Here’s a short guide to shooting several photographs to make an ultra sharp close focus shot. Peter Bargh explains how to shoot, and then what software will combine the shots to give you ultra sharp results.
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I found this vid very interesting. Thanks so much from a newbie to macro.
@xjoncamposx U welcome!
I actually never thought about if diffraction would be worse if the mp size was larger on the same sensor. Thanks for the info!
@xjoncamposx that is true… check the-digital-picture image quality charts to see how much diffraction can appear when a lens is stopped all the way down. Also depends on the camera, (more megapixel on the same sensor size normally means more diffraction )
I’ve just found ‘zerene stacker’
it stacks as well as combineZ-series, but has a very useful post stack brush tool that allows you to replace any part of the stacked shot with the aligned section of any of the original shots.
It makes eliminating artifacts waayy easier
yeah, you can do this, but if you shot it in 4×5 you could just scheinpflug it all
Thanks for this great video ! Awesome…Will definitely try this technique out and check on the Helicon Focus digital imaging processing software you recommended to try to solve depth of field .( DOF) problems in shooting. Seems to be a great resource. Cheers.
This is a cool technique. I will definitely have to try it out.
4×5 view camera set back farther=all in focus and extra resolution, even after cropping
Even with a lens stopped all the way down, at macro range distances, the depth of field will only be a fraction of an inch. Focus stacking allows you to achieve more depth of field than would otherwise be possible with the optics alone.
Because smaller apertures bring a thing called “diffraction” into play.
Nice technique, but with such sharp focus you seem to lose some of macro photography’s beauty, the chance to focus only on the point of interest and leave everything else vague…
Not trying to be rude… but it sure is funny how “not trying to be rude” is always followed by something rude.
Hello, not trying to be rude, just trying to get exsposer
Good video, nicely explained, thanks.
If you didn’t have this software, and you were any good with Photoshop you could also try using selections and lens blur filters to create a similar effect (if you shoot at a smaller aperture to get more depth of field that is).
Thanks for sharing that.
johannesrousseau(com) also has some very nice macro photos.
@AndreasFehrm
he is demonstrating the technique and he says that using a higher f/ratio might not be the best for all situations. sure he could use that on this shot but then he woulsnt have a focus stacking video now would he
One reason you don’t just open it up is to preserve the background rendition. Opening to f8+ can render the background more than you want it. So to keep the nice boheh you shoot wide and stack
do you move the camera to change the focus or do you change something on the camera?
You’re saying that the bad thing about using a small aperture, so that more gets into focus, is that it requires a long shutter speed.
Well, since you’re using a tripod when you’re doing this weird technique you could make the aperture smaller as well and just take one shot. I can’t see why you aren’t doing that instead..
that was great help, cheers
Won’t work for real close macro. Product shots is ok, but as soon you get really close you’ll see even a small small aperture number won’t cut it, and even when it does, you’ll have long shutter speed and other annoying problems that come up.
that was cool
thanks
camera came out in 2006, its not a “very old” camera…idiot!
very old camera