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Nice picture but maybe another version with a focus stack where the camera is also in focus would be nice as well. Just a thought
Thanks for the suggestion. More DOF possibly, but I have never seen a portrait with focus stacking, would eb interested to hear more though,Nice picture but maybe another version with a focus stack where the camera is also in focus would be nice as well. Just a thought
You can do a 2 frame focus stack very easily if you have good AF. Move the focus point to one plane, focus, recompose so the focus point is on the other plane, then shoot-focus-shoot very quickly. You'll get two frames with very good registration - easy to combine in stacking software. I've done it successfully more than once.Thanks for the suggestion. More DOF possibly, but I have never seen a portrait with focus stacking, would eb interested to hear more though,
The way I would do it (and there's certainly other ways) is like Matt suggested take two shots with the same composition (doesn't have to be pixel exact) one with the camera in focus, the other with the young lady in focus. Then in Photoshop put the layer with the smallest area in focus as the lowest layer and put the other one above. Then make a masking layer and paint the camera on the masking layer black which will reveal the sharp camera from the layer below.Thanks for the suggestion. More DOF possibly, but I have never seen a portrait with focus stacking, would eb interested to hear more though,
thanks for the explanation. it was shot w a V-system, e.g. all manual, but that shouldn't prevent me from giving it a whirl. closing the aperture and increasing the flash power is probably easier (upping the iso over a 100 is not a real option on this back).You can do a 2 frame focus stack very easily if you have good AF. Move the focus point to one plane,i focus, recompose so the focus point is on the other plane, then shoot-focus-shoot very quickly. You'll get two frames with very good registration - easy to combine in stacking software. I've done it successfully more than once.
--Matt
Even faster if you have touch focus/expose live view LCD.You can do a 2 frame focus stack very easily if you have good AF. Move the focus point to one plane, focus, recompose so the focus point is on the other plane, then shoot-focus-shoot very quickly. You'll get two frames with very good registration - easy to combine in stacking software. I've done it successfully more than once.
--Matt
That occurred to me, but after thinking about it, I felt her face was the subject of this picture and the "in focus" camera would have distracted my attention.Nice picture but maybe another version with a focus stack where the camera is also in focus would be nice as well. Just a thought
....and you didn't stop by to say hello? Well this certainly wasn't taken this week otherwise your image would have recorded a lot more whiteShenandoah Valley from Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park.