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X-T2 Focus Stacking Experiment
Playing around with focus stacking/bracketing with my X-T2 after the v.4.10
firmware update. As I said, this was an experiment, so composition does not come into this discussion. Everything else is fair game. I used my XF16mm f/1.4 set at f/2 @ ISO 200. Distance was about 12”. I used a Godox TT350F flash. I took a focus bracket of 20 exposures with an interval of 3 second to ensure the flash was functional for each exposure. The 20 shots were imported into Lightroom CCC, and then opened as layers in Photoshop CC. The layers were auto aligned, and then auto blended, and saved back to LR to get this result. https://adobe.ly/2HPFNXH -- Regards, Savageduck |
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X-T2 Focus Stacking Experiment
On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:03:57 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: Playing around with focus stacking/bracketing with my X-T2 after the v.4.10 firmware update. As I said, this was an experiment, so composition does not come into this discussion. Everything else is fair game. I used my XF16mm f/1.4 set at f/2 @ ISO 200. Distance was about 12. I used a Godox TT350F flash. I took a focus bracket of 20 exposures with an interval of 3 second to ensure the flash was functional for each exposure. The 20 shots were imported into Lightroom CCC, and then opened as layers in Photoshop CC. The layers were auto aligned, and then auto blended, and saved back to LR to get this result. https://adobe.ly/2HPFNXH I think it looks pretty good. BTW, did you intend to dox yourself? |
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X-T2 Focus Stacking Experiment
On Jun 15, 2018, Bill W wrote
(in ): On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:03:57 -0700, Savageduck wrote: Playing around with focus stacking/bracketing with my X-T2 after the v.4.10 firmware update. As I said, this was an experiment, so composition does not come into this discussion. Everything else is fair game. I used my XF16mm f/1.4 set at f/2 @ ISO 200. Distance was about 12”. I used a Godox TT350F flash. I took a focus bracket of 20 exposures with an interval of 3 second to ensure the flash was functional for each exposure. The 20 shots were imported into Lightroom CCC, and then opened as layers in Photoshop CC. The layers were auto aligned, and then auto blended, and saved back to LR to get this result. https://adobe.ly/2HPFNXH I think it looks pretty good. BTW, did you intend to dox yourself? It has been almost 10 years since I retired, and I don’t think there are too many folks stalking me. If they show up I think I can handle things. That, and there are a number of the old regulars here from the old SI days who already know my name. So..., was that intentional? It was my acceptance that Adobe changed the sharing format for CC stored files, and it wasn’t worth fighting, even though I have several methods of sharing a little more anonymously. For example Smugmug: https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-Ccjj2b3/0/d72666bf/O/i-Ccjj2b3.jpg -- Regards, Savageduck |
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X-T2 Focus Stacking Experiment
On 15/06/2018 22:03, Savageduck wrote:
Playing around with focus stacking/bracketing with my X-T2 after the v.4.10 firmware update. As I said, this was an experiment, so composition does not come into this discussion. Everything else is fair game. I used my XF16mm f/1.4 set at f/2 @ ISO 200. Distance was about 12”. I used a Godox TT350F flash. I took a focus bracket of 20 exposures with an interval of 3 second to ensure the flash was functional for each exposure. The 20 shots were imported into Lightroom CCC, and then opened as layers in Photoshop CC. The layers were auto aligned, and then auto blended, and saved back to LR to get this result. https://adobe.ly/2HPFNXH Technically it worked, but it makes the flowers look flat, to me. How did the trip to (?) Africa go? I missed the report. -- Cheers, David Web: http://www.satsignal.eu |
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X-T2 Focus Stacking Experiment
On Jun 15, 2018, David Taylor wrote
(in article ): On 15/06/2018 22:03, Savageduck wrote: Playing around with focus stacking/bracketing with my X-T2 after the v.4.10 firmware update. As I said, this was an experiment, so composition does not come into this discussion. Everything else is fair game. I used my XF16mm f/1.4 set at f/2 @ ISO 200. Distance was about 12”. I used a Godox TT350F flash. I took a focus bracket of 20 exposures with an interval of 3 second to ensure the flash was functional for each exposure. The 20 shots were imported into Lightroom CCC, and then opened as layers in Photoshop CC. The layers were auto aligned, and then auto blended, and saved back to LR to get this result. https://adobe.ly/2HPFNXH Technically it worked, but it makes the flowers look flat, to me. I did say experiment didn’t I? How did the trip to (?) Africa go? I missed the report. I got back home in March. There were some photo ops, but the trip was really an extended visit with old friends. Here is a taste of some shots taken with the X-E3, starting with late night at Schipol, ending with the Southern Suburbs side of Table Mountain. https://adobe.ly/2tbCJ2Q -- Regards, Savageduck |
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X-T2 Focus Stacking Experiment
On 16/06/2018 07:32, Savageduck wrote:
On Jun 15, 2018, David Taylor wrote [] Technically it worked, but it makes the flowers look flat, to me. I did say experiment didn’t I? How did the trip to (?) Africa go? I missed the report. I got back home in March. There were some photo ops, but the trip was really an extended visit with old friends. Here is a taste of some shots taken with the X-E3, starting with late night at Schipol, ending with the Southern Suburbs side of Table Mountain. https://adobe.ly/2tbCJ2Q OK, but I thought that feedback on the appearance would result from the experiment. I think that a degree of out-of-focus effect helps to provides depth information. Do you think using natural light might be better, or is flash essential? Ah, yes, I remember the Schipol shots, but hadn't seen the others. The panos (or extreme landscape mode) shots convey a good feeling for the place. Selecting the best 14 out of however many is always a challenge, but it shows off your photographic skills very well. I hate it when you see a post (or Tweet) pointing to "My trip to wherever" and the site then shows all 200 unedited photos from just one day! Thanks for that! -- Cheers, David Web: http://www.satsignal.eu |
