tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626959970978663576.post6721311226486561039..comments2024-03-01T15:43:57.247+00:00Comments on MIDMARSH JOTTINGS: CombineZP - UpdatedMidmarsh Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10980417659811194899noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626959970978663576.post-10359244605111561982010-11-06T08:34:10.796+00:002010-11-06T08:34:10.796+00:00Hello Emma. Like you I learn a lot from visiting o...Hello Emma. Like you I learn a lot from visiting others and seeing how they do things.<br /><br />The closer you get to something the bigger the problem with depth of field. The other problem I found was camera movement. Even on a sturdy tripod using the button on the camera to take a photo can cause minute movement which is enough to give slight blur. For all my micro and macro I now use a cable release and that certainly made an improvement. More than I expected.<br /><br />I must try to find the chap you mentioned and have a look.<br /><br />Had a look at your lichen photos and they look great to me.Midmarsh Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980417659811194899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626959970978663576.post-80924971105111995562010-11-05T12:14:35.561+00:002010-11-05T12:14:35.561+00:00Very interesting John. I already has a set of clo...Very interesting John. I already has a set of close-up lenses for my Nikon and bought a step-down ring so I could use the most powerful of them on my Panasonic Lumix FZ28. I got a lot of vignetting but the bit in the centre was just about of (see some of my close-up lichen pictures from earlier this year). It's amazing what we learn by following other people's experiments. I discovered some wonderful fungi pictures on Flickr recently, taken by a nice chap in New Zealand. I'm about to put his advice into practice.Emma Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04385447781203785369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626959970978663576.post-27026212301573348922010-09-17T07:34:58.880+01:002010-09-17T07:34:58.880+01:00Hello Roy. As you have probably gathered I love e...Hello Roy. As you have probably gathered I love experimenting. There have been many times I have been disappointed with a shot which has poor depth of focus and this looks to be one way to overcome that with some subjects.Midmarsh Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980417659811194899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626959970978663576.post-21578594064546597432010-09-17T07:30:55.191+01:002010-09-17T07:30:55.191+01:00Hello Jan. You are right right. Second childhood, ...Hello Jan. You are right right. Second childhood, new toys ;>)Midmarsh Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980417659811194899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626959970978663576.post-52553207815576039432010-09-16T22:58:54.008+01:002010-09-16T22:58:54.008+01:00An interesting experiment John. Thanks.An interesting experiment John. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626959970978663576.post-8108456305714587772010-09-16T18:28:19.575+01:002010-09-16T18:28:19.575+01:00Well it's all a mystery to me but I can see yo...Well it's all a mystery to me but I can see you boys are enjoying playing with your toys again and the results look pretty impressive to me :)ShySongbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08148381873578585910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626959970978663576.post-55698294230222573252010-09-16T17:45:59.562+01:002010-09-16T17:45:59.562+01:00Adrin - quicky as meal is ready. This from the hel...Adrin - quicky as meal is ready. This from the help file:<br /><br />Notice CombineZ adds a border around each frame that is a reflection of what is just over the edge of the original picture. ( For efficiency, all frames dimensions must be devisible by certain small integers, this border insures this, it also reduces artifacts at the edges of the true frame.) <br /><br />Your bent bit of biro is an probably extra which can be cropped as needed. The same applies to the extra bit I found at the bottom of my trials. Seems like we need to keep a clear area round the original shots.Midmarsh Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980417659811194899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626959970978663576.post-67227208950101701192010-09-16T17:39:39.292+01:002010-09-16T17:39:39.292+01:00John the aberration is focussing too close, as you...John the aberration is focussing too close, as you realised............More to the macro job than I thought.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626959970978663576.post-56587373351802803842010-09-16T16:29:08.656+01:002010-09-16T16:29:08.656+01:00John look at my post I get a really odd alignment....John look at my post I get a really odd alignment. You have framed yours so not easy to tell. Mine is way out. a forty five degree shift.Next rainy day I'll try banging some exposure blends through. It's OK though, better than without software.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.com