Monday 8 December 2014

A Ring Rabbit on a rainy day.

Rain. Sunday.  Plans down the drain.

So, my first attempt at focus stacking with photoshop and macro.  I don't think this is too bad for a first try - four shots, each focused on different planes, merged to form one image.  It's a wee bit slow - I can only work out how to do it one pair of images at a time - but it passes the hours while I wait for the rain to stop.

In case you are wondering - this ring rabbit is where S hangs here rings at night.


You can find more macro shots at Macro Monday2 and I Heart Macro.

19 comments:

  1. Wow cool image. It does not look like it could even be four shots merged.. Well done..

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  2. Okay ... Focus Stacking? Where are the stacks? And, how and why do you stack? This is the first time I have heard of it and you have tweaked my curiosity. All of that said, the Rabbit is awesome and how nice that S has such a cute place to put her rings. I never take my rings off so, no ring rabbit at my house. Very fun, Stewart and I hope you have time to explain ... I am really interested.

    Andrea @ From The Sol

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  3. Hi Stewart,
    Beautiful shot, merged images.
    Well done, my compliments.
    Best regards, Irma

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  4. I love what you have done however it is way over my head but very clever of you.

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  5. Wow - nice job! Looks like one image instead of four.

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  6. What a great capture for the day, Stewart! I love it! Hope you have a great new week as well!!

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  7. Good for you Stewart. I tried focus stacking on some mushrooms. I couldn't figure out the process. I haven't tried since. Maybe my photo program isn't correct for that task.

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  8. Hari OM
    wonderful depth gained from this Stewart! My newbie (the Fudge), has got a function for stacking on one of its (ridiculously) many dial options - am a long way off experimenting with it yet though! YAM xx

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  9. Great shot, try the CombineZP software, its free and very easy to use.

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  10. I have never heard of focus stacking. One of these days, I'm going to have to break down and buy (or rent) PS for a while to see how I like it.

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  11. The rabbit is so cool, quintessential silver. The rings look uncomfortable to sleep in, so it's nice S can trust her rings to the rabbit's care. I can't detect the stacking either.

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  12. Cute little rabbit. I don't do much editing so this is way over my head.

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  13. A very appealing shot Stewart and I applaud your patience and perseverance!

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  14. Nice work! Maybe you stopped the rain, too?

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  15. Wow what a wonderful effect Stewart! Thanks as always for sharing the love up-close with I Heart Macro:-)

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  16. A sharp, lovely shot! Don't understand about the photoshop image stacking...doesn't matter. Like the photo very much! :-)

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  17. Your efforts resulted in a lovely, sharp macro.

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  18. Now he's a cute little fellow!

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