My first attempt, eight focus stacked images of a flower on my Venus Flytrap:
Canon 50D, 70-200mm lens plus Raynox DCR-250 Super Macro Conversion Lens, LED ring light.
Not a startling image but I'm pleased with it as a first attempt working with jpg images.
I must admit I prefer the look of the program compared to CompineZP on Windows. You can see the final image being built up which gives a chance to see if any of the initial images might be causing problems. It was much easier to use and really flew through the align and stack process.
This looks fine. I suspect it only looks a bit flat because of the ring light. I never got on with Combine ZP but did buy Helicon Focus. I've not used it for a year but will have another look.
ReplyDeleteAdrian. Yes, I thought afterwards I should have used one half of the light to give more contrast.
DeleteJust downloaded Zerene, I'll give it a try today. It is expensive I seem to recall that Helicon was about twenty pounds.
ReplyDeleteAdrian: Zerene seems expensive but if I read it correctly Helicon is a cheap yearly charge or a more expensive life time job Then again a full Helicon license covers all updates but Zerene only covers minor updates. Swings and roundabouts. .
DeleteJohn, yes they are much the same price at the end of the day. I have had four goes with Zerene and it seems idiot proof. Helicon isn't. Ta.
DeleteAdrian: Zerene can be used a bit like a point and shoot camera - plonk the stack and start the process. I think there are a few other facilities which I haven't tried yet. Also I think the Windozy version has more than the Mac version, which is a newer departure for them.
DeleteVery nice and sharp. Looking forward to more.
ReplyDeleteWilma: Thanks for that. A whole batch of them tomorrow!
DeleteLooks pretty good to me John.
ReplyDeleteRoy. It's a bit bland and some detail is missing from the centre but it still looks fair to middling ;)
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