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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Your advice on Nature still-lifes: Stacking and maybe focusing rail | |
After many years away from natural-light, tripod-mounted macros, I have a notion to re-establish a technique and shoot some early spring, emerging, native plants that will be in sharp focus from front to rear; i.e. using STACKING.
These would be trilliums, lady slippers, jack-in-the-pulpits and such. The challenge is that so much happens in the spring and I can't be in the hardwoods when I'm out there on the pond shooting loons.... and then spring is over before I know it.
This winter, using PSCC (File, Script, Load Files Into Stack) I have been enjoying perfect results during indoor practice on various still-lifes:
BUT, this has been only with JPEGs.
RAW or JPEG?
1. When you shoot images to be stacked, do you shoot in RAW and then convert to JPEGs before stacking the JPEGs? If so, would you describe a simple workflow you use ? Or do you all shoot only JPEGs for your stacks ?
FOCUSING RAIL
2. Do you consider a focusing rail to be necessary for your outdoor stacks ? If so, would you please briefly explain why you feel the rail to be necessary ? The reason I ask is that during my inside practice, I've found that by setting up so my lens' closest focus is at the front of the still-life, I've been able to cover the entire depth of the still-life with the lens' native range of focus. So I am asking myself, why would I need a focusing rail ? Maybe I am missing something.
Thanks ahead
Edited on Mar 17, 2016 at 06:48 AM · View previous versions
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