How I FOCUS STACK for Perfectly SHARP Landscape Photos

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    In this week’s episode, we discuss how to focus stack for perfectly sharp landscape photos. One of the most common struggles when using a wide angle lens for landscape photography is trying to get your entire scene in perfectly sharp focus from the foreground to the mid-ground and all the way out to the background. The main issue here is when you focus on something in your foreground and your background ends up out of focus, then you focus on your background and your foreground ends up out of focus - so what do you do?
    In this video, we review a simple yet super powerful technique for landscape photography called Focus Stacking. If you’re not familiar with what focus stacking is, it’s the process of taking a series of photographs with each photo focused at a different area of your composition. Then during your post processing work flow you blend the images together only using the areas of greatest focus from each photo creating a final image that's perfectly sharp and in focus throughout the entire image. I know it sounds a bit complicated, but I promise at the end of this video it will make perfect sense and you’ll feel confident enough to begin testing it yourself on your own landscape photos.
    I hope the next time you're on location and faced with a challenging composition to capture in complete focus that you'll try the Focus Stacking process in this video. Once you test it out a couple times I think you'll quickly become comfortable with this powerful technique and begin using it more often then you would have ever imagined.
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  • @miguelsuarez1511
    @miguelsuarez1511 Před 4 lety +17

    Some people are just naturally born teachers.... you are definitely one of them, Awesome job! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

  • @Marianaemine
    @Marianaemine Před 9 dny

    The information you're sharing and the way you share it is just precious and I'm sure I'm not the only person that you've made absolutely happy! Thank you for providing such an enormous help, you are a wonderful teacher and I feel a lot wiser when it comes to this part of photography! I'm really grateful!

  • @Fazimoto74
    @Fazimoto74 Před 4 lety +327

    *moves over cactus part of image* "as you can see it is completely sharp"

    • @slobooger
      @slobooger Před 4 lety +9

      Lol, I see what you did there..... x-D
      You really POINTED it out!

    • @thewonderer1418
      @thewonderer1418 Před 3 lety +1

      pin sharp

    • @axlent123
      @axlent123 Před 3 lety +2

      As a man who likes word puns… I’m at a loss… I can’t add to this play on words… and it kinda suc(culents)ks … 🤭🌵

    • @defytheauds_
      @defytheauds_ Před 2 lety +2

      @@axlent123 not to be a prick' but you could have made the pun about the cactus cooler'

    • @axlent123
      @axlent123 Před 2 lety

      @@defytheauds_ well said!

  • @Belas_Photography
    @Belas_Photography Před 3 lety +60

    @4:00 The alternative to covering the lens with your hand is to use Lightroom's Library>Photo>Stacking>Auto-stack by capture time that will stack images captured in a series together in one group. This can make things much simpler when you return from shooting dozens-hundreds of images for stacking. I use both techniques on a regular basis. Cheers, and thanks for this excellent video.

  • @robertschirato2234
    @robertschirato2234 Před 4 lety +8

    As a beginner I thought that I could take one photo to get all areas of interest in focus in one take, you have just made my life so much easier and now will be able to enjoy my photography even more. Wonderfully presented in a manner that you can understand and follow along easily, thank you Mark.

  • @StacheEsq
    @StacheEsq Před 4 lety +99

    Without a doubt one of the most helpful photographers on CZcams. You always knock it out of the park, Mark. Really appreciate what you do to help those of us still learning the art.

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety

      ChristianDeme Thanks so much for this - really appreciate it👍👍

  • @jenniferkeegan812
    @jenniferkeegan812 Před 3 lety +3

    I wish I could give you an infinite amount of likes for this, I was exhausted and trying to focus stack pictures and I just couldn't figure it out (even though I have done it a couple of times before I'm still a complete newbie and my head wasn't cooperating at all). I was so frustrated I nearly just deleted everything, decided to give CZcams a go and found this video. I can not believe how easy it is when done this way and I can't believe I've wasted so much time trying to do it manually, THANK YOU! You made my day!

