The word for 12-21 is frost. Being that the temperature outside it in the 50's there was no frost to be found. And so I took a photo of a frosted tree ornament. It also gave me a chance to play with focus stacking! Mandy @emrob has created a monster!
@maggiemae - In the photo of the candles, bow and pine spray on the piano, I wanted everything to be in focus. In this one I only wanted the ornament to be in focus. I took a picture of this ornament a couple of days ago and and for the most part it was in focus except for the metal cap at the top where the hanger is attached. Now with the focus stacking every part of the ornament is in focus.
Just fantastic! And lol! I'm glad you're getting into fs. It's such a neat technique and it's great that you're using it as you are. Just getting exactly what you want in focus.
Nice job. I've mostly tried the FS with flowers but this is a great use of it, on the curved ornament, brings the whole ornament in focus while keeping the background nicely unobtrusive.
I haven't figured out focus stacking yet (understand it conceptually but I don't know how to use photoshop so that stops the actual doing of it) -- and I admire how you created such a magical image!
@jyokota - Let me try to explain it. First you take your photos where you focus on different parts of the image. You can take as many as you'd like depending on how deep you want the focus to go in your image. Like this picture I didn't want the pine in the background in focus. So all my focusing was on the bulb.
Then you open PhotoShop and select in the menu:
File
Scripts
Load files into stack
That will open a new window. Select-
Browse and go to the folder that holds the photos you want to stack
Select the photos by holding down the Ctrl key allowing to to choose more than one.
After you select all your photos click the open button.
That places them into the "Load layers window".
Then click okay.
PS will load each photo as a later that you can see on the right side under the layer panel.
Next you need to highlight all your photos. You can do this by clicking on either the first or last then scroll to the opposite end of your photo and while holding the Shift key click on the last photo. This will highlight every photo.
Next click on "Edit" in the menu and select "Auto-align Layers"
PS will then align your images.
When PS is finished you might see some transparent edges from PS moving the layers so that they are align perfectly. If there are transparent edges you can crop them off now.
Next you click on "Edit" in the menu again, but this time select , "Auto-Blend Layers"
A small window will open and select, "Stack Images" and then OK.
When PS is finished you will see everything you wanted in focus.
I hope this helps.
Oh it does help if you use a tripod and don't move your camera, but it isn't absolutely necessary to use one.
January 5th, 2016
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Then you open PhotoShop and select in the menu:
File
Scripts
Load files into stack
That will open a new window. Select-
Browse and go to the folder that holds the photos you want to stack
Select the photos by holding down the Ctrl key allowing to to choose more than one.
After you select all your photos click the open button.
That places them into the "Load layers window".
Then click okay.
PS will load each photo as a later that you can see on the right side under the layer panel.
Next you need to highlight all your photos. You can do this by clicking on either the first or last then scroll to the opposite end of your photo and while holding the Shift key click on the last photo. This will highlight every photo.
Next click on "Edit" in the menu and select "Auto-align Layers"
PS will then align your images.
When PS is finished you might see some transparent edges from PS moving the layers so that they are align perfectly. If there are transparent edges you can crop them off now.
Next you click on "Edit" in the menu again, but this time select , "Auto-Blend Layers"
A small window will open and select, "Stack Images" and then OK.
When PS is finished you will see everything you wanted in focus.
I hope this helps.
Oh it does help if you use a tripod and don't move your camera, but it isn't absolutely necessary to use one.