Originally Posted by Lord Vetinari That's quite a stack Mathew- and it worked very well- Lilly petals always look like alien landscapes to me :) Brian V.

They do have a great texture. I guess I got carried away watching the focus move on the water droplets!

Matthew

Originally Posted by mwalters Hello! This is my first effort with stacked images - 12 in total, then a bit of post to remove a few bits of sensor grime. My wife keeps asking for a stack of lillies... At least flowers don't run away as I'm trying to focus. I tried to follow a bee yesterday! Matthew (Great tutorial, thanks. I had tried CombineZM before but lack of will power beat me.)

Hi Matthew, you can clearly see the difference in your two shots
Well Done .... Skippy
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Thought I'd add a recent one of mine.

Just a 2 shot stack

Brian V.

Almost got it right Brian
It's not as easy to see the stages at all as I thought it would be,
maybe its the subject I chose?

Here's my attempt, I can see it has a flaw in it, but I do see how it all comes together now, so I'm happy with that
.... Skippy
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Here is the Final Image, faulty but not too bad


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Below is one of the images used in the Stack
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Originally Posted by Skippy Almost got it right Brian It's not as easy to see the stages at all as I thought it would be, maybe its the subject I chose? Here's my attempt, I can see it has a flaw in it, but I do see how it all comes together now, so I'm happy with that .... Skippy .

Hi skippy- Beautiful Lilly
the stack looks as if it has worked perfectly- you always get a border somewhere caused by the FOVs changing- you just crop that off (on the RHS)- the image output from the stacking prog is actually bigger than the input sizes so you are not really cropping :)

Originally Posted by Lord Vetinari Hi skippy- Beautiful Lilly the stack looks as if it has worked perfectly- you always get a border somewhere caused by the FOVs changing- you just crop that off (on the RHS)- the image output from the stacking prog is actually bigger than the input sizes so you are not really cropping :)

Ohhhhhhh good, thanks Brian
I tell you folks if I can do it, you can do it

Thanks for the wonderful tutorial, I need to find meself a bug now
... Skippy
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who knew I sure didn't great tutorial, can this be done in CS2?

I cannot wait to try this. I am with skippy I am going bug hunting!

Originally Posted by zini who knew I sure didn't great tutorial, can this be done in CS2? I cannot wait to try this. I am with skippy I am going bug hunting!

Well it can be done in PS but is much harder. The programme combinezm is freeware - much easier to use that.
Brian V.

... Test .. Skippy
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Originally Posted by Skippy ... Test .. Skippy .

What you testing for ? - ah not a sticky now ? ?

Brian V.

Well i want to start by thanking Lord Vetenari for these wonderful macro exercises. I just found them today, and have to say im realy excited to try some of them>
To give you an idea where i am in my photography skills, i recently just picked up my first dlsr, but have been shooting with the higher end digital sony' for the past five years. I got turned onto this macro photography from macro junkie over at http://photography-on-the.net/forum/
So i ended up with a 40D, and the MPE 65mm as well as the mt24 ex flash.
Quite a bit of camera for a newbie, but im ready for the challenge.
Today i tried the stacking technique that your thread describes.
It rained pretty hard today here so i wasnt able to go outside and realy shoot much, but i was able to get these shots of some ice crystals melting on top of pine needles.
I know they aren't the best shots, but i am happy with the stacking attempt at opening up the depth of field.

I also cloned the final shot as i am building up quite a bit of sensor dust. I have a kit on the way but until it gets here im not sure how i can realy clean it.

anyway here are the photos that i took today, and stacked. Three shots and then the fourth is my stack.


Nano

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this is the three images stacked thru combinez.
I also cloned out the sensor dust shadows that were in the image in cs3.


Nano

Nice stack - well done on trying this :)

There is some dark haloing in the final image which you would need to clone out - this often happens along highish contrast edges.

brian v.

Originally Posted by Nano this is the three images stacked thru combinez. I also cloned out the sensor dust shadows that were in the image in cs3. Nano

Hey great effort there Nano, your learning from the Best "Brian"
..... Skippy
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Hey thanks for the kind words guys. i am definilty eager to learn these methods. They are awesome, and im realy interested in putting them to work in my essential oil secreting gland shots.

ANyway brian, i was wondering if you have any particular methods for cloning out that dark haloing?
i am familiar with removing sensor dust shadows, but they are circular, this seems like it would be a little trickier, if you have any hints , i would love to hear them
thanks in advance, i have seen you on here and flickr, and things its realy great the way you offer up help and advice. GIve thanks


Nano

Is there a stacking program on the Mac?

/Pankaj

Originally Posted by Nano Hey thanks for the kind words guys. i am definilty eager to learn these methods. They are awesome, and im realy interested in putting them to work in my essential oil secreting gland shots. ANyway brian, i was wondering if you have any particular methods for cloning out that dark haloing? i am familiar with removing sensor dust shadows, but they are circular, this seems like it would be a little trickier, if you have any hints , i would love to hear them thanks in advance, i have seen you on here and flickr, and things its realy great the way you offer up help and advice. GIve thanks Nano

Hi nano you can either try to use the clone tool as you suggest or a method I frequently use, is to use the healing brush tool to copy the affected part back from one of the original pics onto the stacked pic. Obviously you have to find the correct original with that part of the subject in focus.

Brian V.