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The smoke has led to red sunsets and last evening the sun shone on the moon at sunset.

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We just finished a project in record time and our office wanted to use the project as a testimonial for our corporate marketing. I ended up taking on the task and learned a lot about what NOT to do on this shoot.

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The last time I tried to capture some of my team's installs, I was learning as I shot. I realized that most of my shots in my previous attempts were too dark, shaky, etc. Even when I used a tripod I was still getting some blurry details. Knowing that shooting wide open, you can't get the entire room in focus, I tried to stop down my aperture this time to get a deeper depth of field. With that, I had to increase my ISO way up to compensate. I figured it was okay because I use a very good AI noise reduction program, from Topaz. Well, this image came out well, but I still lost detail at the front and back end of the picture.

Tonight I spent some time learning about Focus stacking and how to do it. I have the tools, I just needed to know how to do it. After a very short trial and error session, I was able to get my living room and kitchen shots sharp from front to back. Not gonna show those here, you don't need to see our mid-Christmas, post dinner clutter. :D
 
Ghostman said:
We just finished a project in record time and our office wanted to use the project as a testimonial for our corporate marketing. I ended up taking on the task and learned a lot about what NOT to do on this shoot.

vZs05oc.jpg


The last time I tried to capture some of my team's installs, I was learning as I shot. I realized that most of my shots in my previous attempts were too dark, shaky, etc. Even when I used a tripod I was still getting some blurry details. Knowing that shooting wide open, you can't get the entire room in focus, I tried to stop down my aperture this time to get a deeper depth of field. With that, I had to increase my ISO way up to compensate. I figured it was okay because I use a very good AI noise reduction program, from Topaz. Well, this image came out well, but I still lost detail at the front and back end of the picture.

Tonight I spent some time learning about Focus stacking and how to do it. I have the tools, I just needed to know how to do it. After a very short trial and error session, I was able to get my living room and kitchen shots sharp from front to back. Not gonna show those here, you don't need to see our mid-Christmas, post dinner clutter. :D
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Do you use a remote to trigger the camera, or even the camera’s delay functions to eliminate some of that shakiness when the camera is on a tripod?
 
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