  • @ilesmic
    @ilesmic Před 4 lety +75

    Great Job on this video-- please do the manual focus stacking video--

  • @williamcharlesworth4617
    @williamcharlesworth4617 Před 4 lety +45

    Mark, you are one of the best, if not the best, teachers. Have learned so much from you. Easy to listen to, easy to follow, easy to understand. All indicators of someone who is comfortable with the subject end explaining each of the elements involved. I look for your videos all the time. Thanks for sharing and teaching. Bill.

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety +2

      William Charlesworth You’re the best Bill - Thanks so much for this!

    • @murigius1
      @murigius1 Před 4 lety

      I agree. Mark is a natural teacher... and this from a former teacher.

  • @Petsclubforu
    @Petsclubforu Před 5 měsíci +1

    Wowwwwww
    I can’t beilive how much I’ve learned during 1 week of watching your videos.
    I’m absolutely obsessed with your teachings.

  • @TheMoodyPhotographer
    @TheMoodyPhotographer Před 4 lety +23

    The idea of putting your hand is really helpful 😅 when I forget to do that, I look like an aged grandfather looking so close into the screen trying to know which is the first photo and which is the last 😆
    Thanks for sharing that ✌🏻👍🏻

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety +1

      Thats a great description - I feel the exact same way!

    • @RinJERKS
      @RinJERKS Před 4 lety +1

      When shooting stitches panoramic photos, I will tilt the camera about 45 degrees before and after my shots.

    • @KaiTiura
      @KaiTiura Před 4 lety +1

      If you have your camera set to consecutive numbering of your photos, shouldn't it be easy to see that the first photo in the sequence with the scene in question is 'the first' and the last is 'the last'? What am I missing here? (I'm sure I'm missing something... ;) )

    • @TheMoodyPhotographer
      @TheMoodyPhotographer Před 4 lety +2

      @@KaiTiura Yeah that is true if you made only 1 set of focus stack, but if you made for example 25 photos and each 5 of them focus stack from foreground to background, and you want to choose the best light conditions in 5 of these 25 it would be somewhat hard without separating each 5 with a photo of your hand.

    • @KaiTiura
      @KaiTiura Před 4 lety +1

      The moody Photographer Ah! Gotcha. Makes perfect sense that you'd do a series of series' to make sure you got your focus variants where you want them, and this would save a lot of close inspection to figure out where each series starts and finishes. Thanks for the explanation.

  • @chrisdunham2742
    @chrisdunham2742 Před 4 lety +2

    What drew me to your video was the Superstition Mountains. They are in my backyard and one of the most frustrating to capture. Very rarely does everything come together. Light, cloudy sky, foreground etc. What keeps me here enjoying is the content of your videos. Well done and keep 'em coming.

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety

      Chris Dunham Thanks so much Chris! Happy to hear you’re enjoying the videos!

  • @petercseke5523
    @petercseke5523 Před 4 lety +14

    1. The change in composition due to refocusing is called focus breathing, and most lenses suffer more or less of this, unless we are talking about much more expensive cine lenses.
    2. The biggest challenges in focus stacking are to resolve the focus breathing and scenes with moving elements (wind can also affect branches, clouds, etc), without introducing artifacts.
    3. This is specialized software can do better job than Photoshop. I am using Helicon, and it has several stacking algorithms that can be fine-tuned.
    4. The lowest the number of photos, the less problems during blending.
    5. f/16 is however too narrow, most lenses already suffer from diffraction at that aperture, I would use something closer to the sweet spot of the lens (f/8 or even wider), even with the risk of having to blend more photos.
    6. I would take a second series with narrow aperture as backup in case the blending of the first series produces too many artifacts.

    • @michaels3003
      @michaels3003 Před 4 lety +1

      Péter, köszönöm (I assume you are from the Balaton country).

