Creative Photography

[briantrumpet]

I'm not entirely sure why, or even if, this works. But I like it for the accumulation of details.
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Those courgettes are very well behaved, waiting for you to put the leads on before you take them for a walk.

 

[Way-Out-West]

Since there was virtually no wind, I managed to do a focus stack on these seed heads. The compression uploading to here has destroyed the detail

 

[briantrumpet]

Deeply uncreative, and the colours are nothing like it actually was at 5.30am this morning (I couldn't sleep), but it's still not bad for handheld on a £200 camera (the Sony HX-60). It's not as approximate around the ages as it sometimes does.

 

[briantrumpet]

Since there was virtually no wind, I managed to do a focus stack on these seed heads. The compression uploading to here has destroyed the detail
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Did you use a tripod? I still haven't tried the focus stacking on the OM.

 

[Way-Out-West]

Did you use a tripod? I still haven't tried the focus stacking on the OM.

Yeah I used a tripod, but I was using old gear and manually focusing. I took 5 shots, but only needed 4 of them. My shutter speed was only a 1/15 sec so I needed a tripod anyway.
I think it is possible to do focus stacking handheld on a modern setup especially when the shutter speed is fast, but one rogue shot could spoil the stack. With a true 1:1 macro or more I imagine a tripod would make things a lot easier.

 

[briantrumpet]

Yeah I used a tripod, but I was using old gear and manually focusing. I took 5 shots, but only needed 4 of them. My shutter speed was only a 1/15 sec so I needed a tripod anyway.
I think it is possible to do focus stacking handheld on a modern setup especially when the shutter speed is fast, but one rogue shot could spoil the stack. With a true 1:1 macro or more I imagine a tripod would make things a lot easier.

I will have to have a go with the OM at some stage when I'm bored and not feeling really lazy.

 

[Way-Out-West]

I’d have preferred to find some mushrooms growing out of some decaying wood, rather than dealing with the pesky ground dwelling ones.
I ordered one of those RGB LED lights which hasn’t arrived yet. Hope it works better than my smartphone torch which left a rather unflattering look to the shots I used it on.

 

[Way-Out-West]

H E A T W A V E. Well, It was a pleasant 29C which is a scorchio for these parts.