Gecko Close Up
garyrhook wrote:
Eshan Rachit wrote: Nicely dissected Gary! It is still a nice capture overall.
Thanks. And yes, as I said, there's a lot about this shot that I really like.
Of course, my comments are predicated an the assumption that the OP actually wanted comments.
I don´t mind comments, they can be constructive, but this is an image stack of exposures to extend the plane of focus from the nostrils to beyond the eyes.
The large .jpg (un-edited) is the first in the image sequence with nostrils in focus and eyes OOF, i also included the (5) image stack in Lightroom (Unedited raw Nef Files) showing the eyes and nose out of focus at different stages. I don´t know why it looks to like sharpening in post, perhaps i didnt apply enough de-noise also the Gecko was in early stages shedding so some scales appear softer which was more apparent on it´s side which is why i went for a head shot or may be Photoshop didn´t do a good job stitching the images together? On my wish list this year is Helicon focus which i´ve heard does a more accurate render
Yes it´s tough because the bug or animal can and often does move, even a slight twitch can throw everything out of alignment and that´s when you need patience.
The Nikon D850 when i eventually get one has a shift / stack function built in which hopefully should simplify the whole process
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