CombineZ is free, and works well. I use it at work. It's not the most polished software, but in default mode it does a pretty darn good job.
Ps CS5 also will do focus stacking, so if you have it you may want to try it. I can't vouch for it,never tried it.
I've tried CS5's focus stacking routine on a flower macro with various focus points, and it worked like magic. Was quite surprised at how well it works.
I've tried CS5's focus stacking routine on a flower macro with various focus points, and it worked like magic. Was quite surprised at how well it works.
that's good to know. I probably won't upgrade from CS4 until CS6 comes out, but I will file for future reference.
When I was a geology student many years ago - during the micro-palaeontology module, we'd have to sift through ancient sands and, using a microscope and a very fine wet paintbrush, we'd pick up the organic elements and put them on a gridded slide. The ratio of various micro-fossils would tell you what the palaeo-environment was like.
I don't remember them being colourful like this though..... Lovely stuff.
I don't remember them being colourful like this though..... Lovely stuff.
As I was looking at them, I said to myself, "what the heck did he coat these with??"
they look "wet" but it's probably not water. Possibly a thin vapor-deposited solid (e.g. paraxylylene) or a dried coating applied as a liquid.
When I was a geology student many years ago - during the micro-palaeontology module, we'd have to sift through ancient sands and, using a microscope and a very fine wet paintbrush, we'd pick up the organic elements and put them on a gridded slide. The ratio of various micro-fossils would tell you what the palaeo-environment was like.
I don't remember them being colourful like this though..... Lovely stuff.
Right, so this is what's IN sand, right? There's plenty of boring particles all around them, I assume? Or do I have to go to the Jersey Shore and see for myself?
Right, so this is what's IN sand, right? There's plenty of boring particles all around them, I assume? Or do I have to go to the Jersey Shore and see for myself?
Particles like this are there, but from the article, he has spent *years* scouring through who knows how much sand to find the selection he has photographed.
CombineZ is free, and works well. I use it at work. It's not the most polished software, but in default mode it does a pretty darn good job.
Ps CS5 also will do focus stacking, so if you have it you may want to try it. I can't vouch for it,never tried it.
CS4 does it too, and I've used it. It works.... alright. I saw a definite effect, but then when looking through the various masks, was sorta left scratching my head at what was selected as "sharp" or not.
