tmiller9 wrote:
Thanks everyone for the kind comments, feedback - and votes. Really appreciate your taking the time to take a look at - what is - one of the more adventurous images I've taken! Thanks again
I shot the first at f22 in order to squeeze out as close a focus point as possible (diffraction be damned!). I then adjusted the lens to f13 without adjusting focus and started a "more traditional" focus stack exercise. Brought them all into PS, aligned them and then stacked them. I then manually blended in the weird spots (I find there are always a few of those when letting PS do the focus stacking). Honestly, not sure if the first one at f22 really makes a difference - but at least it seemed to make sense at the time.
I used the sigma 12-24 for this one.
I had one foot in - and one foot out. The opening was pretty small - not much room to work with. Water was only a couple of inches deep - so no big deal. ...Show more →
I don't understand focus stacking in PS. do you mean putting each photo in separate layer, then manually greying out the out of focus sections or is there an eaiser way in PS. (I usually use zerene stacker)
rwwright wrote:
I don't understand focus stacking in PS. do you mean putting each photo in separate layer, then manually greying out the out of focus sections or is there an eaiser way in PS. (I usually use zerene stacker)
I will do it two ways....
The "easy" way is to bring the images into PS as layers. I then run an auto align on all images to help correct for any focus breathing issues. Once that is done - I run the auto blend function which is PS's way of blending the stack. Although pretty straight forward, I still check for any weirdness - which can (usually) occur - primarily around the image edges. If it's not an issue - I'm good to go.
I have also done as you describe - a bit more labor - but when the blend areas are defined - a much better way to do it in the end. Still need to auto align before you blend though.
The "easy" way is to bring the images into PS as layers. I then run an auto align on all images to help correct for any focus breathing issues. Once that is done - I run the auto blend function which is PS's way of blending the stack. Although pretty straight forward, I still check for any weirdness - which can (usually) occur - primarily around the image edges. If it's not an issue - I'm good to go.
I have also done as you describe - a bit more labor - but when the blend areas are defined - a much better way to do it in the end. Still need to auto align before you blend though.
or is there an eaiser way in PS. (I usually use zerene stacker)