[Leica] Still Life

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Luis
Thanks for looking.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 3:58 AM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Nice work,I think that Variation #2 is my favorite.
> Cheers
> Lluis
>
>
> > El 15 abr 2020, a les 7:37, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> va escriure:
> >
> > 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
> >
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