9 | MACRO
The focus stack endgame
Concluding our two-part focus stack project, here’s how to edit the images together in Lightroom and Photoshop
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Full tutorial online at: www.bit.ly/dcm 266stack
Last issue, we shot a focus stack using a macro lens and a Nisi NM-200 focusing rail. This month, we’re going to show you how to edit multiple captures together using a combination of Lightroom and Photoshop. The goal is to take as many in-focus slivers as you can and then merge them together for a far more in-focused composite image that is sharper, has a deeper depth of field and crisper lines than you would ever capture in the camera with just a single image. So read on to see how it’s done…