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X-T2 Focus Stacking Experiment
On Jun 16, 2018, David Taylor wrote
(in article ): On 16/06/2018 07:32, Savageduck wrote: On Jun 15, 2018, David Taylor wrote [] Technically it worked, but it makes the flowers look flat, to me. I did say experiment didn’t I? How did the trip to (?) Africa go? I missed the report. I got back home in March. There were some photo ops, but the trip was really an extended visit with old friends. Here is a taste of some shots taken with the X-E3, starting with late night at Schipol, ending with the Southern Suburbs side of Table Mountain. https://adobe.ly/2tbCJ2Q OK, but I thought that feedback on the appearance would result from the experiment. I think that a degree of out-of-focus effect helps to provides depth information. That may well be, but the experiment was to try the new focus bracketing feature to create an artificially deep DoF from the blended stack. From that narrow goal I think the experiment was successful within reason. The initial focus point was on the end of the stamen on the orchid on the right as that was closest. Then each of the subsequent 20 exposures changed focus incrementally further from the initial focus point. Perhaps I could have chosen a better subject, but the orchid was handy. Do you think using natural light might be better, or is flash essential? I used flash because the flowers facing the camera were back lit from the window. That would have resulted in shaded blossoms, and if exposure was corrected for those shadows the background would have been over exposed, and washed out. Besides, I was also curious to see how well the flash could deal with the 20 shot sequence. That said, natural light might have been better. Ah, yes, I remember the Schipol shots, but hadn't seen the others. The panos (or extreme landscape mode) shots convey a good feeling for the place. For the panos I used the in-camera pano feature which auto-stitches the image as you pan across the scene. Selecting the best 14 out of however many is always a challenge, but it shows off your photographic skills very well. I hate it when you see a post (or Tweet) pointing to "My trip to wherever" and the site then shows all 200 unedited photos from just one day! Thanks. There were more decent shots of course, and I am well aware of the painfully boring holiday slideshow. Those were enough. Thanks for that! -- Regards, Savageduck |
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X-T2 Focus Stacking Experiment
In article .com,
Savageduck says... I used my XF16mm f/1.4 set at f/2 @ ISO 200. Distance was about 12?. I used a Godox TT350F flash. I took a focus bracket of 20 exposures with an interval of 3 second to ensure the flash was functional for each exposure. The 20 shots were imported into Lightroom CCC, and then opened as layers in Photoshop CC. The layers were auto aligned, and then auto blended, and saved back to LR to get this result. https://adobe.ly/2HPFNXH Looks good. I tried focus stacking when Olympus updated the firmware of the E-M1 II to allow it with the 12-100 and did this test: https://myolympus.org/document.php?id=20179 -- Alfred Molon Olympus E-series DSLRs and micro 4/3 forum at https://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/ https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site |
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X-T2 Focus Stacking Experiment
On Jun 16, 2018, Alfred Molon wrote
(in . com): In iganews.com, Savageduck says... I used my XF16mm f/1.4 set at f/2 @ ISO 200. Distance was about 12?. I used a Godox TT350F flash. I took a focus bracket of 20 exposures with an interval of 3 second to ensure the flash was functional for each exposure. The 20 shots were imported into Lightroom CCC, and then opened as layers in Photoshop CC. The layers were auto aligned, and then auto blended, and saved back to LR to get this result. https://adobe.ly/2HPFNXH Looks good. I tried focus stacking when Olympus updated the firmware of the E-M1 II to allow it with the 12-100 and did this test: https://myolympus.org/document.php?id=20179 That is pretty good. Focus stacking is not something I see myself over using. I want to be comfortable with the technique for those times it will be a useful solution for troublesome subjects. I think it is best suited to macro, and some product photography. I just find that something different like long exposure, HDR, and IR photography is a way of continuing to learn about different photography techniques. Each can be useful at different times, and sometimes can be the best solution to a difficult shooting problem. I have seen a few Youtube videos where focus stacking has been used for landscape, and artchitecture photography, so that is next on my focus stacking test mission. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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X-T2 Focus Stacking Experiment
On 6/15/2018 5:03 PM, Savageduck wrote:
Playing around with focus stacking/bracketing with my X-T2 after the v.4.10 firmware update. As I said, this was an experiment, so composition does not come into this discussion. Everything else is fair game. I used my XF16mm f/1.4 set at f/2 @ ISO 200. Distance was about 12”. I used a Godox TT350F flash. I took a focus bracket of 20 exposures with an interval of 3 second to ensure the flash was functional for each exposure. The 20 shots were imported into Lightroom CCC, and then opened as layers in Photoshop CC. The layers were auto aligned, and then auto blended, and saved back to LR to get this result. https://adobe.ly/2HPFNXH It looks to me as if the entire subject, and only the subject was in focus. If you are really interested in playing with macro work, try these: They come with a diffusion dome, and rechargeable battery. Each has variable light output, can be placed on a mini tripod, or be magnetically attached. There is also a set of colored gels available. I haven't had a chance to use mine yet, but plan to in the near future. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1357907-REG/litra_litratorch_photo_and_video.html -- PeterN |
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