[LRflex] Re: Friday Flowers - Aram
- From: William Abbott <bill2301@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:08:11 -0700
Aram,
Thanks again! That's quite a neat technique.
It certainly yields lovely images.
Bill
On Oct 18, 2013, at 4:46 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OOPS. Already answered it.
>
> Aram
>
> -----Original Message----- From: William Abbott
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 4:14 PM
> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Friday Flowers - Aram
>
> Aram,
>
> Disregard by last email. You've answered my question.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
> On Oct 18, 2013, at 1:52 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> When I took the angled shot, I had that in mind. Things lined up along a
>> plane so no need for stacking.
>>
>> When I stack, I focus wide open on either the closest or furthest part of
>> the subject I want to be sharp. I stop down to say f-4 or f-8. my choice
>> is dictated by how close the background is and if I want it to be sharper or
>> less sharp. Then I take the photo, move the plane of focus up or down, take
>> another, and repeat until I have the subject covered from closest to
>> furthest in as many slices as it takes.
>>
>> I process one of the images in Lightroom, then sync them all, then export to
>> CS6, align and blend the images, which CS6 does automatically. I have
>> written a macro so it is all done in one command. I inspect the photo to
>> see if I need to tweak the layer masks a bit, then flatten the image and
>> save it back into Lightroom for any further post processing.
>>
>> On these, instead of changing the focus of the lens I tried something a bit
>> different. I moved the camera forward or backward using my focusing rail
>> and kept the focus the same. Seems to have worked OK. Thought I'd try that
>> since it keeps the magnification the same because there was so much depth to
>> the flowers.
>>
>> Why focus stack? Why not just stop down to f-22 or less? Well, the lens is
>> sharpest in the range I chose as if you stop down to those really small
>> apertures, diffraction can rear it's ugly head, so I am told. I don't ever
>> remember really looking for that. But I really do it because it extends the
>> range of focus w/o really extending it much beyond, so the background to my
>> eye is usually more pleasing that shooting at f-22 and getting the
>> background too much in focus and distracting from the main subject. Hence,
>> the f-4, 5.6 or 8 range. If the background it too close, I go for the
>> larger aperture and take more slices. If not, go for f-8.
>>
>> Hope that puts things in focus, as it were......
>>
>> Thanks for looking.
>>
>> Aram
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: David Young
>> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 12:56 PM
>> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Friday Flowers - Aram
>>
>> Hi Aram!
>>
>> I don't fully understand the concept of "stacked shots", although I think I
>> have the basic idea.
>>
>> Whatever it is you're doing, it works great! Magnificent detail and DOF.
>>
>> Though I must admit that I prefer the angle/composition of the single shot,
>> best.
>>
>> Thanks for sharing! Great stuff!
>>
>> David.
>>
>>> More cactus from SoCal. Will be heading back up north in a week. view
>>> large. All taken with 100 APO on Nikon D600 Single image.
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ff/Yellow+Cactus-5707.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Stacked images. About 14 for each shot.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ff/Yellow+Cactus-5674-
>>> Edit.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ff/Yellow+Cactus-5692-
>>> Edit.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Comments welcome
>>>
>>> Aram
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