Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All technically impressive when seen large. Sharp threads and embroidery, the canvas of the painting, the droplets on the pepper, etc. plus such vivid colours. There?s one you call Orange, Bitters, and Shell where I cannot find the orange, or is it the small purple fruit on the left? My overall favorite is Variation 3 in terms of aesthetics. And last but not least, the last one deserves for a bonus for some its content ? ;-) Amities Philippe > Le 15 avr. 2020 ? 07:37, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> a ?crit : > > After twiddling my thumbs for a few days after the lock down started here > in India, I decided to teach myself focus stacking, and shoot some still > life compositions at home. Luckily, the Nikon Z7 has an automatic focus > stacking feature built in, which they call "Focus Shift". After due > experimentation to learn how the settings affect the final output, I > decided to start. These are some of my initial efforts. Most of these > required blending of 10 -20 images. The camera used was Nikon Z7 with the > Nikkor Z24-70mm f4S kit lens. and the software used was Lightroom > Classic/Helicon Focus/Photoshop CC. I first tried blending in Photoshop, > but found that regularly introduced artifacts, so I purchased Helicon > Focus, which is really on a different level altogether for blending a > series of photographs. The first four submissions are blended with > Photoshop CC, and the last four with Helicon Focus. > > First up I started with some oranges and newspapers: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/fs12-20200409-032.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/fs13-20200409-017.jpg.html > > Then I tried my hand at more traditional fare: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/FS-20200406-075.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/FS1-20200405-005.jpg.html > > Three variations, both in terms of viewing angle as well as formats, with > much the same props: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/2020-04-11+08-50-02+_B_Radius8_Smoothing4_.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/2020-04-11+09-14-55+_B_Radius8_Smoothing4_.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/2020-04-11+09-36-02+_B_Radius8_Smoothing4_.jpg.html > > Finally, some design and product classics from Europe (Luis should > recognize the camera!). Painting by my granddaughter when she was 4 years > old: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/FS/2020-04-10+15-56-14+_B_Radius8_Smoothing4_.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE. > > Comments and Criticism, as ever, welcome. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information