Jason Hermann Photograpgy – Blog

Michele brought these home a few days ago from Flowers By Miss Abagail located in Rock Hill, NY   Gorgeous to say the least and Natural window light was the pat I chose for these images.  I also used a 25MM extension tube on the EF 24-105 f/4 L and Canon 5D mark II.  I set the flowers up on the kitchen table next to the sliding glass doors and then placed my tripod on the table as low as it would go    Then I got really close switched to manual focusing and fired a few frames.  Editing wise, these raw file photos were only adjusted in Adobe Lightroom then exported as jpeg.  I did a little contrast, white balance, sharpening, and vignette in lightroom.

f/4 @ 1/8th sec, 95mm, ISO 200, Highlight tone priority (enabled)

f/4 @ 1/13th sec, 105mm, ISO 400, Highlight tone priority (enabled)

f/4 @ 1/10th sec, 105mm, ISO 400, Highlight tone priority (enabled)

Focus stacking is 1 of those cool tricks that is used mostly in Macro Photography, but not exclusively    I have never tried it, but ran into a situation where I really wanted a larger Depth of field than the camera/ lens could produce.  So I took 2 shots with different focus points and combined the images in Photoshop using there stacking Script.

In the images below, check out the 2 distinct points of focus:

Image #1 - Notice the Focus on the Center Part

Image #2 - Notice the focus on the brown'sh parts

Now look at the Depth of field on this Focus Stacked Composite

I took these the other day at my brother Chris’s house. I used the 25mm extension tube again attached the the Canon 24-105 f/5L lens.

f/4, 1/400sec, 105mm, ISO 400, Handheld, 5D Mark II

f/4, 1/320sec, 95mm, ISO 400, Handheld, 5D Mark II
– Jay

I grabbed this image today with the 24-107 f/4 L and a 25mm extension tube

Jay

For nice flowers everywhere I took this shot with the Canon EF 24-105 f/4 L with a 25mm extension tube attached, mounted on the 5d Mark II.