    • @petercseke5523
      @petercseke5523 Před 4 lety

      @@michaels3003 you're welcome. I live in Budapest.

  • @margueritemoore9428
    @margueritemoore9428 Před 4 lety +2

    You are so articulate, Mark. You make a seemingly complex topic so easy. Yes, please do a video on manual stacking.

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety

      MARGUERITE MOORE Thanks so much! I’m glad you think so!

  • @TravelFoodHealth
    @TravelFoodHealth Před 3 lety +8

    I definitely want to try focus stacking but after years of doing landscapes, I like to use different methods of emphasizing something in the image. Light, contrast, colors and composition are key, but so is what you have in focus and what is not sharp. Out of focus areas can help direct attention to what you want in the photograph to emphasize that is sharp.

    • @vickifrance
      @vickifrance Před rokem

      Thomas, I visited your website and it loads very very slow AND it's not secure. Both of these things you should look into...especially the secureness.

    • @thomaslevine405
      @thomaslevine405 Před rokem

      @@vickifrance It's under construction and there is virtually no information on it right now. Thanks for the heads up but what you say makes no sense at the moment.

  • @kswas2784
    @kswas2784 Před 4 lety +1

    Nice video once again, thank you. I always use the technique of taking a picture of your hand or finger when shooting a panoramic shot that has to be stitched together. If you are shooting say left to right; first frame is your left index finger pointing right, then shoot the pano frames and the last one is your right index finger pointing left. This brackets your series and also indicate direction.

  • @christopherallred2848
    @christopherallred2848 Před 4 lety +7

    One of the best videos explaining focus stacking that I have seen. Simple and concise. Well done Mark!

  • @iantaylor4115
    @iantaylor4115 Před rokem +2

    Thank you for all the professional tutorials your do Mark. I find your videos to be some of the best content in tutorials; from the content you post, the nice speed you explain, the lack of distractions and noises, video quality, and you have amazing hair! Kudos!

  • @davidkoster
    @davidkoster Před 4 lety +10

    I would like a video/tutorial about how to stack them manually, as it happens to me that photoshop doesn't stack the right areas together (especially in astrophotography, the stars confuse photoshop)

  • @RSYou99
    @RSYou99 Před rokem

    Nicely done vid. I spent 18 years living, hiking, and photographing in Arizona. Your example photos at Lk. Powell & the cacti at the base of the Superstitions, east of Apache Junction brought wonderful memories---many thanks. BTW, I also mark a series or bracket but with a thumbs up at the start and the universal stop sign(palm-facing camera with fingers & thumb closed, pointing up). This really helps me when making multiple sets of like subjects.

  • @606flicks
    @606flicks Před 4 lety +7

    Great tip on using your hand as a marker for the focus stack series! The wife and I are going to White Sands NP soon and I’ll be putting this technique to work there, I think.
    I’d enjoy seeing your process for manual focus stacking, please and thank you.

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety

      Appreciate you watching the video and enjoy your trip!

  • @shanesmithphotography
    @shanesmithphotography Před 4 lety +2

    I love how you give your instructions on how to achieve the lesson you are showing. Your calmness and more importantly unbiased way of creating the finished result. I've NEVER heard you say "This is the way to do this or that" You ALWAYS say "I prefer it to do it this way but there isnt a wrong or right way to do it" I have to admit though I've found myself following YOUR way to create a certain look on most of my photographic work. So once AGAIN, I great appreciate the time and effort you put into making these VERY educational videos 👍🇦🇺
    PS: I'd love to watch a video and learn about manual focus stacking if its no trouble for you mate! 👌🏻

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety +3

      Shane Smith Photography Big thanks to you Shane! It seems like a video on Manual Focus Stacking is highly requested as well so I’ll look to make that one in the near future👍

    • @shanesmithphotography
      @shanesmithphotography Před 4 lety

      @@MarkDenneyPhoto I can't wait mate, I look forward to it as I do with ALL your videos 😁

  • @michaelflood4651
    @michaelflood4651 Před 4 lety +10

    I tried photo stacking a few weeks ago. During one image a local dog wandered in. I thought I had to redo everything, but when I focusd stacked it still worked, but the dog was in it! LOL

  • @sebastienlecalvez4369
    @sebastienlecalvez4369 Před 4 lety +1

    Man, I started watching you when you had hundreds of followers and struggling to see if you could make any money. Now look at you! You deserve every follower of all those 100k+. You’re content is great. Very inspiring to see. Proof that hard work and perseverance pays off.

