2008/6/4 willdo-1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Alun, hehe, I should have said "Hi Willdo"... :-)
> Here's another: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/don.donwilliams/Stack/photo#5207921563482660690 > > It was made in a rush as I have to leave for the city in half an hour. I > shouldn't have started this. The results are all mediocre at best. Aw c'mon! This attempt looks very good to me. > My > original intention was merely an illustration of what could be done. For > this new picture I stacked the second set of images using CombineZP, > Alan Hadley's newest version of his excellent program. I will have to make some shots and take a look at that SW. One challenge for me is that I don't have an IF macro lens. I did find an old focusing rail at the bottom of a drawer the other day while looking for something else, but It's a wobbly little thing. Just hope it will be good enough for testing the concept... :-) Anyway, I have a 6.7 kg enablement to check out first. <vbg> Best, Jostein > The lighting > still leaves a lot to be desired, but I think the result is somewhat > better. The image could be improved with CS but I'd rather wait for > another poppy to bloom and do the job properly with a decent set of well > lit images. And the dust on the sensor needs attention as well. > > Best, > > D > > AlunFoto wrote: >> Welcome back, Don! >> >> >> I'm a bit curious about the stacking. In the resulting shot there are >> brighter fields beside some of the stamens on the RH side (towards the >> bottom) and just above the stigma. However they are not very prominent >> in your shot. Whenever I have attempted such stacks I've ended up with >> the same kind of artefacts, but so prominent that it invariably ruins >> the picture. Do you know what the secret is to keep this at bay? >> >> Best, >> Jostein >> >> >> 2008/6/2 willdo-1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I meant like this: >>> >>> http://picasaweb.google.com/don.donwilliams/Stack >>> >>> This is a very >>> rough and ready illustration of what can be done with a stack. >>> >>> This could have been done with a ring light, or other decent lighting >>> arrangement -- and a whole lot more care and attention. But it does show >>> what's possible. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Dr E D F Williams > http://www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ > P O Box 15, 41660 TOIVAKKA, Finland > Phone: +358400706616 > Alternative eMail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.