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Originally Posted by Jon  Couple of points if someone could clarify for me:
The colours on the website used by LordV are like many other American websites, they seem to have a different quality to those in UK. They seem brighter and almost pastel like shades, doe anyone know what I mean? I like them but I am not convinced they are so natural as the ones on WAB.
This Focus stacking, is it (1)a series of shots superimposed to provide an apparently greater DOF. Or, and I assume this is the case - is it (2) one shot effectively stacked to provide an illusion of greater DOF.
If it is (2) it gives good results but I am not sure about it. It seems a bit like a fiddle to me, the point of macro for me is to search for that perfect shot with optimal DOF, focal point exposure & composition etc. I know many of us use a little cropping here or there but stacking the focus point (if I am correct) does not seem entirely ethical to me. Having said that I would suggest it was ethical if it was always declared. I suppose I have opened a can of worms over what is ethical in digital photography and what isn't - is there really any difference to changing apparent DOF to removing a highlight or a twig etc. I would suggest enhancing the pictorial element as opposed to enhancing the primary subject is slightly different. The more I write the more I wish I hadn't started because I can see and appreciate many different points of view! Hope I haven't started a revolution!
Jon |
Interesting comments in here
The technique is mainly used for static subjects but with some practise and luck it can be used on slow moving subject especially if they are moving directly towards or away from the lens. ie. they move instead of the camera.
Personally I think the technique helps to overcome the DoF limitations caused by the optical laws in photography and allows the photographer to show an image which the human eye appears to be capable of naturally seeing and achieving. By this I mean when you look at something closely the very narrow band of focus that is seen in a picture isn't seen by the eye because it constantly changes focus to show the whole subject, this technique mimics this natural action.
Is it cheating? only if you want to deceive someone into believing something that isn't 'real', imo, the limitiations of DoF in photography isn't natural and it is the final result that is important. How that result is achieved is irrelevant as long as the photographer and viewer enjoy the image.