How I FOCUS STACK for Perfectly SHARP Landscape Photos

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In this week’s episode, we discuss how to focus stack for perfectly sharp landscape photos. One of the most common struggles when using a wide angle lens for landscape photography is trying to get your entire scene in perfectly sharp focus from the foreground to the mid-ground and all the way out to the background. The main issue here is when you focus on something in your foreground and your background ends up out of focus, then you focus on your background and your foreground ends up out of focus - so what do you do?
In this video, we review a simple yet super powerful technique for landscape photography called Focus Stacking. If you’re not familiar with what focus stacking is, it’s the process of taking a series of photographs with each photo focused at a different area of your composition. Then during your post processing work flow you blend the images together only using the areas of greatest focus from each photo creating a final image that's perfectly sharp and in focus throughout the entire image. I know it sounds a bit complicated, but I promise at the end of this video it will make perfect sense and you’ll feel confident enough to begin testing it yourself on your own landscape photos.
I hope the next time you're on location and faced with a challenging composition to capture in complete focus that you'll try the Focus Stacking process in this video. Once you test it out a couple times I think you'll quickly become comfortable with this powerful technique and begin using it more often then you would have ever imagined.
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@miguelsuarez1511 4 года назад

Some people are just naturally born teachers.... you are definitely one of them, Awesome job! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

@Fazimoto74 4 года назад

*moves over cactus part of image* "as you can see it is completely sharp"

@slobooger 3 года назад

Lol, I see what you did there..... x-D You really POINTED it out!

@thewonderer1418 3 года назад

pin sharp

@axlent123 2 года назад

As a man who likes word puns… I’m at a loss… I can’t add to this play on words… and it kinda suc(culents)ks … 🤭🌵

@defytheauds_ 2 года назад

@@axlent123 not to be a prick' but you could have made the pun about the cactus cooler'

@axlent123 2 года назад

@@defytheauds_ well said!

@johnthomasdoyle1964 3 года назад

Hi Mark. I Really appreciate what you do to help those of us still learning . I'm new to your videos. not only do you provide photography information but editing tips too. I struggle with understanding the workings of the camera, but I wont let that stop me, please continue your great work and thanks for the time you spend sharing your experiences, which in turn helps so many more people.

@christopherallred2848 4 года назад

One of the best videos explaining focus stacking that I have seen. Simple and concise. Well done Mark!

@dennispeterson1434 4 года назад

Mark, thank you so much for this and all of your videos. The hand image before and after a sequence..so simple but so incredibly helpful...can't believe I never thought of doing that myself! Those are the little things I love about your channel, as well as the more complicated stuff. Look forward to some more.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Dennis Peterson Great to hear it was helpful Dennis - that’s a real time saver!

@robertschirato2234 4 года назад

As a beginner I thought that I could take one photo to get all areas of interest in focus in one take, you have just made my life so much easier and now will be able to enjoy my photography even more. Wonderfully presented in a manner that you can understand and follow along easily, thank you Mark.

@iantaylor4115 Год назад

Thank you for all the professional tutorials your do Mark. I find your videos to be some of the best content in tutorials; from the content you post, the nice speed you explain, the lack of distractions and noises, video quality, and you have amazing hair! Kudos!

@JDPhotography7 3 года назад

Great video Mark. Appreciate you walking us through each step of the process.

@DrumMaster128 4 года назад

Absolutely loved this video! Focus stacking is something I've been afraid to do because of how difficult it is but with this as a guide I am definitely going to start doing it! Would love to see a video about manual focus stacking in the future!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Thanks so much - very much appreciate the feedback!

@williamcharlesworth4617 4 года назад

Mark, you are one of the best, if not the best, teachers. Have learned so much from you. Easy to listen to, easy to follow, easy to understand. All indicators of someone who is comfortable with the subject end explaining each of the elements involved. I look for your videos all the time. Thanks for sharing and teaching. Bill.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

William Charlesworth You’re the best Bill - Thanks so much for this!

@murigius1 4 года назад

I agree. Mark is a natural teacher... and this from a former teacher.

@devondonath7375 4 года назад

Mark.. You've got to be the best photo editing teachers/photographers on RU-vid. I have plucked through tons of videos that are wasting my time every time. Not only do you have an incredible eye for photography, but you really know how to compose great RU-vid videos by implementing a very efficient and eye pleasing work space. Glad I found you today, as our taste is eerily similar!

