Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Focus Stack: Twisted, Burned, Broken Downed Tree High in Pine Creek Canyon

2019-10-14 • SEND FEEDBACK |
Related: apochromatic, Eastern Sierra, focus stacking, peak bagging, Pine Creek, Voigtlander, Voigtlander FE, Voigtlander FE Macro APO-Lanthar 65mm f/2 Aspherical, Voigtlander Lenses

This 12-shot focus stack deserves its own page because of the exquisite detail shot in Sony A7R IV pixel shift mode, a rare win, given how severe the problems tend to be with using Sony’s 4-shot pixel shift outdoors.

This stack also points out the difficulty of stepping the focus of each shot in the stacking series just right, with not a lot to guide the progression—I created a few unfortunate gaps resulting in softness in places. Yet the resulting image still impresses.

Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Focus Stack: Twisted, Burned, Broken Downed Tree High in Pine Creek Canyon

Includes images up to full camera resolution plus 243 megapixel image upscaled by Gigapixel AI.

f7.1 @ 1/15 sec electronic shutter focus stack 12 frames pixel shift null, ISO 100; 2019-10-12 12:12:40
Sony A7R IV + Voigtlander FE Macro APO-Lanthar 65mm f/2 Aspherical + polarizer Zeiss
ENV: Pine Creek Pass Trail, altitude 9400 ft / 2865 m, 32°F / 0°C
RAW: LACA corrected, vignetting corrected, USM {8,50,0}, SmartSharpen{20,0.7,0,0}

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