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Focus Stacking Tutorial - Part 7 Editing the stack

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Published: 24 Sept 2020 › Updated: 24 Sept 2020Focus Stacking Tutorial - Part 7 Editing the stack

Focus Stacking Tutorial - Part 7 Editing the stack

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  • Main image taken with the Olympus E-M1 III and 60mm macro lens + extension tubes and 2x converter
  • Shot at F8, 1/3Sec, ISO200
  • Stacked with Zerene Stacker (47 separate shots)
  • Edited with Capture One and Aurora HDR

The purpose of this post is to show you how I edit my stacks using Capture One and Aurora HDR

This was the original image straight out of Zerene Stacker.
2020091910.41.38 ZS retouched_1 4.jpg

Please click on the link below to watch a video I made showing in detail how I use Capture One and Aurora HDR to edit my stacks.
Editing the stack video

And some 100% crops of a few of the problem areas showing before and after images.

Before.
2020091910.41.38 ZS retouched_1.jpg
After.
2020091910.41.38 ZS retouched_1_2_1_1_1.jpg
Before.
2020091910.41.38 ZS retouched_1 1.jpg
After.
2020091910.41.38 ZS retouched_1_2_1_1_1 1.jpg

Before
2020091910.41.38 ZS retouched_1 2.jpg
After
2020091910.41.38 ZS retouched_1_2_1_1_1 2.jpg

Before2020091910.41.38 ZS retouched_1 3.jpg
After
2020091910.41.38 ZS retouched_1_2_1_1_1 3.jpg

Here are links to previous parts in the series:-

Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Preparing Insects
Part 3 Preparing Flowers
Part 4 Equipment
Part 5 Shooting the stack
Part 6 Processing the stack

Thanks for taking a look at my photography
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