A friend taught me a new focus stacking technique which I am experimenting with. You hand hold your camera with manual focus and continuous shooting, focus on the nearest point and then move focus ring towards the farthest point you want in focus while shooting continuously. Then you take it into PS and auto align and then auto blend all the layers. It will take some practice but I was pretty pleased with how this one came out.
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@robz what an interesting question. You have such a perceptive and thoughtful eye. If my flu allows me to have the strength to shoot it again without focus stacking we can check it out
@jgpittenger How unfortunate that you've come down with the flu while on holiday - I hope you can shake it off quickly. If you do feel up to it it would be interesting but I'm sure there will be other opportunities - more important that you recover to enjoy your stay. :)
I had a thought...I should connect you with my friend who is doing the botanical art work. This year is too soon, but there is a private garden that we visited supported by the Queen Iliani Trust for endangered plants. Since you go to the big island each year, I wonder if you'd be interested in photographing some images with/for her? Like I did when we were in Manoa Heritage Center...just a thought! It made me see the growths in different ways -- how the stems connect, shapes and relationships of flowers and color tones to stems, etc. Anyway, it's interesting to look at photography through a botanical artists' eyes.
So sorry you are suffering with a cold while on vacation. :(. This is a fascinating technique. I have often thought that orchids could benefit from a focus-stacked approach to shooting them, so this is a wonderful result for that experiment. Hoping you are feeling better by now!
