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Camera : Canon EOS R7 with EF 100mm f/2.8 macro IS
Aperture Priority (Av), ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/1000s
Hand-held, CRaw, in-camera focus bracketing with depth composite enabled
No. of shots : 10, Step : 4
Post-process :
Canon DPP (focus stack), Topaz denoise AI (sharpening, optional), copy EXIF information to the stacked photo
Results I want
A blurred background, DOF is enough to cover the whole flower while the lower layer of the petals get a little bit out of focus
For a single shot, if I use a small f-stop (e.g. f/11), the background would be more visible, so I prefer to use a larger f-stop, f/5.6. However, the DOF is not enough to cover the whole flower.
It is difficult to get a satisfying result, but it is easy to obtain the effect by using hand-held in-camera focus stacking function.
Single shot using f/5.6 (cropped, not enough DOF, background OK)
in-camera depth composite jpg photo, uncropped and without post-processed, 10 shots
(lower layer of petals are too clear, so I decided to use fewer photos for focus stacking)
Final focus stacked photo
(8 photos, cropped, focus stacked by DPP, sharpened by Denoise AI)
Some more flower photos (focus stacked)
Aperture Priority (Av), ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/1000s
Hand-held, CRaw, in-camera focus bracketing with depth composite enabled
No. of shots : 10, Step : 4
Post-process :
Canon DPP (focus stack), Topaz denoise AI (sharpening, optional), copy EXIF information to the stacked photo
Results I want
A blurred background, DOF is enough to cover the whole flower while the lower layer of the petals get a little bit out of focus
For a single shot, if I use a small f-stop (e.g. f/11), the background would be more visible, so I prefer to use a larger f-stop, f/5.6. However, the DOF is not enough to cover the whole flower.
It is difficult to get a satisfying result, but it is easy to obtain the effect by using hand-held in-camera focus stacking function.
Single shot using f/5.6 (cropped, not enough DOF, background OK)
in-camera depth composite jpg photo, uncropped and without post-processed, 10 shots
(lower layer of petals are too clear, so I decided to use fewer photos for focus stacking)
Final focus stacked photo
(8 photos, cropped, focus stacked by DPP, sharpened by Denoise AI)
Some more flower photos (focus stacked)
