Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Other advantage is that you don't have to stop down to f-100000 or so since after f-11 or so diffraction starts to rear its ugly head. So you can take all your photos at f-8 or wider to get the best performance from the lens, and also keep the background blurred nicely. And Lightroom 6 does not do this. I was hoping. I tried to merge some and just chose panorama but it would not do it. Panorama is really for panoramas only. Aram -------------------------------------------------- From: "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 3:24 PM To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Bee Photos > You can take macro photo, which normally have a very shallow depth of > field, using several different focal points and stack them all in the > software to greatly increase the depth of field. Here is an example but > with Photoshop's merge action: > http://clickitupanotch.com/2014/09/focus-stacking-macro-photography/ > > Tina > > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 6:18 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> what is it, advantages/disadvantages ? >> >> >> >> > On May 22, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > It may be possible with LR6 but I don't think you can focus stack with >> > earlier versions of LR. It requires a separate software application >> > like >> > this: >> > >> > http://www.heliconsoft.com/ >> > >> > That's the one I've heard the most about. Never tried it, though! >> > >> > Tina >> > >> > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Steve Barbour >> > <steve.barbour at gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> >> >>> On May 22, 2015, at 2:51 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> These are made using focus stacking: >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/140114-bee-native-macro-photography-insects-science/#.VV-f-_lVhBd >> >> >> >> >> >> please explain focus stacking Tina, someone has referred to it in the >> >> context of Lightroom, I never understood the meaning. >> >> >> >> many thanks, >> >> >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> >>> Amazing! >> >>> >> >>> Tina >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Leica Users Group. >> >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > >