The Art of Focus Stacking - Matrix Software

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Re-Stacked Photo with Fewer Frames Less Sometimes is More Movement Causes Artifacts Focus Stacking is primarily for still life photography where nothing is moving. Movement causes artifacts in the finished photo that (usually) cannot be remedied with the result that the photo is not considered satisfactory. This is not to say that focus stacking should not be used for nature photography with live subjects but just that you want to catch your critters at rest, holding a pose long enough for you to shoot a few frames at different focus points. Focus stacking with moving subjects can make for interesting impressionistic or expressionistic photos but most of these would fall into the category of artistic experimentation rather than nature photography. 48
Single Shot Has Not Enought in Focus Bottom of stem out-of-focus Small Gains On this page is a photo with no focus stacking. Nice, but I want to add just a little more depth of field, so I make a short stack. On the next page is the result, with increased focus up top but still some nice out-of-focus area in the lower stem. Focus stacking need not be at terminator force but can be use gently for enhancement. 49
Page 1 and 2: The Art of Focus Stacking A Primer
Page 3 and 4: Introduction Focus Stacking Interes
Page 5 and 6: Introduction get everything in focu
Page 7 and 8: Introduction to Second Edition ing,
Page 9 and 10: Stacked Photo with Good Bokeh (Bow-
Page 11 and 12: Focus Stacking: An Example Above: N
Page 13 and 14: A two-Stack Example Far Shot Near S
Page 15: Focus-Stacking Software and Pricing
Page 19 and 20: Focus-Stacking Software and Pricing
Page 21 and 22: Focus-Stacking Software: Helicon Fo
Page 29 and 30: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The
Page 31 and 32: A 12-Stack Photo Close-up 12-stack
Page 33 and 34: 4-Stack Photo Close-up Artifacts as
Page 35 and 36: 4-Stack Photo Close-up Artifacts as
Page 37 and 38: Traditional One-Stack Photo Analog
Page 39 and 40: Problems with Focus Stacking Photos
Page 45 and 46: One Stack at Near Focus How to get
Page 47: Problems with Focus Stacking Use a
Page 51 and 52: Problems with Focus Stacking Layer
Page 53 and 54: Two-Shot Reflection Stack Photo of
Page 55 and 56: Another Reflection Example Photo of
Page 57 and 58: Stacked Photo Too Busy Lots of prob
Page 59 and 60: Round or Sperical Surfaces Show Art
Page 61 and 62: Roundish Objects with Edges Stack W
Page 63 and 64: Additional Considerations Playing W
Page 65 and 66: Traditional Analog Shot (note dista
Page 67 and 68: Entire Stack Processed (note blurry
Page 69 and 70: Stacked Photo of Small Flower (note
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Page 73 and 74: Equipment for Macro and Close-up Ph
Page 79 and 80: Challenges in Focus Stacking Challe
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Page 83 and 84: Challenges in Focus Stacking Light
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Page 87 and 88: Processing Focus Stacks Lightroom a
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Page 93 and 94: Processing Focus Stacks Auto-Blend
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