  • @karlthefirst8690
    @karlthefirst8690 Před 4 lety +3

    Very good one, Mark, simple and direct as always. A request: I’d love it if you ever feel like doing a video on focus-stacking an image that also has either high dynamic range or water movement/multiple exposure times. I never know in which order to do what in those cases. Do you take advantage of the LR RAW files first for their DR and then do the stack in PS? But then exposures aren’t quite even and the stacking can get more difficult if DR is really big or water textures very different among the images. Can’t wait for the “Advanced Focus-Stacking” tutorial someday! Thanks again-

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety

      KarltheFirst Really appreciate it Karl! I’ll look to make a video on what you’re describing above

    • @karlthefirst8690
      @karlthefirst8690 Před 4 lety

      Mark Denney great! Thanks as always, Mark!

  • @trekster6470
    @trekster6470 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for sharing that. I had no idea it was so easy with photoshop. Would definitely appreciate a manual photo stacking tutorial

  • @dennispeterson1434
    @dennispeterson1434 Před 4 lety +4

    Mark, thank you so much for this and all of your videos. The hand image before and after a sequence..so simple but so incredibly helpful...can't believe I never thought of doing that myself! Those are the little things I love about your channel, as well as the more complicated stuff. Look forward to some more.

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety

      Dennis Peterson Great to hear it was helpful Dennis - that’s a real time saver!

  • @dashtechnical
    @dashtechnical Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you for not just covering the post-processing part of the technique but also for taking time to talk about how you set up the shot and capture the images. Very helpful!

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety

      Thanks for the feedback Steve - very glad you enjoyed the video!!

  • @kreygscott
    @kreygscott Před 4 lety +12

    Fantastic Video Mark. PS. I'd love to see your take on focus stacking manually.

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety +2

      Thanks so much! I'll look to doing a video on that as well.

  • @jonkocen
    @jonkocen Před 4 lety +1

    Great video, I understood the concept of focus stacking and now I know the mechanics

  • @luap1983
    @luap1983 Před 4 lety +8

    Could you do a video on how to do exposure blend and focus stack in 1 photo?

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety +3

      Yep, I can look to making something on that.

    • @luap1983
      @luap1983 Před 4 lety

      @@MarkDenneyPhoto That would be brilliant

  • @jackkelley890
    @jackkelley890 Před 5 měsíci

    This video was absolutely gold!!!!!!!!!!! I had to really chill and follow the process, at times I thought I had goofed up, but my image came out like my brain had imagined it, which is rare. Thank you, thank you.

  • @thatdamnmackem
    @thatdamnmackem Před 4 lety +6

    I use Helicon Focus to stack the images I find it does a great job, nice tip about applying the lens correction before stacking I will have to give that a try

    • @jordicasanovas5149
      @jordicasanovas5149 Před 4 lety

      Is this software ( helicon focus) free? I do not have photoshop

    • @personalspace_YouTube
      @personalspace_YouTube Před 3 lety

      @@jordicasanovas5149 Not Free but not super expensive. It works quite well, I think better for stacking than Ps.

    • @personalspace_YouTube
      @personalspace_YouTube Před 3 lety

      I too have always used Helicon Focus for my stacking.

  • @MikeTaylorPhotoArts
    @MikeTaylorPhotoArts Před 2 lety +1

    Photographing your hand as a series start-stop indicator is a good idea, but I would recommend using a color checker card instead. That way you gain the additional knowledge of getting correct color in your entire series from the beginning. Xrite makes a great one that I use all the time.

