Close-Up and Macro Photography
Focus Stacking Software The focus stacking software I have found convenient are Zerene Stacker, Helicon Focus, and Photoshop CS5 ...
companies also have good support. You pretty much have to pay for Adobe support, so I won’t go there just now. So take thirty da ...
The Nikon 35mm f/1.4 This is not a macro lens, but rather a wide-angle lens but it is so sharp and so fast and can get so very c ...
Focus Stacking Notes Time Consuming Focus stacking like stitching, some HDR, and macro techniques in general is not for everyone ...
argue it here. It is the human mind that is impressed and it is the photo that presents that impression. Enough said. Outdoors I ...
And while I love that lens, in the process I had to buy at least four other Voigtlander lenses, a couple by Zeiss, a Lester A. D ...
hope Cosina will re-issue it soon and inexpensively so more macro photographers can appreciate it. Cosina/Voigtlander 125mm f/2. ...
in less than too-much light. Broad sunlight is blinding and pretty- much unworkable for me. That is why I depend on diffusers an ...
three balls. When you are taking fifteen or so shots, hand-holding a diffuser is a pain. Most often I use a little device called ...
can tolerate is a messenger bag with over-the-shoulder straps. More often I use a 10”x10” over-the-shoulder bag about the size o ...
secure the camera body to the quick release. And of course I use an L-bracket so that I can rotate the camera relatively quickly ...
Boots on the Ground for Wading ...
Focus Stacking Detractors Like many new and unpolished techniques, focus stacking has its detractors. It just rubs some folks th ...
shouting “Look Ma, no hands.” I can’t imagine not using a tripod. I need all the stability I can get. In the studio I use a real ...
Found Beauty Instead, I am into what we might call “found” beauty, whatever catches my eye that is beautiful. That’s what I like ...
Battery Checker A battery checker is a great tool to have on hand if you are using AA or whatever batteries. I carry one in the ...
Still photography has it a little easier but focus stacking has it less easy than single-shot photos because consistency of ligh ...
The Kinds of Light DEEP SHADE: In deep shade, like in woods, dells, woodland streams, I keep the ISO as low as possible, open up ...
rechargeable AA battery and it works well. I was able to purchase a tiny diffuser that snaps over the lens and opens and closes ...
I hardly notice them on when I am walking, at least until I take them off. Rain Protection A rainstorm can come up in a very few ...
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