50 exposures. Hand held, if you can believe it, with my RF 24mm prime macro lens. Helicon does a rather amazing job of fixing the positions and lining everything up.
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50 exposures. Hand held, if you can believe it, with my RF 24mm prime macro lens. Helicon does a rather amazing job of fixing the positions and lining everything up.
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If you’re willing to put in the extra effort it’s like a cheat code for close-in work. Basically every knife photo I’ve posted for the last couple of years on here has been focus stacked.