Another great instructional video and the words of encouragement at the end were really nice to hear. Please keep posting these macro videos. You are inspirational.
I appreciate your amazing videos and photography! I don't shoot a lot of bugs! But I do shoot a lot of flowers! I'm taking notes on your techniques! I'm a seasoned photographer just too lazy to do photo stacking!!! I admire your patience and dedication!!!
Trey, I've found Helicon to be much faster than Zerene and the Pro version allows using the GPU which makes the process really fast. If the DNG converter is placed in Helicon then a group of 60 RAW files can just be moved over into Helicon. You only end up with 1 additional file. But, that stacked file is a RAW file, not a jpeg. Also, noise is canceled out since the noise is in a different spot for every image.
Wow, well done , very helpful. I have trouble holding steady enough for one image, let alone a large stack. What are best techniques to remain steady, especially at 1-1
Incredible pics once again. Great instructional video. Tried hand held stacking and boy do I need work I tried a monopod but for me that was even worse. Do you use monopod with ball head? I normally use the om software for stacking
I find your work to be amazing. I don't shoot Macro, though you are inspiring me to give it a try, and I don't shoot OM, and yet I always watch your videos and I follow you on IG. I do have a diffuser, flash, and a completely manual macro lens so I can try some of the techniques you have taught.
I own and tried all three stacking softwares you mentioned. While photoshop does a good work (especially at aligning frames) it's considerably slower than Helicon/Zerene. So if you intend to work with 100+ frames deep stacks I absolutely recommend to pick either Helicon or Zerene. Helicon is my favorite because the pro version can actually stack the raw files so no need to convert your raws into tiff files before stacking. Also in my experience Helicon colors and noise are quite better than Zerene. Though I 100% agree that Zerene has a much better post editing tool that allow you to merge several finished stacking methods together which is not possible with Helicon.
Hey bro, thanks for the guide. A question: Why lower the shutter speed instead of raising the flash? I've just got the OM-1 ii and it can do brackets at 1/100, surely the faster the better to minimise movement etc?
I find that raising the flash power results in harsher highlights on the subjects sometimes. Lowering the shutter speed won’t affect me too much. Sharp images even at speeds as slow as 1/20 are still possible if the subject is still
Why not just use TTL, there is no point in guessing the flash output. All lenses are compatible with focus bracketing, the list is about compatibility of focus stacking (in camera), not quite the same.
Another great instructional video and the words of encouragement at the end were really nice to hear. Please keep posting these macro videos. You are inspirational.
Brilliant! Thank you.
Good tips. New subscriber 👍
I appreciate your amazing videos and photography! I don't shoot a lot of bugs! But I do shoot a lot of flowers! I'm taking notes on your techniques! I'm a seasoned photographer just too lazy to do photo stacking!!! I admire your patience and dedication!!!
Trey, I've found Helicon to be much faster than Zerene and the Pro version allows using the GPU which makes the process really fast. If the DNG converter is placed in Helicon then a group of 60 RAW files can just be moved over into Helicon. You only end up with 1 additional file. But, that stacked file is a RAW file, not a jpeg. Also, noise is canceled out since the noise is in a different spot for every image.
Wow, well done , very helpful. I have trouble holding steady enough for one image, let alone a large stack. What are best techniques to remain steady, especially at 1-1
Incredible pics once again. Great instructional video. Tried hand held stacking and boy do I need work I tried a monopod but for me that was even worse. Do you use monopod with ball head? I normally use the om software for stacking
I find your work to be amazing. I don't shoot Macro, though you are inspiring me to give it a try, and I don't shoot OM, and yet I always watch your videos and I follow you on IG.
I do have a diffuser, flash, and a completely manual macro lens so I can try some of the techniques you have taught.
Another top video: thanks again.
Subscribed.
I own and tried all three stacking softwares you mentioned. While photoshop does a good work (especially at aligning frames) it's considerably slower than Helicon/Zerene. So if you intend to work with 100+ frames deep stacks I absolutely recommend to pick either Helicon or Zerene. Helicon is my favorite because the pro version can actually stack the raw files so no need to convert your raws into tiff files before stacking. Also in my experience Helicon colors and noise are quite better than Zerene. Though I 100% agree that Zerene has a much better post editing tool that allow you to merge several finished stacking methods together which is not possible with Helicon.
Great video👌Personally I like Zerene, I constantly get better results then Helicon and retouch of Zerene is better IMO.
But Helicon is way faster..
well done! I don`t have such a good pulse. I like this video!
Thank you! Good video and beautiful images. 🙂
great video again tray thanks for taking the time to help
Excellent images as usual.
Thanks, you are inspiring.
Wow!! Amazing work and great Video! 😲Which OM camera do you use?
Would you recommend the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV?
Thanks!
I use the em5 mark 3. And I don’t know anything about that camera, but I’m almost certain that it would be a great camera
@@Xx7trey Thanks!
enjoyed watching, thanks :)
Hey bro, thanks for the guide. A question: Why lower the shutter speed instead of raising the flash? I've just got the OM-1 ii and it can do brackets at 1/100, surely the faster the better to minimise movement etc?
I find that raising the flash power results in harsher highlights on the subjects sometimes. Lowering the shutter speed won’t affect me too much. Sharp images even at speeds as slow as 1/20 are still possible if the subject is still
Focusing bracketing or hand-held movement, which is easier?
Focus bracketing is easier in my opinion
Very nice…! When you make 20 shots with bracketing, is every shot also a flash shot? In your video I see only one flash…..
the flash it so quick the they are often not caught in a frame of the video, but it would be going on for each photo.
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Why not just use TTL, there is no point in guessing the flash output. All lenses are compatible with focus bracketing, the list is about compatibility of focus stacking (in camera), not quite the same.