[Leica] Bee Photos

[Aram Langhans]

I should have also stated that with Photoshop as the stacking software, it 
links nicely with Lightroom.  Just select your photos, send them to PS as 
layers, and then do the stacking in PS.  Returning to LR automatically puts 
it on the Lightroom catalog.

Aram

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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
>> >>>
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