Hi Anita, glad you found it useful. I was in Blakes wood near Danbury. I would certainly give focus stacking a try it's a very useful technique. Thanks for watching, all the best, Steve.
@@SteveHedgesPhotography Thanks Steve! I haven't been to Blakes Wood for sometime, I'm only just getting back to going out and about locally, I need to revisit. Norsey Woods had tons of fungi last weekend.
Ah I haven't been to Norsey woods for a while. I'll have to have a look especially if there's lots of fungi there. That's the nice thing about macro photography you don't need to travel far to find a good subject.
Hi Steve, thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it. Well I mainly used cloudy white balance. But I also used a warm light setting on my LED light. It's very handy because you can change the colour temperature of the light. This enables the use of warm or cool light. Thanks for watching, all the best, Steve.
Hi Steve. I did some manual focus stacking on fungi the other day and noticed that when I processed the stack in Photoshop it seemed to introduce some pixelation here and there. Edges and so on were still sharp, but there was this pixelation on some flat-ish surfaces. I haven’t had a chance to investigate yet - wondered if you’d come across this? Thanks
Hi Mark, no I haven't come across that type of effect. I have had a problem with slight misalignment occasionally but not pixelation. If you find out the cause of it I'd appreciate it if you could let me know. Cheers, Steve.
@@SteveHedgesPhotography Hi Steve. Not conclusive but... I found someone on YT who'd had this problem with moving images (waterfall) and he'd fixed it by manually editing the layer masks. Essentially, PS was getting confused and the masks weren't consistent. He edited the masks more in line with what he thought they ought to be and the problem went away. My fungi weren't moving of course, but I just repeated the stacking and it seems OK, but not perfect. However looking at the layer masks, they are not what I'd expect - they're really ragged and one poor mushroom cap is made up from elements of about 4 different layers! I'll keep on experimenting
Hi Mark, thanks for getting back to me. Yeah that makes sense I think. If the layers were slightly out of alignment through a Photoshop error then that could well be the problem. As you know when you click on align Photoshop should get rid of any discrepancies due to slight subject movement or lens breathing. Anyway glad it came out well in the end. All the best, Steve.
Nice one Steve. All the best. 👍📷😎
Thanks very much Rob, much appreciated. Great time of the year for fungi photography. Cheers Steve.
Nice one Steve love a fungi shoot 👍
Thanks very much Mark, yes it's that time of year isn't it? Cheers, Steve.
Some good tips there Steve 👍
Thanks very much Nick. Great time for fungi photography isn't it? All the best, Steve.
I love the fungsi macro photography. Especially the focus-stacked images. Thanks for sharing. Big LIKE. Greeting from Singapore. 👍🔔
Hi Cheiko, yes macro photography is really good fun. Glad you enjoyed my video, thanks for watching. All the best,Steve.
Really enjoyed it.
Thanks very much Pat, it's a great time for fungi photography at the moment.
Lovely Steve, makes me want to go for a nice autumn walk in the woods now to see what amazing fungi I can find 👍❤️🍄
Thanks Lesley, yes it's a great time of year for a walk in the woods. Thanks for watching, cheers, Steve.
Very helpful Steve, especially the focus stacking which I've yet to try. Can I ask which wood you were in?
Hi Anita, glad you found it useful. I was in Blakes wood near Danbury. I would certainly give focus stacking a try it's a very useful technique. Thanks for watching, all the best, Steve.
@@SteveHedgesPhotography Thanks Steve! I haven't been to Blakes Wood for sometime, I'm only just getting back to going out and about locally, I need to revisit. Norsey Woods had tons of fungi last weekend.
Ah I haven't been to Norsey woods for a while. I'll have to have a look especially if there's lots of fungi there. That's the nice thing about macro photography you don't need to travel far to find a good subject.
Nice one Steve and love the focus stacked images. I have never used focus stacking in camera. Cheers Keith
Thanks very much Keith, yes I was really impressed with the in camera focus stacking. I would certainly give it a try. Cheers, Steve.
Useful info as always buddy 👍👍👍
Cheers Graham, thanks for watching mate. All the best, Steve.
Good video and stills as per normal, with some top tips about stacking etc. One question - what white balance setting did you use?
Hi Steve, thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it. Well I mainly used cloudy white balance. But I also used a warm light setting on my LED light. It's very handy because you can change the colour temperature of the light. This enables the use of warm or cool light. Thanks for watching, all the best, Steve.
Hi Steve. I did some manual focus stacking on fungi the other day and noticed that when I processed the stack in Photoshop it seemed to introduce some pixelation here and there. Edges and so on were still sharp, but there was this pixelation on some flat-ish surfaces. I haven’t had a chance to investigate yet - wondered if you’d come across this? Thanks
Hi Mark, no I haven't come across that type of effect. I have had a problem with slight misalignment occasionally but not pixelation. If you find out the cause of it I'd appreciate it if you could let me know. Cheers, Steve.
@@SteveHedgesPhotography Hi Steve. Not conclusive but... I found someone on YT who'd had this problem with moving images (waterfall) and he'd fixed it by manually editing the layer masks. Essentially, PS was getting confused and the masks weren't consistent. He edited the masks more in line with what he thought they ought to be and the problem went away. My fungi weren't moving of course, but I just repeated the stacking and it seems OK, but not perfect. However looking at the layer masks, they are not what I'd expect - they're really ragged and one poor mushroom cap is made up from elements of about 4 different layers! I'll keep on experimenting
Hi Mark, thanks for getting back to me. Yeah that makes sense I think. If the layers were slightly out of alignment through a Photoshop error then that could well be the problem. As you know when you click on align Photoshop should get rid of any discrepancies due to slight subject movement or lens breathing. Anyway glad it came out well in the end. All the best, Steve.