Great tutorial! I’m relatively new to photography, particularly the editing part, and I’m wondering if you have to use photoshop, or do other more reasonably priced programs have the same function?