  • @vikrantmohare4
    @vikrantmohare4 Před 4 lety +4

    this was so cleaned and simple but lots of knowledge....learnt a new thing about stacking....thnks !!!

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety +1

      Vikrant Mohare Great to hear you enjoyed the video!

  • @michaelbernabe9868
    @michaelbernabe9868 Před 4 měsíci

    had to brush up on my lightroom/photoshop techniques. thank you for this video - both the quality of your teaching and the time you spent to create production value!

  • @CedricDerLabrador
    @CedricDerLabrador Před 4 lety +12

    I use Affinity Photo to do focus stacking. Quite cheap and only a one time payment, no subscription model like Adobe. Worth the try.

    • @LasagnaSupreme
      @LasagnaSupreme Před 4 lety

      I use all the Adobe products and experience most of the features as a fully paid one without spending anything

    • @stevetqp9152
      @stevetqp9152 Před 4 lety +1

      Hi Cedric. Yes, Affinity Photo os excellent on an iMac! I too, use it for focus stacking/merge, and then export as a .tif to open in Photoshop.

  • @ByronRC
    @ByronRC Před 4 lety +1

    Great video😀 and much more informative then your past video on stacking. Thank you for your great quality content

  • @dragonguise
    @dragonguise Před 4 lety +4

    Thanks for making these videos. There are a lot of people making photo tutorials out there... A LOT! Yours always holds my short attention span because you seem to be a natural teacher with a great speaking voice.
    Now, about this video: Light Room is all I've ever used to edit my photos. Are there any other programs besides photoshop that can focus stack? (I wouldn't use photoshop enough to justify the subscription.)

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety +1

      dragonguise Thanks so much - very kind of you to say. Unfortunately Photoshop is the only program I use that can do it but I’m sure other programs can do it - I believe Capture One can as well.

    • @BoneThugsNL
      @BoneThugsNL Před 4 lety

      Photoshop + lightroom 12 bucks a month ist that bad to be honest.

  • @danielbastos1885
    @danielbastos1885 Před 4 lety +1

    Another fantastic and helpful tutorial Mark! Many thanks.

  • @DrumMaster128
    @DrumMaster128 Před 4 lety +3

    Absolutely loved this video! Focus stacking is something I've been afraid to do because of how difficult it is but with this as a guide I am definitely going to start doing it! Would love to see a video about manual focus stacking in the future!

  • @myusernamethisiss
    @myusernamethisiss Před 3 lety

    I love how thorough your videos are man thanks so much.

  • @fototripper
    @fototripper Před 4 lety +57

    Did you say ''reach around''?

  • @macsandsquid528
    @macsandsquid528 Před 4 lety +1

    The using of your hand to annotate stacking photos is an awesome tip! I actually palm slapped! Thank-you sir.

  • @alanstarkie2001
    @alanstarkie2001 Před 4 lety +5

    In ye olden days, we would select a suitable aperture and use the hyperfocal distance scale on the lens to get everything in focus in one shot. Admittedly - the sharpness might be quite as good as focus stacking but usually it worked out just fine.

  • @willsimpsonphoto
    @willsimpsonphoto Před 4 lety +1

    i love doing this technique. learned it a little while ago and it definitely upped the landscape game!

  • @romiemiller2485
    @romiemiller2485 Před 4 lety +3

    I would like a video on manual focus stacking.

  • @BMH1965
    @BMH1965 Před 4 lety +8

    Canon's Digital Photo Professional can focus stack - they call it 'Depth Compositing Tool'.

  • @devondonath7375
    @devondonath7375 Před 4 lety +1

    Mark.. You've got to be the best photo editing teachers/photographers on CZcams. I have plucked through tons of videos that are wasting my time every time. Not only do you have an incredible eye for photography, but you really know how to compose great CZcams videos by implementing a very efficient and eye pleasing work space. Glad I found you today, as our taste is eerily similar!

