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in focus stack the focal point frames
separately for each exposure value
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to do this in Photoshop select a series
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focal points
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and open them in Photoshop has layers
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once the layers are open in Photoshop
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select them all and then go to
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edit how to blend layers and select
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stack images unless everything is
perfect I find that Photoshop often
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makes mistake when stacking focus points
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if you're really into focus stacking
then I would recommend the application
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called Helicon Focus
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it as many more features and does a much
better job than Photoshop
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whichever focused act image for each
exposure value
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open the various exposures as layers in
Photoshop and then blend for dynamic
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range just as always
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hopefully everything lines up correctly
as challenging as exposure blending is
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trying to do exposure plans with
panoramas or
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exposure plans with focus tax ups the
difficulty level substantially
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trying to do all three at the same time
really gets outta control
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following this same methodology I know a
few hardy souls who have successfully
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pulled off exposure
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panto focus plants it gives me a
headache just considering it
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for example three exposure for frame
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5 focal point blank requires 60 total
frames:
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successfully capturing all those frames
without a mistake or anything moving is
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a crazy thought
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let alone the challenge blending them
all together but apparently it is
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impossible
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my friend and colleague
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Ryan dire has developed his own approach
to creating
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what he calls perspective plants
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without needing to take 60 exposures
Ryan's technique incorporates
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a wide perspective extreme depth of
field and dynamic range
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his technique sir advance and they
involve some serious camera kung fu in
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the field
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as well as extensive skills in Photoshop
the results are spectacular however
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Ryan's videos on this topic are called
perspective blending
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introduction if you're interested in
learning about it you can find
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this video for sale on his website along
with
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several other videos he's produced
Ryan's website is
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Ryan dire photography dot com