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Macro photography 101

M0nkey

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bigbuddhaseeds said:
monkey and bman,nice shots there , personally think that all your shots are the highest grade on all these forums, big respect, these pics could make any cover in the world and best of all its all uk!
peace bros, bb
thanks bro..
 

pico

Active member
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4 words........Focus Stacking :)

Ok, now I gotta run. Jason King is going to hunt me down and kill me. Pretty sure this is his 'secret' technic.
 

Sideshow-Bob

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banana, great shots! i love coloured trichs :woohoo: unfortunately I haven't had the pleasure to find such a specimen till now...

another old pic of mine (can't take new ones atm because my computer is broken..)

21805MG_5965-med.jpg



greetings :wave:
 

M0nkey

Member
here is a focus stacked shot..i took 10 shots at fstop 2.5 at 10 different focus rages..i then stacked them together to become 1 perfect pic..im going to focus stack my macro shots but i need this thing for my tripod..im going to order one tomorrow..so for now heres my 1st stack..il post the link to the free software i use..easier to use then ps.stacking the pic is the clearest shot it can be with no unsharpen mask needed

26351stack-finished-med.jpg
 
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M0nkey said:
here is a focus stacked shot..i took 10 shots at fstop 2.5 at 10 different focus rages..i then stacked them together to become 1 perfect pic..im going to focus stack my macro shots but i need this thing for my tripod..im going to order one tomorrow..so for now heres my 1st stack..il post the link to the free software i use..easier to use then ps.stacking the pic is the clearest shot it can be with no unsharpen mask needed

26351stack-finished-med.jpg


:respect: very nice! wanted to do this for a while but didn't fint a proper tutorial and freeware... looking forward to try it soon :woohoo:

greetz
 
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"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to M0nkey again."

thx for the links bro :smile:
 

DoobieDuck

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MOnkey thanks again for your post..I read through the stacking technic, very interesting, Dr. Duck.
 

pico

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M0nkey said:
here is a focus stacked shot..i took 10 shots at fstop 2.5 at 10 different focus rages..i then stacked them together to become 1 perfect pic..im going to focus stack my macro shots but i need this thing for my tripod..im going to order one tomorrow..so for now heres my 1st stack..il post the link to the free software i use..easier to use then ps.stacking the pic is the clearest shot it can be with no unsharpen mask needed

26351stack-finished-med.jpg

Very nice. I use a program called combineZM for focus stacking. free and works well. You using the same one?

Edit: Nevermind, I missed your second post.
 
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Klepto

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M0nkey said:
here is a focus stacked shot..i took 10 shots at fstop 2.5 at 10 different focus rages..i then stacked them together to become 1 perfect pic..im going to focus stack my macro shots but i need this thing for my tripod..im going to order one tomorrow..so for now heres my 1st stack..il post the link to the free software i use..easier to use then ps.stacking the pic is the clearest shot it can be with no unsharpen mask needed

26351stack-finished-med.jpg
Wow, that is beautiful-- props for going to great lengths for the shot there!
 
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