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To stack or not to stack

Started Sep 26, 2019 | Polls thread
BobORama
BobORama Senior Member • Posts: 2,842
Re: Depends...
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John K wrote:

...on what you're end goal is, and what audience you're playing for. If you stay inside of the niche focus stacking community then you're probably gonna stack, cause per pixel image sharpness is the only thing that seems to matter to a lot of them.

The disdain is palpable.   If you believe stacking is a cult to which you don't belong and never want to, that speaks to you, not the technique.

If you want to be known outside of the small focus stacking community then you're going to have to create images that look good edge to edge.

I think you mean the other way around?

Anyways, I use a lot of different techniques.   Its good to be able to pull the appropriate bludgeon out of the toolbox as needed.   In the end its about respecting your subject enough to capture it in as masterful a way as you can.   Knowing more ways to do that makes you a better, more capable conduit through which others can experience your subject.

Which is a long way of saying "Depends"

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