Problem – focused details blending into background images
Posted: 17.09.2016 20:48
Last night I tried taking my first stacks of photos with Focus and Remote using my Nikon camera. I'm having a little problem with some of the finer details getting blurred into the background on the focused output – see the handrails on the left side of this image. I'm trying various combinations of rendering methods, radius, and smoothing but so far have been unable to find a combination which reduces the artifacts. Any suggestions on changing my composing, stacking, or rendering technique to minimize the problem?
The image is attached. My 9 raw Nikon NEF files plus an output DNG file are here
ftp://upload:nopassword@217.12.211.23/MarkMathu/
I took the images using an aperture of f/8 and with the focus steps set by Remote's "auto" function. I selected f/8 because I thought that focal length would be near the "sweet spot" for my Tamron 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 lens. Would a smaller (or larger) aperture or more (or less) steps in the stack help the image? Or is this one of those situations where the background makes it difficult for the software to distinguish the properly focused pixels regardless of the rendering method? Unfortunately I took these photos away from my home so I can't replicate the photo shoot today.
The image is attached. My 9 raw Nikon NEF files plus an output DNG file are here
ftp://upload:nopassword@217.12.211.23/MarkMathu/
I took the images using an aperture of f/8 and with the focus steps set by Remote's "auto" function. I selected f/8 because I thought that focal length would be near the "sweet spot" for my Tamron 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 lens. Would a smaller (or larger) aperture or more (or less) steps in the stack help the image? Or is this one of those situations where the background makes it difficult for the software to distinguish the properly focused pixels regardless of the rendering method? Unfortunately I took these photos away from my home so I can't replicate the photo shoot today.