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08-Feb-2025 Alastair Norcross

10 Would J.D. Approve?

Boulder

J.D. Salinger, that is. Just like most American school kids, I read this book in high school, but in England. I was recuperating in hospital after emergency surgery, and the headmaster of my school visited, and brought me the book. Then, when I met my wife in graduate school, I discovered that she was a huge Salinger fan. I knew we were meant to be.
This is a 45 shot focus stack, composited in camera, and enhanced in Lightroom.


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Canon Image Challenge09-Feb-2025 03:56
Hi Jim, I set the number of shots myself, and the focus increment. In the stacking menu, you tell the camera how many shots you want, and how big of a change in focus you want between each shot (on a 10-point scale). I think the actual focus change depends on how close to the camera the first shot is, and what aperture you use. The focus bracketing starts at the point you focus on, and moves away from the camera. Because I focused very close (the raised "R" on the bottle), and was shooting wide open at F2, I knew I'd need a lot of shots to get the focus to the back (and bottom) of the glass, and a fairly small increment to cover the whole area (I selected 4 on the focus increment scale). There may be information available that tells you more precisely what each setting does, but I've mostly learned by trial and error.
Traveller, the catcher was part of a cake decorating set I got from Amazon. Now I just need to find books with "batter" and "pitcher" in the titles. :)
Alastair
Canon Image Challenge09-Feb-2025 00:58
Seriously, I love this huge bunches...but I a little doubtful on the catcher in the glass...humm...Best Wishes, Traveller
Jim B (MSP)09-Feb-2025 00:52
JDS would obviously approve. A clever shot that was well executed. I am curious about the shallow depth of field and the 45 shots. Did the camera calculate the depth of field and the number of shots that was needed from the distance you were from your target?

Jim