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52Frames - Week 15 - Extreme Closeup

EC: Focus Stacking

I used this week as another opportunity to try out focus stacking on the Arsenal 2 AI-driven photo device. This photo is a stack of 10 shots composited by Arsenal 2.

Sony A7C @ f11 .5" 50mm ISO 100

Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro

10 image focus stack

Photographed 4/12/22

Focus Stack Experiments

Testing out the focus stack function of a new AI-based Arsenal 2 camera device on macros of some kitchen utensils.  These are 11 shot stacks automatically composited by the Arsenal 2 device.  I don't quite have it figured out yet so will keep at it.  

 
"Focus Stack 1"
Sony A7C @ f11  1/90  50mm  ISO 1600

Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro

"Focus Stack 2"

Sony A7C @ f11  1/90  50mm  ISO 1600

Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro

"Focus Stack 3"

Sony A7C @ f11  1/15  50mm  ISO 200

Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro

"Focus Stack 4"

Sony A7C @ f11  1/15  50mm  ISO 320

Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro

All Photographed 2/23/22

Rube Goldberg

52Frames - Week 7 - Unexplored

Photo this week represents two explorations; one being the Fire Sprinkler Control Room in our condo building and the other being a new camera device I backed on Kickstarter, Arsenal 2.  The room is an array of pipes, pumps, valves and gauges and the brand new camera device provides a wrath of AI-based functions including exposure, focus stacking, time lapse and others.

The first image in the diptych is a single “foreground-focused” shot and the second is a composite of 6 shots automatically triggered and composited by the Arsenal 2 device.  While not my first choice on how to approach this week’s challenge, I still chalk it up as a successful streak-saver.

Sony A7C @ f4 1/45 35mm ISO 3200

Sony FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS

Arsenal 2 w/ focus stack mode

Sony A7C @ f4 1/2 18mm ISO 100

Sony FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS

Arsenal 2

Photographed 2/19/22