@adriana6992 3 года назад

Thank you for this video! It just popped on my feed randomly and it has been one of the most helpful videos I've seen on RU-vid. Thank you again for explaining it so well, sharing your knowledge, and making it so simple to understand!

@vikrantmohare4 4 года назад

this was so cleaned and simple but lots of knowledge....learnt a new thing about stacking....thnks !!!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Vikrant Mohare Great to hear you enjoyed the video!

@606flicks 4 года назад

Great tip on using your hand as a marker for the focus stack series! The wife and I are going to White Sands NP soon and I’ll be putting this technique to work there, I think. I’d enjoy seeing your process for manual focus stacking, please and thank you.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Appreciate you watching the video and enjoy your trip!

@paulkay8986 4 года назад

Great, easy to follow instructions Mark. And a fantastic choice of subject to demonstrate how powerful this technique is using Photoshop. You deliver 0% BS, 100% great content

@ilesmic 4 года назад

Great Job on this video-- please do the manual focus stacking video--

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Many thanks Michael!

@StacheEsq 4 года назад

Without a doubt one of the most helpful photographers on RU-vid. You always knock it out of the park, Mark. Really appreciate what you do to help those of us still learning the art.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

ChristianDeme Thanks so much for this - really appreciate it👍👍

@iduvideo 2 года назад

Excellent, excellent video, just liked and subscribed. Looking forward to seeing more. Very well organized, structured and presented, all in a user friendly way!

@Petsclubforu 4 месяца назад

Wowwwwww I can’t beilive how much I’ve learned during 1 week of watching your videos. I’m absolutely obsessed with your teachings.

@Belas_Photography 3 года назад

@4:00 The alternative to covering the lens with your hand is to use Lightroom's Library>Photo>Stacking>Auto-stack by capture time that will stack images captured in a series together in one group. This can make things much simpler when you return from shooting dozens-hundreds of images for stacking. I use both techniques on a regular basis. Cheers, and thanks for this excellent video.

@kreygscott 4 года назад

Fantastic Video Mark. PS. I'd love to see your take on focus stacking manually.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Thanks so much! I'll look to doing a video on that as well.

@paulhendershott667 4 года назад

Awesome video Mark! I really enjoy your laid back style, but super informative. You'd be a great teacher in general no matter what the subject!

@draganhoria4745 4 года назад

Its always a pleasure to watch your videos, i learn so much, thank you!

@TheMoodyPhotographer 4 года назад

The idea of putting your hand is really helpful 😅 when I forget to do that, I look like an aged grandfather looking so close into the screen trying to know which is the first photo and which is the last 😆 Thanks for sharing that ✌🏻👍🏻

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Thats a great description - I feel the exact same way!

@RinJERKS 4 года назад

When shooting stitches panoramic photos, I will tilt the camera about 45 degrees before and after my shots.

@KaiTiura 4 года назад

If you have your camera set to consecutive numbering of your photos, shouldn't it be easy to see that the first photo in the sequence with the scene in question is 'the first' and the last is 'the last'? What am I missing here? (I'm sure I'm missing something... ;) )

@TheMoodyPhotographer 4 года назад

@@KaiTiura Yeah that is true if you made only 1 set of focus stack, but if you made for example 25 photos and each 5 of them focus stack from foreground to background, and you want to choose the best light conditions in 5 of these 25 it would be somewhat hard without separating each 5 with a photo of your hand.

@KaiTiura 4 года назад

The moody Photographer Ah! Gotcha. Makes perfect sense that you'd do a series of series' to make sure you got your focus variants where you want them, and this would save a lot of close inspection to figure out where each series starts and finishes. Thanks for the explanation.

@TravelFoodHealth 3 года назад

I definitely want to try focus stacking but after years of doing landscapes, I like to use different methods of emphasizing something in the image. Light, contrast, colors and composition are key, but so is what you have in focus and what is not sharp. Out of focus areas can help direct attention to what you want in the photograph to emphasize that is sharp.

@vickifrance Год назад

Thomas, I visited your website and it loads very very slow AND it's not secure. Both of these things you should look into...especially the secureness.

