Phalaenopsis Mini Mark and Focus Stacking

[ronaldhanko]

Originally Posted by Connie Star

I've been trying the photo stacking with mixed results so far.
Should I be separating the focus points by a certain amount?
I have years of experience with macro photography, but this is new to me and very exciting.
Where can I learn more?

Hi Connie,
Did you look on the site that's listed with the photo (the download site)? They've got some good info there. I think one of the keys is using a tripod, so that the photos are as much alike as possible, and I should add that you have to do some cropping when you're done. I'm not quite sure why, but the process (using CombineZM) leaves a border that reverses the edge of the photo. As far as a suggestion to help, I've found that the command "Reverse Order" sometimes gives a better result. Again I don't know why, but it seems that the order of the photos does make a difference. I've not learned all the options but you can do a lot of fiddling around while your pictures are in the program.