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Focus stacked or? Any preference?

Started Jun 8, 2021 | Photos thread
JustUs7 Senior Member • Posts: 4,327
Re: Focus stacked or? Any preference?

Thank you. With shallow DOF, stacking can be difficult. DPP4 couldn’t handle that one. It threw out 30 of the images as errors.  There tends to be ghosting artifacts and, with close focusing distance, focus breathing can prove problematic.  But I like the look of the sharp flower and blown out background.  It’s pretty cool with Christmas Ornaments on the tree too.  Dreamy blown out lights behind a tack sharp ornament.

I think if I were super serious, I would get a set of macro rails and move the camera instead of the focus ring.  That would at least eliminate breathing, but it would also be time consuming.

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