And here is a link to one resource with discussion of the focus stacking process. There are many more sources out there.
http://laurieknight.net/photography/articles stan On Jul 13, 2014, at 1:51 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > They are all gorgeous to my eye. > > It would be nice to learn how to stack - I have same questions as stan - and > how do you put them together afterwards? > > Is there a manual for this? > > ann > > > On 7/13/2014 13:28, Stan Halpin wrote: >> Nicely done! >> >> I prefer the lighting, the darker (and more out of focus) background in the >> first one, but the other two work as well. >> >> Did you overshoot, and then decide later how many images to combine, how >> many to leave out? Or could you see the DOF effect well enough while >> shooting? >> And are you refocusing the lens or are you instead using a macro rail? >> >> stan >> >> >> On Jul 12, 2014, at 7:24 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/stack-focused-dragonflies >>> >>> Stack focusing not so much to get more DOF but rather to get a controlled >>> and very shallow DOF when the background is close and cluttered... C&C >>> welcome. >>> >>> Mark >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

