Bimjo
Super Moderator
Ok, I almost waited too long to do this as it was getting dark really quickly while I shot these. This is the next step in the evolution of my focus stacking education.
I shot this with the 5N and a Contax 85/1.4 @ f/1.4 from about 5 feet. DOFMaster says the dof at those settings is about 0.7 inches. I shot 8 shots working from near-to-far. I relied on focus peaking instead of magnification because the light was going fast. Next time I'll remember to get out there sooner.
Here's the near shot:
Here's the far shot:
And here's the money shot with all 8 shots combined:
You can add/delete what is included in each frame in the stack using a layer mask and I still need to get better at determining what needs to be in focus and what needs to be out of focus in each layer. But all-in-all I'm pretty pleased that this works this well. Get the subject in focus and really defocus everything else and get killer large aperture bokeh. Except here because the background is really busy.
I shot this with the 5N and a Contax 85/1.4 @ f/1.4 from about 5 feet. DOFMaster says the dof at those settings is about 0.7 inches. I shot 8 shots working from near-to-far. I relied on focus peaking instead of magnification because the light was going fast. Next time I'll remember to get out there sooner.
Here's the near shot:
NEX-5N
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f/1.0
1/25s
ISO 100
Here's the far shot:
NEX-5N
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f/1.0
1/20s
ISO 100
And here's the money shot with all 8 shots combined:
NEX-5N
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f/1.0
1/20s
ISO 100
You can add/delete what is included in each frame in the stack using a layer mask and I still need to get better at determining what needs to be in focus and what needs to be out of focus in each layer. But all-in-all I'm pretty pleased that this works this well. Get the subject in focus and really defocus everything else and get killer large aperture bokeh. Except here because the background is really busy.