Examples of Stacked Photos
Of the stacking programs I've used, Zerene Stacker and Helicon Focus, Helicon is faster, but Zerene often can handle stacks that cause problems for Helicon.
If there are moving people in a stack, the result is multiple images. These can often be reduced to a single image by retouching the stack. The examples below were from a 4-photo stack taken handheld with a 35mm lens at f5.6. The multiple images are removed by retouching in Zerene Stacker, using a single image of the images where the multiple images appear. Notice the hand and the people crossing the street. The retouching is slightly faulty as part of the spurious hand is still visible.
Of the stacking programs I've used, Zerene Stacker and Helicon Focus, Helicon is faster, but Zerene often can handle stacks that cause problems for Helicon.
If there are moving people in a stack, the result is multiple images. These can often be reduced to a single image by retouching the stack. The examples below were from a 4-photo stack taken handheld with a 35mm lens at f5.6. The multiple images are removed by retouching in Zerene Stacker, using a single image of the images where the multiple images appear. Notice the hand and the people crossing the street. The retouching is slightly faulty as part of the spurious hand is still visible.
Here is and example of extreme depth of field taken with the Sigma 70mm macro lens. The photo was retouched to remove dirt on the window, but not all was removed. Increasing depth of field can make dirt on a window visible, an undesirable side effect. The composite photo was passed through the program Aurora to improve the contrast. All the photos on this page are reduced in resolution to avoid excessive load time.
Here is a picture of a thyme plant. The full resolution photo can be downloaded here. A higher magnification version can be downloaded here.
Below is a stack of 3 images (top picture) that has been retouched to eliminate multiple images of moving persons. Bottom image is first photo of stack, showing increased depth of field. The background is different because in the top picture the background comes from the 3rd photo of the stack. The full resolution photo can be downloaded here. The combined stack before retouching, showing multiple images, can be downloaded here.
The image below is from a 6-photo stack retouched to remove multiple images.
The photo below is a flower. Pollen grains are visible. The S1R with the Cognisys motorized slide was used. The step was 50um in target space. The f-number set to 4. The Cannon 65mm lens with the cannon to L adapter was used. The magnification was set to 2x. Download the jpeg for better resolution here.
Below is one photo from the 100 photo stack.
Below a small yellow flower. Using Cognisys motorized slide, S1R with Cannon 65mm macro lens using Cannon to L adapter. Magnification 4x. 50 images. Step 25um. Download original for better resolution here. Pollen grains are about 40um long by 20um wide.
Flower using S1R focus shift Sigma 70mm macro lens, f-number 4.0. Step 6, 70 images, magnification 0.5. Distance 0.300m, depth of sharp zone .012m Download jpeg for better resolution here.
Flower with Sigma 70mm macro lens.
A full resolution photo can be downloaded here.
