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Stamen Stack by *DuckOfDeath:iconDuckOfDeath:

Categories Photography > Animals, Plants & Nature > Flowers & Plants

©2009 *DuckOfDeath
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This is my first attempt at "focus stacking", which is a method of combining multiple shots of the same subject with different focal points. The idea is to achieve greater depth of field. It's a feature that's new in CS4, although other companies have offered it, before.

I had three shots that were slightly differently focused, so I decided to try it. Probably not the best shots for this, but it looks okay. I'm not sure it's any better than the best original, though.

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~nitsch Apr 30, 2009, 2:28:37 PM
I can't comment on the technique as I've never tried it myself but the finished image is very nice. Love the richness of the colour and the softness of the background.
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*DuckOfDeath Apr 30, 2009, 8:32:16 PM
Thanks, Nick. :) The technique is very easy although, like many things in PS, there is a trick you need to know, in order to get it to work. If you don't open the images in just the right way, it won't work.

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=eskimoblueboy May 1, 2009, 6:01:37 PM
:wow: The focused part and the blurred background really give this a 3D look. Cool!

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*DuckOfDeath May 1, 2009, 8:18:59 PM
Sweet. That's what I was going for :D

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=eskimoblueboy May 2, 2009, 4:43:23 AM
:D

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*Nadia1956 May 3, 2009, 8:50:16 AM
The image is beautiful, the DOF through seems very "thin", I'm not sure of the term. Very good but very thin/limited in the good sense. I'm also not sure why you need three images to achieve this, you are a DOF Maestro anyway ;)

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*DuckOfDeath May 3, 2009, 5:13:44 PM
Yeah, it's still quite thin/shallow. I'm not sure how much depth the stack added to it, to be honest. But, it does look a bit different.

I don't think this is the type of image they had in mind for this technique. I think it was intended for more "normal" images. But, I'd like to try it with some landscapes, if I ever get anywhere worth photographing.

Thank you for the compliment, but I can't claim to be a maestro :)

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