stacking photos?

[patrick in memphis]

i keep reading folks posts about stacking photos and how/why is this done?

 

[Rick M]

Some of this stacking is for greater depth of field by layering images with different focus points, not sure what software is used.

 

[TedG954]

Check this out.

Helicon Focus - extended depth of field, focus stacking, 3D visualization

Also, just try Googling "photography stacking".

http://gizmodo.com/5529710/59-fiercely-focus-stacked-photos

 

[pedroj]

This image is a 13 images stacked...6 on the top and 7 on the bottom with each image overlapping the last..

This is processed in CS5

 

[Eye-level]

Stacking is for macro shooters...

 

[PhotoAV8R]

Image stacking is also used in astrophotography. Consider it "time stacking", while what Jeff refers to is "focus stacking." Helene posted some great examples of the latter a good while back.

Not sure what software is used, but I believe it involved virtual strings and mirrors.

BWTHDIK

 

[patrick in memphis]

thank you all so much now i understand and will have to look at programs for that feature

 

[Fork]

This image is a 13 images stacked...6 on the top and 7 on the bottom with each image overlapping the last..

This is processed in CS5

This shot looks like a panorama (photos stitched together), not a photo stack. I'm not sure what the benefit of stack would be on a wide angle landscape.