[Leica] IMG: rose, focus stacked

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Very nice. I have also taught myself and have been extensively
experimenting with the use of focus stacking during this lockdown, but for
still life, not macro. This is mainly because I do not have a macro lens
with me that can be used for focus stacking with the Nikon Z7, which also
has an automated function for this, which they call "Focus Shift" in the
menu

I have found that when you export a stack from Lightroom into Helicon Focus
the saturation increases quite dramatically. I compensate for that by
toning down the saturation/vibrance quite a lot in Lightroom. It is still a
bit of a hit and miss, because I have not quite figured out how to control
colours in Helicon Focus, but I figured that I can always adjust all
parameters to my taste in Photoshop later anyway.

Cheers
Jayanand



On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 2:17 AM Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Here’s my first attempt at focus stacking with large images:
>
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Flowers/Studies/i-CSM44KP/A>
>
> Shot with a Fujifilm GFX100. 50 images show in “focus bracketing” mode,
> electronic shutter.
>
> I only had a few minutes to work before the breeze came up.
>
> There are issues in a few places but I’ll figure out the software Real
> Soon Now. <grin>
>
> The stacking was done with Helicon Focus. It’s an excellent example of how
> to use the GPU effectively! It allows the output to be saved as a DNG file
> which allows greater latitude in development.
>
> In Lightroom I used the ETERNA color profile. Many of the possible
> profiles, included the default Adobe profile, were simply too vivid
> compared to the flower I actually saw. That seems to be a trend for the
> handling of this camera by Adobe - they must have been needing more
> vibrancy or something.
>
> Comments and thoughts most welcome.
>
> Adam Bridge
>
>
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