Andrew Garrard Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 And even worse at full 5x (full frame). I need to do some more practical macro shots at some point; these aren't really showing what the lens can do once zoomed in. (Btw, I tried looking for any residual Lyrids last night, but... nothing, at least under city lighting. I hope we can go photo hunting farther afield soon. Stay safe, all.) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_halliwell Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 That was a 14-24 That's some serious OOF smearing middle/top left! ....or is it tree movement? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Garrard Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 That's some serious OOF smearing middle/top left! ....or is it tree movement? ;) It was a little breezy, but I think it's depth of field. I was at f/7.1, which is my normal "try to reign in the field curvature without losing everything to diffraction" aperture - but I really wanted the foreground sharp. I'd love to say it was deliberate, but I was hoping it would be less visible at the size of this thread! I do have some at f/16, but the lighting had shifted and after a while spent maintaining a sit-up position for the macro shots, I wasn't doing a very good job of keeping a horizontal horizon at arm's length, hanging over some flowers without squashing them - so this was the least bad. I'll work on it for next year, when I'm allowed to spend longer in the park. If anyone would like to donate a 19mm T/S to me, I'll try to fix it properly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardkat Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Two takes of an orchid. D750+Lensbaby Velvet 85 and 24-70. The first was for practice using textures, and for the second I was practicing focus stacking using QdslrDashboard. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgelfand Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 The second image is outstanding. Which 24-70 and shooting data and how many stacked images, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardkat Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 The second image is outstanding. Which 24-70 and shooting data and how many stacked images, please? Hi bgelfand, thanks for your kind words. I have the 24-70 F2.8 E ED IF VR AF-S. I had to look up all those letters, just to be sure. ;) ISO 100, f8, 1/3 of a second. I think I stacked 10 pictures. But I think I took probably 70 pics trying to figure out the app...I found it not very intuitive, and placing the focus points (you place start and end points) was a bit finicky. Also I needed to learn where the best points to place them were. I had been thinking top to bottom, but when I went edge closest to me to very center it was best. I guess you figure that out from doing it enough. So, still learning. I think it's a good app if one practices more often. Also there are a couple of blurry blotches when you zoom in really tight where Photoshop didn't do such a great job, but I don't feel ready to download Helicon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgelfand Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Hi bgelfand, thanks for your kind words. I have the 24-70 F2.8 E ED IF VR AF-S. I had to look up all those letters, just to be sure. ;) ISO 100, f8, 1/3 of a second. I think I stacked 10 pictures. But I think I took probably 70 pics trying to figure out the app...I found it not very intuitive, and placing the focus points (you place start and end points) was a bit finicky. Also I needed to learn where the best points to place them were. I had been thinking top to bottom, but when I went edge closest to me to very center it was best. I guess you figure that out from doing it enough. So, still learning. I think it's a good app if one practices more often. Also there are a couple of blurry blotches when you zoom in really tight where Photoshop didn't do such a great job, but I don't feel ready to download Helicon. Thank you very much for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Nikkor AF-S 35 G on D100 and D200 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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