HI Ann -

Thanks for looking!

I think Stan has come up with some good resources. I tried Zerene Stacker and CombineZP, but when I learned that Photoshop had stacking tools built in I just used it. I did not know what I was doing when I tried Zerene Stacker, so I can't voice an opinion on it. CombineZP is very effective and has worked better than Photoshop in some cases, and it is free. The interface is rather crude (reminds me of some WIndows 3.1 programs) but with some patience and trial and error it is not hard to figure out.

Mark

On 7/13/2014 1:51 PM, Ann Sanfedele 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




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