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    Re: Great Image Detail In Focused Stacked Images

    Back to the original topic--it's been years since I read about the algorithms used in focus stacking, but if I recall correctly, they don't increase detail in any plane already in focus. Rather, they attempt to pick out the in-focus areas from each image in the stack (the various algorithms do this differently) and then composite them. If I am right, the appearance of additional detail is just a result of having so much of the final image in focus.

    In much the same way, I played around years ago doing macro with apertures that clearly cause diffraction--e.g., a nominal f-stop of 22 (an effective f-stop much higher) on an APS-C camera. Doing this with a deep subject, e.g., a flower that is large front-to-back, creates an image that strikes people as sharp, even though the focal plan is less sharp than it would be at a smaller aperture, because so much more of the image as a whole is roughly in focus.

    If I have this (the first part) wrong, please correct me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DanK View Post
    Back to the original topic--it's been years since I read about the algorithms used in focus stacking, but if I recall correctly, they don't increase detail in any plane already in focus. Rather, they attempt to pick out the in-focus areas from each image in the stack (the various algorithms do this differently) and then composite them. If I am right, the appearance of additional detail is just a result of having so much of the final image in focus.

    In much the same way, I played around years ago doing macro with apertures that clearly cause diffraction--e.g., a nominal f-stop of 22 (an effective f-stop much higher) on an APS-C camera. Doing this with a deep subject, e.g., a flower that is large front-to-back, creates an image that strikes people as sharp, even though the focal plane is less sharp than it would be at a smaller aperture, because so much more of the image as a whole is roughly in focus.

    If I have this (the first part) wrong, please correct me.
    Sounds right - my App does something like that, it cuts the OOF bits out of a stack then fuses the stack.

    http://www.tawbaware.com/tufuse.htm
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    Richard, every time I come back here to read a new comment I have to remind myself that this is a miniature and not a real city. Kudos to the builders and to you for capturing it so well.

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    There is wonderful attention to detail everywhere in the layout. Look at this house under construction and imagine how much effort and time went into replicating a real house being built...
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    and skill.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JBW View Post
    and skill.
    and imagination

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