  • @MSmith-Photography
    @MSmith-Photography Před 4 lety +14

    I've got a series of focus stacked photos that I've been wanting to stack, but I wasn't looking forward to editing it in Photoshop because I figured I'd have to deal with each layer individually.

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety +5

      Nope - just edit one then sync the edit across the series.

    • @youknowwho9247
      @youknowwho9247 Před 4 lety +5

      @@MarkDenneyPhoto Regarding the order of doing things: As far as I'm aware editing first and stacking second yields better results because that way one edits the original, uncompressed RAW file(s), whereas the TIFF after stacking no longer contains 100% of the captured data.

  • @nigelnewton4365
    @nigelnewton4365 Před 4 lety

    Thanks again, Mark. The tip about photographing your hand - I photograph my left hand at the start of a sequence and my right hand at the end of the sequence so I know that is a complete set.

  • @mattoney4711
    @mattoney4711 Před 4 lety +23

    I tried doing this manually a while back... wasted an hour and it turned out awfully hahaha. Thanks for this

  • @ianclark2722
    @ianclark2722 Před 4 lety +1

    Hi Mark great video on Focustacking, really easy to understand, please do the one on doing it manually, that could be a big help, many thanks Ian

  • @mikehines14
    @mikehines14 Před 4 lety +3

    Do you export the Photoshop file back into LR as a tiff? In your experience, do tiff files respond to LR editing the same way raw files do? I've read several articles that say edit the raw file first before you stack because once it's a tiff it doesn't react the same as a raw (i.e. pulling up shadows). Have you tried them back to back?

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety +3

      Mike Hines Yep, I always save back to LR as TIFF - never did a comparison, but I’ve never seen anything that really made me question it.

  • @joshuah5447
    @joshuah5447 Před 4 lety +1

    awesome video, Mark! Thanks for always providing useful tips/information! Can't wait for the next video. Best, Josh

  • @lightknight05
    @lightknight05 Před 4 lety +5

    I endorse many of the points that Mark makes. However I would encourage people not to use F16! With modern sensors of anything over 30 MP this will lead to some dull looking flat images due to the effects of diffraction. F8 is a far far better bet IMHO. Obviously that means you need to take a larger stack but even with a 20 mm lens you only need 4-5 shots max. When using a longer lens like a 28 or 35 is where the focus stack really comes into necessity rather than "nice to be able". This is going to mean bigger stacks.
    Personally I don't think Photoshop is the right tool for this. What Mark hasn't mentioned is a phenomenon called "focus breathing". Focus breathing occurs when the lens changes focus from near to far. As it does, the size of the image grows. Some lenses don't do this, but that is rare. Doing a 15 layer blend in PS is a waste of time...it just takes too long. Instead buy Zerene Stacker for a handful of dollars and it will do a 20 layer stack in around 30 seconds. Use the right tool for the job.

    • @Abdulaziz2003
      @Abdulaziz2003 Před 4 lety +1

      Rob Ducker why spend more money when photoshop can do it just fine? The focus breathing issue was resolved (albeit not perfectly) by the aligning tool. Are you only talking about time benefits?

  • @FarCry5790
    @FarCry5790 Před 4 lety +1

    First video I have seen from you and it was spot on for what I was looking for! :) Nice!

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety +1

      Jan-Olov Johansson Awesome to hear! Thanks so much for stopping by!

  • @MaryD321
    @MaryD321 Před 4 lety +2

    I have watched many, many tutorials on focus stacking and yours is the clearest and most concise one I've seen. Thank you!!

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety

      Thanks so much Mary! Very happy to hear this:)

    • @havocproltd
      @havocproltd Před 4 lety

      @@MarkDenneyPhoto ..ditto. this morning i sat and took notes!

  • @dh8586
    @dh8586 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for the great description on focus stacking. I would like to see the video on manual focus stacking.

