Clematis stack

[rob marshall]

Eight manually focussed images stacked in CS5. Canon 5DMk2, Sigma 105mm macro.

On black...

[Sahil]

Brilliant shot, Rob!
Focus stacking is one thing I am yet to try. I am waiting to have a better lighting setup first.

[rob marshall]

Brilliant shot, Rob!
Focus stacking is one thing I am yet to try. I am waiting to have a better lighting setup first.

Thank you, Sahil. The lighting certainly helps. But you can get fairly cheap kits these days - which is all you need for still-life shots.

[CNelson]

Very nice work!

Chuck

[KTHXBAI]

Kits as in lens filter? I was tempted to give it a try also. Did you use CS5 or something else? Nice image.

[rob marshall]

Kits as in lens filter? I was tempted to give it a try also. Did you use CS5 or something else? Nice image.

Michael

i meant studio lighting kits. Mine cost as little as £250. Two main lamps, diffuser soft-boxes, cables etc. I use PS CS5 for editing.

[abhi]

Love the colors, and the clarity in this. Beautiful shot, Rob.

What is the overall depth that you were dealing with, and what aperture setting did you use? Normally I can see the exif data for your image, but for this one it seems to be blocked.

[rob marshall]

Love the colors, and the clarity in this. Beautiful shot, Rob.

What is the overall depth that you were dealing with, and what aperture setting did you use? Normally I can see the exif data for your image, but for this one it seems to be blocked.

The EXIF is here http://www.flickr.com/photos/carregw...n/photostream/ Sometimes you may not see it with a stacked shot, as it's a composite. I'm on a laptop at present so I can't look properly. The overall depth of field captured was about 10mm.

[abhi]

Thanks, Rob. Would the difference in images be discernible if you had stopped down to f/16 or f/22 to cover the entire depth in the circle of confusion?

[rob marshall]

Thanks, Rob. Would the difference in images be discernible if you had stopped down to f/16 or f/22 to cover the entire depth in the circle of confusion?

On it's own, it wouldn't have made any discernable difference changing from f/8 to f/16. But with photography, as with all things in life, success is often a series of cumulative small improvement steps, that taken together culminate in something better. Other may disagree, but I'm

[abhi]

but I'm

That's something we all know.

[rob marshall]

That's something we all know.

D'ya wanna tell my DB/HG?

[abhi]

D'ya wanna tell my DB/HG?

I will have to think about that one.