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Turkscap lily
Started May 29, 2009 @ 9:47am by Wes
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Wes
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| Turkscap lily | May 29, 2009 @ 9:47am | Another new late spring bloom. Still trying to understand and use stacking for DOF, this is 4 shots focusing from back to front. Getting closer, although I had to do this manually instead of by a script.
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Flo
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| May 29, 2009 @ 10:40am | You did well increasing the DOF, Wes. Did you have the camera on a tripod to take the 4 shots?
Flo - PPY
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Wes
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| May 29, 2009 @ 3:01pm | Yes, Flo. There is not way I could try without the tripod. I am still not comfortable with my technique. I was just happy to get the back left one in some semblance of focus.
Thanks.
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JPetty
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| May 29, 2009 @ 5:48pm | Kudos to you for trying. I haven't perfected it either; and I'm not about to spend more $$$ for programming software to do it.
This is still a beautiful picture. I love the colors too.
Janet
Go ahead and play with the images. I would ask that when you post them on other sites (such as Flikr, Photobucket, etc.) that you credit my photography. I would do the same for you! Other than that, I'm E Z T D B W. |
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RickT
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| May 29, 2009 @ 6:33pm | Adobe, in an effort to drive Helicon Focus out of business, made this multiple-shot-DOF a feature of CS 4. I still haven't invested in either the CS 4 upgrade or Helicon Focus. Mark Johnson describes a manual technique for doing this, but since it involves successive masked layers, I haven't been successful at using it for flowers, with all the quirky edges. All that said, I can see on the right side where you had a bit of trouble blending the focused sections. I'm betting that at least one of the shots that went into this composite was quite beautiful on its own merits, because you have such nice lighting and composition. I think I'd work on that single shot, too, in case the multiple approach never quite satisfies.
RickT
Boulder, Colorado
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Wes
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| May 30, 2009 @ 7:28am | Thank you Janet and Rick. I did end up using the technique that Mark Johnson used in one of his tutorials. Although I understand masking, it is difficult to get it just right when there are multiple edges to try to focus on.
Rick, thanks. I think I do have one that looks pretty good by itself. I will have a look. The second problem with trying to get these shots is that the least bit of a breeze and it throws off the aligning possibilities which further makes stacking difficult. I must be careful to go out on a perfectly still day which is also difficult around here these days.
I appreciate all comments.
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Becky
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| May 30, 2009 @ 10:00pm | Wes, this is lovely, even though I don't understand the concept.
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