Clippers

[Michaelaw]

Focus Stacking...You have to start somewhere. 100 raw images stacked.

http://www.redzonefilms.com/pics8/clippers.jpg

[QuietOne]

Dang, that's a lot of detail.

[Marko]

Fun play - nice sharp detail.

I gotta ask :)
1 - how long did it take to process
2 - what program did u use
3 - Did you really need 100 files
4 - what was the final file size

[Michaelaw]

Fun play - nice sharp detail.

I gotta ask :)
1 - how long did it take to process
2 - what program did u use
3 - Did you really need 100 files
4 - what was the final file size

I'm very new to the idea of stacking but it took around 1 hour to process in Photoshop CS6 and I ended up with a file that was too big to save according to windows 7. I'm not sure if I really needed 100 slices but I had tried 25 and 50 both of which ended up with artifacts in the final render. Even with 100 shots, there are still artifacts but only on the last few shots in the stack. It's not a sport to engage in unless you have oodles of time and patience. :)

[Barefoot]

It's not a sport to engage in unless you have oodles of time and patience. :)

Two pieces of software you might want to look at are (free) Helicon Remote (http://www.heliconsoft.com/heliconsoft-products/helicon-remote/) and ($49usd a year) Helicon Focus (http://www.heliconsoft.com/heliconsoft-products/helicon-focus/). Helicon Remote lets you control nearly every aspect of your Nikon when tethered to a tablet and doesn't cost a dime. Real cool.

[Michaelaw]

Thanks BF...It would be cool to run the whole show from my Surface, gonna have to check that out :thumbup:

[Marko]

Thx Maw - Juuuuust in case you didn't see it, we did a podcast on focus stacking with additional software listed in the shownotes.
Sharpness on steroids - Focus stacking interview with Michael Breitung | Photography.ca (http://www.photography.ca/blog/2013/03/07/focus-stacking/)

[Michaelaw]

I did not see that but I don't get out much anymore....Thanks for the tip, I'll have go and listen now:)