Episode 53: Focus Stacking

You can control depth of field in a photo using narrow apertures, but what do you do when that’s not enough to get everything in focus? For macro and some landscape photography, the answer is focus stacking, a technique that blends several images shot at different focal lengths. Kirk and Jeff talk about how it works and when you’d want to use it. Hosts: Jeff's website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram Kirk's website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram Show Notes: (View show notes with images at PhotoActive.co) Rate and Review the PhotoActive Podcast! How-To: Focus Stacking in Photoshop, Adobe Create Episode #20 - The Blur-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named Photographing the Canadian Rockies, Part 1, Nick Page’s video about when he shot the ice image that appears in the Adobe Create article. Affinity Photo Pixelmator Pro Helicon Focus Zerene Stacker Fuji X Secrets, by Rico Rico Pfirstinger Bob Sober Episode 47: Jeff Becomes an Event Photographer Our Snapshots: Jeff: Fujifilm X-T3 Vertical Battery Booster Grip Kirk: Peak Design Standard Plate If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast. And don't forget to join the PhotoActive Facebook group to discuss the podcast, share your photos, and more. Nick Page’s photo from Jeff’s article in Adobe Create Magazine. Red Onion Camera: Fujifilm X-T3 Shutter speed: 1.6 sec Aperture: f/11 ISO: 160 Photo: Kirk McElhearn Focus-stacked coins Camera: Fujifilm X-T1 Composited in Adobe Photoshop Photo: Jeff Carlson Barn and Fence Focus-stacked from the next two images. Camera: Fujifilm X-T3 Shutter speed: 1/250 sec Aperture: f/8 ISO: 160 Photo: Jeff Carlson Barn and Fence Image #1 with the foreground fence in focus and the barn out of focus Camera: Fujifilm X-T3 Shutter speed: 1/250 sec Aperture: f/8 ISO: 160 Photo: Jeff Carlson Barn and Fence Image #2 with the barn in the background in focus, but the fence in the foreground blurry. Camera: Fujifilm X-T3 Shutter speed: 1/250 sec Aperture: f/8 ISO: 160 Photo: Jeff Carlson