@thomaslevine405 Год назад

@@vickifrance It's under construction and there is virtually no information on it right now. Thanks for the heads up but what you say makes no sense at the moment.

@lccgl479 4 года назад

Thanks Mark, this weeks video was very timely. I had just taken some shots using focus stacking this weekend and had forgotten exactly how to process them. I went back to your original video and wrote down the steps. I would like to place my vote for a video on how to do this manually as well. Thanks again.

@gamnis 4 года назад

This is not the first time I've reached out to tell you how much I appreciate your videos and what a good tutor you are, Mark. Somehow you even manage to fill me up with motivation and I thank you for that :)

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

This is great to hear - thanks so much!

@karlthefirst8690 4 года назад

Very good one, Mark, simple and direct as always. A request: I’d love it if you ever feel like doing a video on focus-stacking an image that also has either high dynamic range or water movement/multiple exposure times. I never know in which order to do what in those cases. Do you take advantage of the LR RAW files first for their DR and then do the stack in PS? But then exposures aren’t quite even and the stacking can get more difficult if DR is really big or water textures very different among the images. Can’t wait for the “Advanced Focus-Stacking” tutorial someday! Thanks again-

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

KarltheFirst Really appreciate it Karl! I’ll look to make a video on what you’re describing above

@karlthefirst8690 4 года назад

Mark Denney great! Thanks as always, Mark!

@michaelflood4651 4 года назад

I tried photo stacking a few weeks ago. During one image a local dog wandered in. I thought I had to redo everything, but when I focusd stacked it still worked, but the dog was in it! LOL

@BazookaBenz 3 года назад

Your channel is the most comprehensive to learn about landscape photography and its easy to understand. Thankyou for your dedication.

@myusernamethisiss 3 года назад

I love how thorough your videos are man thanks so much.

@davidkoster 4 года назад

I would like a video/tutorial about how to stack them manually, as it happens to me that photoshop doesn't stack the right areas together (especially in astrophotography, the stars confuse photoshop)

@dragonguise 4 года назад

Thanks for making these videos. There are a lot of people making photo tutorials out there... A LOT! Yours always holds my short attention span because you seem to be a natural teacher with a great speaking voice. Now, about this video: Light Room is all I've ever used to edit my photos. Are there any other programs besides photoshop that can focus stack? (I wouldn't use photoshop enough to justify the subscription.)

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

dragonguise Thanks so much - very kind of you to say. Unfortunately Photoshop is the only program I use that can do it but I’m sure other programs can do it - I believe Capture One can as well.

@BoneThugsNL 4 года назад

Photoshop + lightroom 12 bucks a month ist that bad to be honest.

@KostasB13 Год назад

Wow you are so crystal clear with your instructions.. great vid and definitely will watch more!

@russ142 Год назад

Another really useful video - beautifully presented and explained. Thanks very much, Mark.

@northernwatch534 4 года назад

Very much enjoyed this video and some other of yours that I watched. I really appreciate your laid back, no nonsense approach. Also always learn something new when I watch your videos. Thanks for all your hard work. Subbed now and looking forward to more.

@thatdamnmackem 4 года назад

I use Helicon Focus to stack the images I find it does a great job, nice tip about applying the lens correction before stacking I will have to give that a try

@jordicasanovas5149 4 года назад

Is this software ( helicon focus) free? I do not have photoshop

@personalspace_YouTube 3 года назад

@@jordicasanovas5149 Not Free but not super expensive. It works quite well, I think better for stacking than Ps.

@personalspace_YouTube 3 года назад

I too have always used Helicon Focus for my stacking.

@romiemiller2485 4 года назад

I would like a video on manual focus stacking.

@franshuttlewood4649 2 года назад

Thank you. Fantastic video and explained really well. Looking forward to trying this technique.

@joshuah5447 4 года назад

awesome video, Mark! Thanks for always providing useful tips/information! Can't wait for the next video. Best, Josh

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Joshua H Appreciate ya Josh!