  • @brianjordan8990
    @brianjordan8990 Před 4 lety +1

    Another great video Mark. This is something I have been wanting to try. You made it nice and easy.

  • @ericoconnor5416
    @ericoconnor5416 Před 2 lety

    Those pro tips you shared were super helpful! Thanks again Mark!!

  • @evandropires8965
    @evandropires8965 Před 4 lety

    The best and easier focus stack video ever! Thanks for sharing!

  • @gamnis
    @gamnis Před 4 lety +2

    This is not the first time I've reached out to tell you how much I appreciate your videos and what a good tutor you are, Mark. Somehow you even manage to fill me up with motivation and I thank you for that :)

  • @loganbeach1719
    @loganbeach1719 Před 4 lety

    would love a video on manual blending. your videos are so clear and precise

  • @PropDusting
    @PropDusting Před 4 lety +1

    Great video! Yes, please do a manual stacking tutorial! Thank you!

  • @BazookaBenz
    @BazookaBenz Před 3 lety

    Your channel is the most comprehensive to learn about landscape photography and its easy to understand. Thankyou for your dedication.

  • @moonshadow3569
    @moonshadow3569 Před 3 lety

    Yes. I would like to see a video on manual focusing on water for stacking.

  • @ChrisSmith-wz4cc
    @ChrisSmith-wz4cc Před 4 lety +1

    Great vlog Mark you make it easy to follow and understand Thanks

  • @UGotTheFunk
    @UGotTheFunk Před 4 lety

    Mark, if you notice your watch time count significantly increase, it's because I binge watched your videos the last two days lmao. Thanks for the quality content. Love your calm easy going presentation style. If I ever start a channel, I'd definitely be taking inspiration from you. Question though, I keep noticing that printer in the background. You ever thought about doing a video on that printer or printing in general?

  • @lukedavey4431
    @lukedavey4431 Před 4 lety +1

    Really good vid , well explained and at a good pace , keep up the good vids 👍🏽

  • @diggiediggz
    @diggiediggz Před rokem

    wow, you took a task that I thought would be so complicated and made it into something a total novice (me) could replicate. Thank you very much.

  • @ciansmith4881
    @ciansmith4881 Před 3 lety

    You're tutorial videos are top notch Mark

  • @Ronin760
    @Ronin760 Před 4 lety +1

    Great explanation of the steps. Just what I needed. Thank you!

  • @nickzimm94
    @nickzimm94 Před 3 lety

    i just got my first camera and have been watching your videos for all your tips. I appreciate them all. Subscribed! thank you!

  • @Tajhad
    @Tajhad Před 4 lety

    Great tip on the "hand" photograph. Simple but effective. Thanks

  • @pattyhertogh9294
    @pattyhertogh9294 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for the video! I would like to see a manual focus stack tutorial. I have only ever done the automatic one in PS and didn’t know there is a manual way. Thanks again!!

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety +1

      Patty Hertogh Thanks for watching Patty!! I’ll be making a manual blend video soon as well.

  • @tedmartinpadres
    @tedmartinpadres Před 4 lety +1

    Very informative! Clear & concise. Yet another reason to get over the fear factor of using PS. Thanks!

  • @fredbenjamin7072
    @fredbenjamin7072 Před 2 lety

    Finally, an understandable You Tube video on focus stacking that is very helpful. Thanks Mark!

  • @ShaunM-xw1em
    @ShaunM-xw1em Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks very much for explaining the process so well. I actually managed the process, so pleased.

  • @laurieschmidtke7632
    @laurieschmidtke7632 Před 11 měsíci

    I agree with the others. You are one of the best teachers on UTube. I have tried watching focus stacking videos, and I finally got it because of your clarity.

  • @mariosnicolaou8770
    @mariosnicolaou8770 Před 10 měsíci

    Thank you Mark for a very helpful and very easy to follow video. Exceptional work !

