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jshare1 · 09-09-2015, 03:21 PM

Home on R&R, bought my buddies Sony a99, took it out for a spin yesterday, gotta love a 10 stop ND filter. Got a little creative shooting through a glass ball, had seen it done wanted to try it out

Masterbeatty · 09-09-2015, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jshare1

Home on R&R, bought my buddies Sony a99, took it out for a spin yesterday, gotta love a 10 stop ND filter. Got a little creative shooting through a glass ball, had seen it done wanted to try it out

I was reading on CNET last week about using glass balls, bottles, crystal prisms to refract the light in the shots. Now i need to go find some stuff because that last shot is amazing!

onzedge · 09-10-2015, 07:42 AM

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Home on R&R, bought my buddies Sony a99, took it out for a spin yesterday, gotta love a 10 stop ND filter. Got a little creative shooting through a glass ball, had seen it done wanted to try it out

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Very good.

HKYStormFront · 09-09-2015, 10:07 PM

O.O dat last shot....

jshare1 · 09-10-2015, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by HKYStormFront

O.O dat last shot....

thanks, was a fickle beast but happy with the results.

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Originally Posted by Masterbeatty

I was reading on CNET last week about using glass balls, bottles, crystal prisms to refract the light in the shots. Now i need to go find some stuff because that last shot is amazing!

Ya my buddy has done a lot of shots shooting through a glass ball so I wanted to give it a try, picked one up for eh 16-18$ off amazon, tossed on the 70-200mm, took some fines to get it sharp but pretty happy with the results

Pintsize725 · 09-10-2015, 09:14 AM

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thanks, was a fickle beast but happy with the results.

Ya my buddy has done a lot of shots shooting through a glass ball so I wanted to give it a try, picked one up for eh 16-18$ off amazon, tossed on the 70-200mm, took some fines to get it sharp but pretty happy with the results

Any focus stacking required for the ball shot or does the 70-200 just work that well?

jshare1 · 09-10-2015, 11:36 AM

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Any focus stacking required for the ball shot or does the 70-200 just work that well?

I have actually thrown in the towel on HDR and gone single exposure. This was shot with the 70-200mm, 10stop ND filter, mild post processing in lightroom to remove any higlight/shadow clipping, boost the blacks/whites

jpkirk · 09-10-2015, 10:27 AM

Oooo ... focus stacking.

So what tools do you use to automate the blending in post.

6spd · 09-10-2015, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jpkirk

Oooo ... focus stacking.

So what tools do you use to automate the blending in post.

Photoshop>file>scripts>load images into stack

forza370z · 09-10-2015, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 6spd

Photoshop>file>scripts>load images into stack

Unfortunately Lightroom doesn't have it.

I need to get PS.

6spd · 09-10-2015, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by forza370z

Unfortunately Lightroom doesn't have it.

I need to get PS.

Ah bummer

jpkirk · 09-10-2015, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by 6spd

Photoshop>file>scripts>load images into stack

So then what, manual blending? If I have layers with different focus to max dof, just wondering.

And done.

stack>edit>auto-blend layers

who'd a thought it would be so simple.

Thanks.

6spd · 09-10-2015, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jpkirk

So then what, manual blending? If I have layers with different focus to max dof, just wondering.

And done.

stack>edit>auto-blend layers

who'd a thought it would be so simple.

Thanks.

Its super simple. As long as you've got good images, the blends are pretty flawless.

jpkirk · 09-11-2015, 08:50 AM

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Its super simple. As long as you've got good images, the blends are pretty flawless.

Yea so I had a stack of ... um ... two ... to experiment with.

And it worked great. Gonna work this some more.

SanDuh684 · 09-10-2015, 09:32 PM

Some shots with a tripod and 30" exposures. Canon 6d with 16-35f/4 @f4

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