@petercseke5523 4 года назад

1. The change in composition due to refocusing is called focus breathing, and most lenses suffer more or less of this, unless we are talking about much more expensive cine lenses. 2. The biggest challenges in focus stacking are to resolve the focus breathing and scenes with moving elements (wind can also affect branches, clouds, etc), without introducing artifacts. 3. This is specialized software can do better job than Photoshop. I am using Helicon, and it has several stacking algorithms that can be fine-tuned. 4. The lowest the number of photos, the less problems during blending. 5. f/16 is however too narrow, most lenses already suffer from diffraction at that aperture, I would use something closer to the sweet spot of the lens (f/8 or even wider), even with the risk of having to blend more photos. 6. I would take a second series with narrow aperture as backup in case the blending of the first series produces too many artifacts.

@michaels3003 4 года назад

Péter, köszönöm (I assume you are from the Balaton country).

@petercseke5523 4 года назад

@@michaels3003 you're welcome. I live in Budapest.

@MSmith-Photography 4 года назад

I've got a series of focus stacked photos that I've been wanting to stack, but I wasn't looking forward to editing it in Photoshop because I figured I'd have to deal with each layer individually.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Nope - just edit one then sync the edit across the series.

@youknowwho9247 4 года назад

@@MarkDenneyPhoto Regarding the order of doing things: As far as I'm aware editing first and stacking second yields better results because that way one edits the original, uncompressed RAW file(s), whereas the TIFF after stacking no longer contains 100% of the captured data.

@wendynewing8834 4 года назад

What a great video. Such a clear walk-through of how to do this technique. Many thanks.

@dashtechnical 4 года назад

Thank you for not just covering the post-processing part of the technique but also for taking time to talk about how you set up the shot and capture the images. Very helpful!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Thanks for the feedback Steve - very glad you enjoyed the video!!

@luap1983 4 года назад

Could you do a video on how to do exposure blend and focus stack in 1 photo?

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Yep, I can look to making something on that.

@luap1983 4 года назад

@@MarkDenneyPhoto That would be brilliant

@CedricDerLabrador 4 года назад

I use Affinity Photo to do focus stacking. Quite cheap and only a one time payment, no subscription model like Adobe. Worth the try.

@LasagnaSupreme 4 года назад

I use all the Adobe products and experience most of the features as a fully paid one without spending anything

@stevetqp9152 4 года назад

Hi Cedric. Yes, Affinity Photo os excellent on an iMac! I too, use it for focus stacking/merge, and then export as a .tif to open in Photoshop.

@margueritemoore9428 4 года назад

You are so articulate, Mark. You make a seemingly complex topic so easy. Yes, please do a video on manual stacking.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

MARGUERITE MOORE Thanks so much! I’m glad you think so!

@davidadams421 4 года назад

Such a powerful effect, so easily produced. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Fantastic video.

@mattoney4711 4 года назад

I tried doing this manually a while back... wasted an hour and it turned out awfully hahaha. Thanks for this

@mikehines14 4 года назад

Do you export the Photoshop file back into LR as a tiff? In your experience, do tiff files respond to LR editing the same way raw files do? I've read several articles that say edit the raw file first before you stack because once it's a tiff it doesn't react the same as a raw (i.e. pulling up shadows). Have you tried them back to back?

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Mike Hines Yep, I always save back to LR as TIFF - never did a comparison, but I’ve never seen anything that really made me question it.

@piermichiro 4 года назад

great video as usual mark!!! and off course it'll be great to have a video about manual focus stacking!!! any knowledge is good knowledge, especially coming from the man!!!

@melissam731 Год назад

Awesome tutorial. Really appreciate your explanation of each step. Thank you!

@BMH1965 4 года назад

Canon's Digital Photo Professional can focus stack - they call it 'Depth Compositing Tool'.

@fototripper 4 года назад

Did you say ''reach around''?

@offgridphotos 4 года назад

LOL! 🤣

@kreygscott 4 года назад

Why isn't is surprising that Gavin caught that.

@burrdaddy 4 года назад

I thought the same thing and now I'm embarrassed that Gavin was thinking it, too. What have I become?

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Maybe....😘

@christinaphillips1072 4 года назад

😂

@legozlegoz 4 года назад

Great stuff Mark! Really enjoy your videos man!

@ericoconnor5416 2 года назад

Those pro tips you shared were super helpful! Thanks again Mark!!

@alanstarkie2001 4 года назад

In ye olden days, we would select a suitable aperture and use the hyperfocal distance scale on the lens to get everything in focus in one shot. Admittedly - the sharpness might be quite as good as focus stacking but usually it worked out just fine.

