Nissan 370Z Forum - DSLR Shots and Discussions

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?

jpkirk

09-10-2015 10:27 AM

Oooo ... focus stacking.

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

jshare1

09-10-2015 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725 (Post 3305630)

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

6spd	09-10-2015 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jpkirk (Post 3305668)

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 (Post 3305898)

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 (Post 3306180)

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 (Post 3305898)

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. :rolleyes:

SanDuh684

09-10-2015 09:32 PM

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

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6spd	09-10-2015 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jpkirk (Post 3306231)

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. :rolleyes:

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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Originally Posted by 6spd (Post 3306282)

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.

6spd	09-11-2015 12:05 PM

Depending on what you and how you shoot it, 2 images can be enough, such as landscapes. You can create huge DOF from just 2 stacked shots. Macro on the other hand often can require many different images.

jpkirk

09-11-2015 01:20 PM

Yea it was a macro of dew on a rose that I was playing with. No where near enough shots to cover the depth I wanted. But still ... cool to see that it can be done automagically. I imagine the processing time for 5 or 6 shots will take some time. I have two good nvidia cards so that should help.

ZAtlanta_OG

09-11-2015 01:52 PM

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onzedge

09-11-2015 02:09 PM

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ZAtlanta_OG

09-11-2015 02:35 PM