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Subject: [Leica] Still Life
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 00:28:39 +0200
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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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