{"id":763,"date":"2013-10-10T19:52:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T23:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/?p=763"},"modified":"2017-07-23T10:16:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T14:16:21","slug":"dc-photography-stacked-focus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/?p=763","title":{"rendered":"Stacked Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-760\" style=\"width: 334px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Blended-Tower-and-Flowers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-760 \" title=\"Campanile di Mazzorbo\" src=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Blended-Tower-and-Flowers-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Campanile di Mazzorbo\" width=\"334\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Blended-Tower-and-Flowers-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Blended-Tower-and-Flowers-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Blended-Tower-and-Flowers.jpg 1396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Campanile di Mazzorbo, Island of Mazzorbo in Venice Lagoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is the Campanile di Mazzorbo on the island of Mazzorbo in Venice Lagoon.\u00a0 I really wanted to get the flowers in the foreground and the campanile in the back to be in focus.\u00a0 Given how close the flowers were to the lens and the distance to the campanile, there was just no amount of depth-of-field that would do the trick.\u00a0 Instead, I used a technique called &#8220;stacked focus&#8221;.\u00a0 In this case I took two images.\u00a0 The first focused on the flowers in the foreground.\u00a0 The second, without moving my camera (use a tripod) focused on the campanile.\u00a0 In both cases I used manual focus on my lens to be sure the proper element was in focus.<\/p>\n<p>I used Photoshop to do the stacked focus.\u00a0 Put both images on the same pallet as separate layers and then use the Edit -&gt; Auto-Align Layers command to properly align the images.\u00a0 Then use the Edit -&gt; Auto-Blend Layers command to blend them.\u00a0 Hocus, pocus, stacked focus!<\/p>\n<p>Stacked focus works very well in macro photography.\u00a0 When you use your macro lens on flowers, take several images while focusing along the flower from front to rear.\u00a0 After you stack them the flower will be sharp throughout.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, is it just me or do all towers in Venice lean to one side?\u00a0 This was at least the fourth one we saw during our stay.<br \/>\nLocation: N45 29 19.63\u00a0 E012 12 42.76<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the Campanile di Mazzorbo on the island of Mazzorbo in Venice Lagoon.\u00a0 I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[551,9],"tags":[188,189,168,175,191,190],"class_list":["post-763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italy","category-outdoor-photography-tips","tag-campanile-di-mazzorbo","tag-mazzorbo","tag-photograph","tag-photoshop","tag-stacked-focus","tag-venice"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2110,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions\/2110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}