14 Smooth and Coarse by Canon Image Challenge

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17-Mar-2021	jimmsp

The middle of a 32 image stack of a spring flower.

Still playing with stacking.

Canon EOS 90D
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Canon Image Challenge		20-Mar-2021 14:31
Paul - I am using Photoshop to do the stacking. It comes along with Lightroom. My Helicon Focus 1 yr subscription ran out. Previous work showed little difference between the two. I have not gone back yet to look at all the shots - another project sitting on the back burner. Jim

Guest		20-Mar-2021 11:07
Looks pretty nice and a fairly good stack too. The lower left OOF I'm guessing was the stacker's failure to extract that area properly. If you go back and look at the individual shots of that area you may find where it was in focus in the build and maybe adjust it. Which stacker are you currently using? I haven't used a stacker in quite a while and never really got the hang of using one well. Paul

Canon Image Challenge		19-Mar-2021 16:08
Yes, I like this, but will be interested to see the stack. Regarding stacking, you and a couple of others inspired me to give it a try on my M6II. I'm still hoping that the snow in my back yard will melt in time for me to do a stacked shot of the wasp's nest on the ground. What I have done so far on my M6II is a test with a sugar bowl (I posted about it in the M forum). My technique so far is to put the camera in one shot focus mode (I'm usually in servo), and use spot focus on the closest part of the thing I want to photograph. I then use the 10 second timer to trigger the stack (with the camera on a tripod). This is using the screen on the M6II. I presume that using live view on the 90D would be the same. I'm not sure whether the camera refocuses at the end of the timer countdown, or just goes with whatever was locked in focus with the shutter press. Either way, as long as the focus square is on the part you want to start with, you should be fine. Alastair

Canon Image Challenge		19-Mar-2021 05:15
Well, I Still think this is how flowers should be photographed! Just wonderful, Jim...Best Wishes, Your Friend, Traveller.....;>}}}

Canon Image Challenge		19-Mar-2021 03:19
Guest - on the grand scale of things, this came out fairly well. This is also cropped. The lower right is an out of focus spot. The lower left is also oof, but is adjoining the area at 6:00 which is in focus. I can't explain why it is oof. I will post 2 in pending soon that are tougher to explain. On one side of the equation, I am having difficulty getting the camera to start the acquisition of shots with the closest feature always being in focus. On the other side I have OOF features I cannot explain. Jim

Guest		19-Mar-2021 02:15
I will be curious to see the results of the stack. With the exception of lower left and lower right (which are not key areas), this looks fine to me.

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