I've been meaning to thank you for these posts. I know I natter on about tech stuff, and my efforts to find effective
ways to get the images I want. And of course most of the actual work is done for myself.
But little pleases me more than finding that someone else has benefited from my
posts about what I've been doing.
That you got out and tried these ideas, and enjoyed the process and results, is
very gratifying.
Grateful Moose
On 4/21/2016 6:01 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
I decided to give it a try. My results are here <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19915> I was stacking 4
images at different focus points. I've only shown 2 of the original images. The first was the nearest focus point
and the second shows the farthest focus point. The 3rd image is the focus stacked result from Photoshop.
Images shot on E-M1 with m.Zuiko 14-150 at 90mm f/6.3 from about 6 feet.
Observations:
Moose's Photoshop procedure is close but not completely accurate
The whole process is amazingly easy to both shoot and process
I elected to use content-aware fill to cover some missing bits on the edges and corners due to mis-alighnment. Worked
great.
The resulting image has lost considerable vibrance. Probably easily recovered
by running back through ACR but I
didn't try.
This particular image has somehow picked up distortion in the vertical bars in the background that is not seen in any
of the originals. I tried dropping an image I thought might be complicit in the distortion (the one most out of
alignment with the others) but that didn't help anything.
Summary: This was quick to shoot and easy to process so I'll do it again even if it sometimes gives some odd results
(distortion in background)
On 4/24/2016 5:31 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
<http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19926>
I decided to post some shots using the m.Zuiko 75-300 at 300mm + Meiko (10+16mm) extension tubes as Moose has
described. I was surprised how easy it was to use the combo handheld. I took it out onto the back patio in late
afternoon sun/shade. I had it out for only about 9 minutes during which I took 12 shots. There are some that are
usable with a bit of editing but 6 I thought were good enough to use straight out of the camera with the camera's JPEGs.
I especially like 839 and may print that one. I also note that 841 is not a B&W shot, just dark shadow from 1/5000
sec. shutter speed. I might print that one too with a bit of editing. All shots made in AV mode, f/9 at ISO 1600.
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