Focus stacked dragon

Dalantech

LordV (aka Brian) makes this look so easy! The idea is to take several photos, but each with a different plane of focus. Then you use a program like CombineZ5 to stack the images using the best focus of each one. Today was my first attempt at focus stacking a dragon, and I definitely need more practice...



Notice how much of the wing is in focus. I'm not sure if I like the effect -the eyes are not as sharp as I normally get them, and I'm just not use to seeing them this way...

Awais Yaqub

nice photo as always
but what is stacking i want to read it in detail any link you know ?

gluwater

Nice work, I have tried focus stacking also but got mixed results. Maybe I'll give it another try one of these days.

Awais, try here CombineZ5.

You can also try doing a search for focus stacking on Dgrin, Brian has talked about it in the past.

Dalantech

Awais Yaqub wrote:

nice photo as always
but what is stacking i want to read it in detail any link you know ?

You take several photos, but in each one you change the area that's in focus. Then you use that ConbineZ5 program to combine the best parts of each one. Search on this site for focus stacking -Brian (LordV) does it much better than I do!!!

Dalantech

gluwater wrote:

Nice work, I have tried focus stacking also but got mixed results. Maybe I'll give it another try one of these days.

A lot of my shots went into the trash can...