@lightknight05 4 года назад

I endorse many of the points that Mark makes. However I would encourage people not to use F16! With modern sensors of anything over 30 MP this will lead to some dull looking flat images due to the effects of diffraction. F8 is a far far better bet IMHO. Obviously that means you need to take a larger stack but even with a 20 mm lens you only need 4-5 shots max. When using a longer lens like a 28 or 35 is where the focus stack really comes into necessity rather than "nice to be able". This is going to mean bigger stacks. Personally I don't think Photoshop is the right tool for this. What Mark hasn't mentioned is a phenomenon called "focus breathing". Focus breathing occurs when the lens changes focus from near to far. As it does, the size of the image grows. Some lenses don't do this, but that is rare. Doing a 15 layer blend in PS is a waste of time...it just takes too long. Instead buy Zerene Stacker for a handful of dollars and it will do a 20 layer stack in around 30 seconds. Use the right tool for the job.

@Abdulaziz2003 4 года назад

Rob Ducker why spend more money when photoshop can do it just fine? The focus breathing issue was resolved (albeit not perfectly) by the aligning tool. Are you only talking about time benefits?

@miyazhang4729 3 года назад

One of the best editing tutorials I've watched! In 10 minutes I learned how to photo stack! Thank you so much Mark!

@seanhayes8353 3 года назад

Absolutely excellent video... I am a fairly new photographer and this simple and straightforward explanation into focus stacking is exactly what I needed. After watching your video, I applied these principles to a series of macro shots that I took using focus bracketing. The results were excellent! This video earned you my subscribe! Thanks!

@zip376021 Год назад

You are an excellent teacher explaining everything in detail in a short time. I know how to stack now Mark.

@lindawaldo9144 2 года назад

You are so easy to understand, good job! I did focus stacking the old fashioned way, such a pain - this is super!

@jenniferkeegan812 3 года назад

I wish I could give you an infinite amount of likes for this, I was exhausted and trying to focus stack pictures and I just couldn't figure it out (even though I have done it a couple of times before I'm still a complete newbie and my head wasn't cooperating at all). I was so frustrated I nearly just deleted everything, decided to give RU-vid a go and found this video. I can not believe how easy it is when done this way and I can't believe I've wasted so much time trying to do it manually, THANK YOU! You made my day!

@matty332010 3 года назад

Best explanation I have heard yet, thank you very much!!

@brianjordan8990 4 года назад

Another great video Mark. This is something I have been wanting to try. You made it nice and easy.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Brian Jordan Thanks Brian!

@celinemorisset5533 4 года назад

Yet another great video Mark. I will watch again. Fascinating how you make it sound so easy to do. Thanks!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Céline Morisset You’re the best Celine! Thanks so much!

@Aelpi 2 года назад

Mark, thank you very much. Very clear and concise explanation. You are a wonderful teacher and I'd wish all videos were like yours.

@mariosnicolaou8770 9 месяцев назад

Thank you Mark for a very helpful and very easy to follow video. Exceptional work !

@ekpunjabi38 3 года назад

Mark, you are very helpful and wonderful in explaining the whole process. I can follow very easily. Thank you so much. I am learning so much from your tutorials.

@michaelbernabe9868 3 месяца назад

had to brush up on my lightroom/photoshop techniques. thank you for this video - both the quality of your teaching and the time you spent to create production value!

@MaryD321 4 года назад

I have watched many, many tutorials on focus stacking and yours is the clearest and most concise one I've seen. Thank you!!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Thanks so much Mary! Very happy to hear this:)

@havocproltd 4 года назад

@@MarkDenneyPhoto ..ditto. this morning i sat and took notes!

@paulkay8986 4 года назад

Excellent video Mark, I've learnt a lot. Thanks!

@davidcoorey423 3 года назад

Very engagingly presented video - thank you, Mark :). And very informative, too.

@chrisdunham2742 4 года назад

What drew me to your video was the Superstition Mountains. They are in my backyard and one of the most frustrating to capture. Very rarely does everything come together. Light, cloudy sky, foreground etc. What keeps me here enjoying is the content of your videos. Well done and keep 'em coming.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Chris Dunham Thanks so much Chris! Happy to hear you’re enjoying the videos!

