At 5/24/2019 10:58 AM, you wrote:
>On 5/24/2019 6:36 AM, Wayne Shumaker wrote:
>>At 5/24/2019 12:26 AM, Moose wrote:
>>>On 5/23/2019 9:46 PM, Wayne Shumaker wrote:
>>>>The quick to deploy is great for a level surface, but most of the time I
>>>>use mine for macro, I'm close to the ground, on uneven ground, have to let
>>>>one leg stick way out with the other legs at odd heights, avoiding weeds,
>>>>not disturbing the subject, .... Often the subject is in a bush, other
>>>>things around, you can't just pop the legs out and set it down. With the
>>>>Gitzo I can loosen one section with just enough friction to adjust and stay
>>>>there before I tighten it all down. Very rare do I just extend the legs all
>>>>the way and take a shot, unless it is a group portrait with me in it.
>>>>
>>>>Hence most of my tripod work is macro, requiring focus stacking and odd
>>>>positions. For example, you cannot see what I had to do to get the tripod
>>>>in the correct position, but I doubt I could do with the PD.
>>>>
>>>>https://tinyurl.com/y3gzbtj9
>>>Nice!
>>>
>>>For me, this would be a no tripod shot. Combined OIS and IBIS working
>>>together, the camera does the stacking very quickly and the PS or other
>>>stacking software aligns the slightly moved frames before blending.
>>>
>>>I used to do a lot of tripod for macro work; now hardly any, well, basically
>>>none. I do use the macro stand on my desk.
>>>
>>>Two Leg Moose
>>I tried handheld, but I could not easily get this shot angle as my knees
>>would be well spiked. I have done a lot of handheld stacking but when my
>>posture is shaky, the focus point is wobbling back and forth.
>>
>>This was a stack of 3. In Photoshop I am having a terrible time stacking with
>>cactus spines. The cactus spines that are not in the plane of focus often get
>>a fuzzy tip. A lot of post editing of the stacking masks to fix up. To the
>>point I have started considering alternatives.
>>
>> From what I have read online, helicon is considered one of the better ones.
>
>Ctein was just touting it to me, as a big improvement on PS, if not perfect.
good to know, thanks. I will get the trial and run the stack that fails
miserably in PS.
>>Again, many of my stacks are handheld, but often I'm not steady or agile
>>enough.
>
>Clarity? I not uncommonly do hand held stacks of 3-4 frames, individually
>focused by me. OTOH, recent Oly and Panny bodies will do stacks of 20-30 (or
>more) in a couple of seconds.
>
>When you say hand held, to which sort do you refer? I find I can hold the
>short, auto sort in places situations where I couldn't do the slow sort.
>
>Tilt or fully articulated screens are also my friends for low angle.
Often I am in evening light, walking within a mile or two of my house, and only
sometimes bring my Gitzo with me. Unfortunately the focus stacking is not a
feature of the Sony Alphas, so I'm usually no more than 4 in a stack. If the
camera did the work, it would make the tripod a luxury, but I'm in the slow
boat, often focusing by moving when handheld.
The low light and motion blur are another reason to have the tripod.
>>Tripod can be helpful, when the angle required is a difficult position to
>>hold, or I don't want to be smashing the environment and the subject.
>
>YesBut, I have to carry the darn thing!
yep
>Stacking Moose
WayneS
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