Focus Stacking for Macro CS5

[HDNitehawk]

Alan


Thanks for the help, that was exactly what I was doing wrong. I knew it would be something simple I couldn't figure out.


Here are the results for my first try:


Shot with the 5D II, 180mm Macro L off a tripod using the 24ex at 1/64th on both


Shot in the evening in the house, very little ambient light mostly flash, 13 pictures combined F9, shutter .8, ISO 400, Cropped maybe 10% off (very little)





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5 Pictures combined, F5.6, 1 second, ISO 400, No Crop





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I know they could use some improvement, but this is a good start





Thanks


Rick

[Alan]

Rick, those are great. You're too modest. That's more than a good start. It's a great start.


You used a water spray to get the "rain effect." I like it. I bring one with me, when I'm shooting flowers, too.


All of sudden, you're looking for things to shoot macro, I'll bet. []

[HDNitehawk]

Alan


Thanks, macro was the first thing I really got in to. Its been a long winter with nothing real interesting to shoot. I am glad spring is here, the flowers are coming out and there are plenty of insects.

[ddt0725]

These photos are truly beautiful! Very nice job, Rick! This seems way to hard for me to even attempt but I sure like the results when done correctly!


Denise

[HDNitehawk]

Denise


Thanks


It wasn't hard at all once I figured out which buttons to push. CS5 did all the work and once I figured out which sequence to go through it only took about 3 or 4 minutes.


Most of the time when I am out doing Macro I have always did multiple shots with different focus points. I just made a lot of work for myself because I have two years worth of Macro to go back through and see if I have any candidates for this. Thats why we shoot in RAW so we can go back I guess.


Rick

[Daniel Browning]

Photoshop does a very poor job at focus stacking compared to almost any other alternative. CombineZ, which is a free program, gives much better results. There