Comments on: 116 — Sharpness on Steroids — Focus stacking interview with Michael Breitung

By: Jared Fein

Jared Fein — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:31:17 +0000

I enjoyed this interesting podcast. I have tried focus stacking with some macro subjects, but not with landscapes. I look forward to trying Michael’s tips. I have visited Giant’s Causeway twice and can really appreciate the fine focus stacked image presented in this blog. I look forward to looking at the tutorial.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:19:07 +0000

Thx Enrique! There is loads of room for creative play here!
I agree — varying layer opacity at different exposure levels Orton Style can also be a fun thing to try.
As for HDR and focus stacking, since they are separate processes, no problem to combine them.
“stack multiple images without creating a mask?“
That’s what these software programs help you do — do this without a mask. Of course this is less precise than a manual mask — but it’s way quicker and depending on the complexity of the pic it can often do a fab job.

By: Enrique Waizel

Enrique Waizel — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:10:56 +0000

Another excellent podcast. Many of us are ready to start experimenting with technique.
Could this be mixed with HDR? What would happen if we simply stack multiple images without creating a mask? We could even experiment with different exposure levels for each layer having a final effect that could look like the Orton one… Just speculating.