@kellyhaller1229 2 года назад

Great tip on using your hand to show what photos go together. I am very new to photo merging whether it's focus stacking or bracketing. I've often come back to my computer and struggled to see what goes together. Thanks for such informative videos. I'm glad I recently found you.

@mhouslay7281 2 года назад

What a beautifully constructed and super clear video. Thanks so much. Inspired me. So glad that I found it and have subscribed to your channel. Now I need to find out if you made a manual focus stacking version. 👍😊

@swissheartydogs 4 года назад

Many Thanks Mark! Your teaching skills are amazing: everything is simple & strong will to apply. Video saved 😉

@ChrisSmith-wz4cc 4 года назад

Great vlog Mark you make it easy to follow and understand Thanks

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Thanks Chris!

@frankdicosmo9319 4 года назад

Thanks so much for this. I had no idea that there was a solution to this problem! Brilliant video. So very well communicated.

@drum4life42 4 года назад

Great video. I always wondered how a person could get the entire landscape in focus in one photo. I will definitely be trying this out. Thanks!

@coopscorner123 4 года назад

Thanks again, Mark. For a very refreshing refresher course on "photo-stacking". I stick my finger in the frame on both ends of all my multiple layered shots. Otherwise I spend the next ten to twenty minutes figuring out which ones are in the stack, and the ones where I was finding which settings to use for the stack. It happened enough times to warrant a new approach to use in the future, so I use my finger in the frame at beginning and the end.

@sunrise_sunshine 3 года назад

Really great video and I learnt focus stacking in an easy way :). Thanks so much for making this video.

@evandropires8965 4 года назад

The best and easier focus stack video ever! Thanks for sharing!

@robatkin7580 2 года назад

Thanks for the interesting tutorial. You have a good knowledge and easy going style that makes learning enjoyable. Cheers!

@markusjenni4804 3 года назад

Thank you Mark. Perfect explanation in a calm and professional way...

@seventiesandbeyond 4 года назад

Great video Mark. Hope to see lots more videos

@tombarnes480 3 года назад

I am really enjoying your channel. Keep up the great work.

@jaycarlton2010 2 года назад

Hands down, the best video on focus stacking. Thanks Mark.

@stuartcarter3672 4 года назад

Great video buddy.. this is something I have been looking into and glad that you covered it.. thank you for sharing and look forward to you next video 👍🏻

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

THanks Stuart!

@willemakit48 3 года назад

Thank you, Mark, a bit late for this tutorial, great !! really clarified it. I love when you go through everything here step by step. When I first started getting more serious about photography, I HATED the images, they always seemed to not be as focused. Focus Stacking.... YES! lol all those little things make a huge difference. Thanks again and for making it easy to understand.

@fredbenjamin7072 2 года назад

Finally, an understandable You Tube video on focus stacking that is very helpful. Thanks Mark!

@jakemoore6288 4 года назад

Thank you, I NEEDED this right now. I get out of the Marines in a few weeks and I’m taking 4 months off to travel and do landscape photography full time until I start College in the fall. Thank you for all your hard work on your videos, much love

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Great to hear it was helpful Jake! Many thanks for your service and best of luck in college as well!

@michaeltrue 4 года назад

Another great tutorial! You have a great teaching demeanor along with a clear and concise message that makes your content very enjoyable. Yes, please go through a manual focus stack as well.

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Thanks for the Michael - really appreciate it!

@justine4923 4 года назад

You're an amazing teacher, thank you for this!

@renebourque2925 2 года назад

Very useful video as always Mark, thank's

@thomchambers6469 Год назад

Great video, can't wait to try it out!

@irabrucelevine 4 года назад

Excellent tutorial, Mark. Thank you.

@Ronin760 4 года назад

Great explanation of the steps. Just what I needed. Thank you!

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Frank Hernandez Glad to hear it Frank!

@NicholasYg 4 года назад

Have been waiting for this video for so long!! Thank you

@MarkDenneyPhoto 4 года назад

Awesome! Hope it was helpful!

@martinallen1892 3 года назад

Mark - thank you for the very informative video. I haven't been able to get out into the landscape to try this on a larger scale, but I have been playing around with focus stacking in and around the house. Your tips are extremely helpful and you have simplified what I thought would be difficult. I do not know that I would have ever discovered this in Photoshop. Thanks again.