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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 4/2/2010
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Outdoors present a problem in floral photography! However, the stacking software will align images - so some motion would be tolerated. How much? I will have to experiment and see about that.
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Graham .
{K:2487} 4/2/2010
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I shall watch with interest to see how this develops, Eb. Of course, with images of flowers taken outdoors, the slightest breeze will . . . well, it's an axiom.
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 4/2/2010
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Graham, this is not a good sample with the stamens over-exposed. I think I "worked" it too much. After experimentation with better software and optimal number of images I will now get better results.
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Graham .
{K:2487} 4/2/2010
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Nah, Eb. I just shoot one shot images :)
Looks good, though, even though somewhat waxy from the multiple image registration 'errors', i.e. never 100% accurate.
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Kallol Majumdar
{K:27691} 3/23/2010
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Beautiful shot, Eb...
my best
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 3/23/2010
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Hi Steve! That is a generous comment! I am an amateur. Photography is one of a number of retirement hobbies. I belong to a photo club and exhibit, compete and win occasionally. But selling - well, that happens rarely! What are you interested in and what do you wish to do with the images?
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Steve Williams
{K:1341} 3/23/2010
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After viewing your photos I want to say that if you are not a professional photographer you shoild be. Do you sell prints of your photos? If so there are a few I would be intersted in.
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 3/23/2010
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Thanks, Dan! That's helpful. After your first comment, I tried Helicon and it did a very poor job at its default settings. As you say, the nature of the stack has a lot to do with it. I can't afford to purchase both, so I may go for Zerene to augment what I can do in CS4. This is new to me and challenging. I also read someone's account of using stacks from hand-held macro shots. That is exciting because it does raise the possibility of getting live and mobile specimens.
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Dan Wilson
{K:21104} 3/22/2010
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Sorry forgot to add, Zerene would work better for this shot than Helicon Focus because of your depth of focus stacks
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Dan Wilson
{K:21104} 3/22/2010
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Yes I had tried Zerene, also very good, Zerene is easier to use, and works better with deep stacks. Helicon works better with more stacks of less depth. I use them both depending on the shot I am trying to stack. They both have lots of limitations depending on the shot, and quite frankly on a number of occasions I have fully manually stacked the shots in photoshop layers.
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 3/22/2010
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Hi Dan, and thanks for commenting! Do you own Helicon? I'm a little reluctant because it is quite expensive for an unlimited license. I also wonder if you have tried Zerene Stacker to compare?
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Dan Wilson
{K:21104} 3/22/2010
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Fantastic Eb, great details and stunning depth created by the image stacking. Helicon focus is much better and easier than PS, in my opinion probably the best.
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 3/22/2010
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Here is a sample using Zerene Stacker. Reputedly, its output is among the best. I see that it is an improvement over CS4 in some respects. It seems that the program automatically crops the non-overlapping areas, so the crop is tighter. In any case there is also a learning curve in exposing the stack. Likely, I did not take enough exposures.
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Gustavo Scheverin
{K:164501} 3/21/2010
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Buenos detalles y excelentes colores.
Felicitaciones!
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 3/21/2010
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Well done macro, Eb! I've never tried these techniques, but they seem to work very well.
Dave.
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Nanda Baba das
{K:78053} 3/21/2010
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Excellent macro.
All my best wishes
Nanda
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