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"Rococo" Parrot Tulip - 56x Stack

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Kev



Registered: February 2008
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Ok, here's the final shot of the Parrot Tulip. This time a full subject 56x Stack.
Actually, there's not a ton of difference between this one and the regular f/22 single shot image I posted previous.
Just a little more DOF and detail at the back of the frame.
· Date: Tue April 26, 2011 · Views: 586 · Filesize: 346.3kb · Dimensions: 900 x 635 ·
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richingr

Registered: October 2010
Posts: 1,459
Tue April 26, 2011 7:16am Rating: 10.00 

Stunning Flower Kev
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meltimtiman

Registered: May 2010
Posts: 376
Tue April 26, 2011 7:32am Rating: 10.00 

When you say 56X stack, did that mean you took 56 shots at different aperture settings, erasing the blurry part, and stack them all together to complete one single photo?


One very trivial thing in the picture (and also in the first one that was posted earlier) that caught my eye. Its that little green thing on the tip of the petal, lower right part of the photo. I dont know, maybe it needs a bit of cloning???
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richingr

Registered: October 2010
Posts: 1,459
Tue April 26, 2011 9:28am

Mel please find a link to Kev's Blog on this.One day i will try this as it is so stunning


http://geofflawrence.com/blog/?p=3367#more-3367
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Clem

Registered: February 2011
Posts: 662
Tue April 26, 2011 10:59am

Really nice. Kev, start to finish, how long does it take you to make an image like this?
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Kev

Registered: February 2008
Posts: 2,722
Tue April 26, 2011 9:12pm

Clem, probably about 3 hours from start to finish.
Sometimes less, it all depends upon how much cleanup there is to do...and which method I use for isolation masking, etc.
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geofflaw
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Registered: December 2007
Posts: 1,398
Tue April 26, 2011 9:15pm

When you say a 'full subject 56x stack'. Is there a limit to the number of pictures you can stack? Or do you just find 56 is enough?
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Kev

Registered: February 2008
Posts: 2,722
Tue April 26, 2011 11:47pm

Hi Geoff,


When I say 'full subject' I just mean that I have covered the entire subject from back to front (DOF) in focus. All depending upon the size (ie: depth) of the object...distance-ratio, and f/stop used...will determine 'how many' shots are required to do that. One is only limited by the processing power of their computer. With a 32-bit machine approx 60 TIFF files is about all it can handle. With a 64-bit, quad core, 24 GB RAM setup....it will process 500 images comfortably. Some of the insect-macro guys stack over 300 files into one image.


On this particular photo, 56 was enough to cover the 7 cms depth at that distance shooting f/22.
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