We are both wrong. I had forgotten that maintaining the same image size
means that the DOF will be identical in both shots since the 300mm shot
needs to be taken from 6 times the distance.
Chuck Norcutt
On 8/30/2011 10:32 PM, C.H.Ling wrote:
> To maintain a soft OOF background and greater DOF one should use a very long
> focal length lens, say 300-500mm and stop down.
>
> This one is taken with OM 50/3.5 at F5.6
>
> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/IMG_3507.JPG
>
> This one is taken with OM 300/4.5 at F5.6
>
> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/IMG_3510.JPG
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>> Another beauty but I've been asking myself if you can't achieve the same
>> result in a single image with a shorter focal length lens.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 8/30/2011 6:00 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>> Very careful stack of 7 images. The standard stack routine had great
>>> difficulty with the distal part of the flower--especially on the right.
>>> There are alt stacking routines that might have done better especially
>>> the "soft stack" that is purported to deal better with highlights.
>>> The individual images looked spot on to me. Spent 45min cloning out
>>> halos/artifacts.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/42dx7be
>>>
>>>
>>> Slowly keepin on stackin, Mike
>
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|
