They have each come out very well, Moose. But I was quite surprised to see
that the Sticky Monkey shots combined so well, considering how much movement
there was (apparently) in the left-hand pair of flowers.
Chris
> On 21 Dec 2014, at 04:04, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Lest anyone think only such careful precise, focus stacking, using special
> software, is the only use of the idea, I offer this very simple, two shot
> focus stack.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Focus%20Stacking/_1160116-17.htm
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Focus%20Stacking/_1160116-17.htm>>
>
> On a fiveish mile hike, we walked by this attractive Sticky Monkey Flower
> plant. No way to get both groups in focus at once. No time or equipment for
> some fancy tripod and focusing rail stuff. Just a couple of hand held shots,
> one focused on each pair of flowers, and a little effort to keep framing
> about the same.
>
> Done in PS by stacking the two shots, moving the top one to more or less
> align them, then selecting and painting a mask on the top one.
>
> Works just fine for me. Would anyone guess it's combined without the
> originals? Just looks to me like they happened to be aligned in the same
> focal plane.
>
> I've previously posted these images, where simple focus stacking of the same
> kind has been used to compensate for the very shallow DoF @ 300 mm. Once
> again, hand held. These are really large ferns, those heads are already a few
> feet off the ground. I don't really recall clearly, but I'd guess I'm
> shooting at 12 ft. or more, not near close focus. (Why don't my cameras
> include focal distance in the metadata??)
>
> As you can see, even at f9, the DOF is very shallow, no more than perhaps an
> inch or so before things start getting soft. Imagine shooting these at f4. I
> can only get the whole head in focus with simple focus stacking. (Yeah, I
> know, you can't do that with even slightly moving subjects, let alone hand
> held.) ;-)
>
> Fern fiddle head I
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Oly75-300/FiddleHead1.htm
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Oly75-300/FiddleHead1.htm>>
>
> Fern fiddle head II
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Oly75-300/FiddleHead2.htm
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Oly75-300/FiddleHead2.htm>>
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