  • @jorgerojas6783
    @jorgerojas6783 Před 4 lety

    This is the faster, complete and pertect explanation of FS in PS. Great video.

  • @rosssayer6524
    @rosssayer6524 Před 4 lety +1

    Really good info for the beginner, will now have to give it a go. Many thanks for sharing.

  • @pinoyaggie
    @pinoyaggie Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent tip about separating series of photos by taking a photo of your palm. I use that also for panoramas.

  • @craigozancin
    @craigozancin Před 4 lety

    I gave up on focus stacking in Photoshop a couple years ago. It often failed to select the focus sections correctly. I ended up moving to Affinity Photo which has a much better focus stacking interface including allowing you to address focus artifacts that can occur.

  • @thomaslabash2060
    @thomaslabash2060 Před 2 lety

    Mark, thanks for an expert but easily understandable explanation.

  • @lccgl479
    @lccgl479 Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks Mark, this weeks video was very timely. I had just taken some shots using focus stacking this weekend and had forgotten exactly how to process them. I went back to your original video and wrote down the steps. I would like to place my vote for a video on how to do this manually as well. Thanks again.

  • @marklawson3141
    @marklawson3141 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks Mark, very clearly explained. Would value a manual stacking video too.

  • @Schaafari
    @Schaafari Před 7 měsíci

    I heard the term photostacking/Focus stacking a couple of days ago and looked everywhere for an explanation. Thank you for making it so simple to understand

  • @philipzwick
    @philipzwick Před 3 lety +1

    I have seen focus stacking used mainly on macro images where depth of field is very shallow, not so much on landscapes. In fact with your example, I think it would be easy to take just two or at most three images, open them as layers in PS (or Affinity Photo or On1 Raw, which also do focus stacking ), and mask to reveal the sections in focus. But your example and delivery was very easy to follow so I liked it a lot.

  • @jorgereynal9561
    @jorgereynal9561 Před 4 lety +1

    Fantastic master class, Mark. Thanks a lot!

  • @vincentspratling365
    @vincentspratling365 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks Mark for sharing this fantastic video.

  • @robertedwards8311
    @robertedwards8311 Před 4 lety +1

    Hi Mark. Firstly, love your videos! Just a small point… you use the 2 second timer to take your shots, which is fine. In another of your recent videos about what you include and now exclude in your camera bag, you threw out the remote control cable. I don’t use mine either! But my question is, in order to further reduce any possible camera shake, why don’t you use an IR remote shutter release?

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety +1

      Robert Edwards Thanks so much Robert! Mainly because the IR remote would be just one more thing for me to carry and the 2 or 5 second delay always works well for me👍

  • @zip376021
    @zip376021 Před rokem

    You are an excellent teacher explaining everything in detail in a short time. I know how to stack now Mark.

  • @psmithrpm
    @psmithrpm Před 4 lety +1

    A huge THANK YOU for this tutorial!

    • @MarkDenneyPhoto
      @MarkDenneyPhoto  Před 4 lety

      Paul Smith No - thank YOU for checking it out! Many thanks Paul!

  • @darksideemt
    @darksideemt Před 4 lety

    With my upcoming trip to Grand Teton and Yellowstone I know doing this is going to come in handy. I just upgraded my subscription from just LrCC to the full stuff so now I have that, LrC and PS so I can do all this fun stuff.

  • @abhizis
    @abhizis Před 4 lety +1

    Very good video Mark! I would really like to know how to do focus stacking manually. Please make a video on that too.

  • @nelsonclub7722
    @nelsonclub7722 Před 4 lety +2

    Is it just me or when Mark Denney speaks does time itself stop. Its always ten to eight and that's the time it will always be. Cool stuff.

  • @rnursemd
    @rnursemd Před 4 lety +1

    This was great, thanks! And, yes, please do a manual focus stacking video.

  • @draganhoria4745
    @draganhoria4745 Před 4 lety

    Its always a pleasure to watch your videos, i learn so much, thank you!