Christian, on the vibrant spring day, the beautiful blooming flowers are so lovely with the splendid petals. By your brilliant presentation of focusing and colour grading, you have inspired me tremendously in taking a photo of a flower and making a full impression of it with your outstanding post process. I learned more from you, so I can go out in nature for more practice. I am grateful. Thank you so much for your extraordinary illustration and photography!

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

I'm so happy to hear that, thank you! Hope you will get some nice photos out there!

Nice shot !

Nicely done. I appreciate the detailed and clear explanations.

Excellent tutorial. Recently acquired a Sony A7R5 that will auto-take the multiple images for the focus stack. Will use that along with what i learned from your teaching. Thanks again.

Excellent tutorial, your masking was very useful since I work a lot in Photoshop myself.

Great tutorial and tips! Thank you for sharing!

Nice video Christian. For stacking image after open from Camera Raw you can go to File - Scripts - Load to stack (think - havent english verison) - add open file and PS automatically stack all file in on PSD.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for mentioning the other way of loading the photos into a single photoshop file! Its probably a lot faster than my way, I'm just so used to copying all the files manually :-)

@nicitel6530

2 ай бұрын

@@ThePhlogPhotographyno problem I do it too for a long time. :)

Just a brilliant editing ❤❤❤

A truly inspiring & helpful video, very clear & easy to watch, thanks

Great work!

Really interesting and useful video, thank you very much 👏

Du hast hier wieder ein tolles Video gepostet, Christian, mit einer sehr klaren Erklärung...Danke.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Vielen lieben Dank!!

I always learn a lot from your tutorials. Thank you Christian. Finally I see you in real life.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thats great to hear, thanks a lot!

An excellent video! Thank you, looking forward to seeing more.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Great and helpful video Christian. Thank you

Super helpful! Thank you for sharing. I’m a huge fan of your edits and presentation style. I have learned so much from your videos.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me!

Great tutorial Christian. Thanks.

Excellent tutorial. You have inspired me to try this again and I think you excellent step by step quide will help a lot. The images turned out beautifully! More videos like this please!

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, means a lot to me when you like this video since I'm afraid to upload these kind of photography tutorials every time haha. I will be working on more content like this!

Very clear instructions on something I've always been too confused to try. Thank you. I loved watching the editing process. It expanded the my scope of things to think about considerably.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind comment!

Enjoyed your useful tutorial, techniques and examples from start to finish of a photo project, it is always interesting to see how other photographers and designers use Photoshop to solve issues to create wonderful images and artworks. Thank you Christian 👍📸

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Good to see that I can now put a name and a face together! I have been following your edits and like your easy to follow approach! Keep it up.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me!

Great video. Excellent instructions, including editing, and Adobe Lightroom. Thanks I’ve just joined your channel. From Northern California here.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, thats great to hear!

Great tutorial :)

Love your tutorials, always so informative ❤👍

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Terrific!

Nice video and well presented! Without changing your workflow, if you want to save some clicks/time, once the files are open in Photoshop, you can use File>Scripts>Load Files into Stack. Under the Browse and Remove buttons, there is an Add Open Files button. This will grab any image that Photoshop has open and will stack them into new document. This is super helpful for large stacks, if you're not using Helicon or Zarene.

@ThePhlogPhotography

Ай бұрын

Hey, thank you so much for pointing this out, hope I can remember it for the next time I stack photos!

Really do appreciate your work and explanation, thank you. Subscribed.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

very helpful - many thanks

Thank you Christian. I always learn a lot from your tutorials.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thats great to hear, thank you so much!

Nice tutorial from shooting to final image, clear and interesting as usual.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, very happy to hear that!

Wow!!! learned a ton!!! Will have to work on these things!

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Excellent tutorial. Thank you

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

You created a lovely image. A great transformation.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

great video, thank you

Thank you so much for your time and tutorial I always see your videos are fantastic regards from Peru!!

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!! :-)

Excellent tutorial video!

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Very informative and interesting tutorial. Thanks for making it for us ❤

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great tutorial. I've learnt a lot from this. Thank you!

@ThePhlogPhotography

Ай бұрын

Thats great to hear, than you!

You just had a new subscriber

Wow, magnificent tutorial thank you

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Fabulous vid. Thanks a million.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great demonstration of your techniques. One I would like add is 'backlight'. I use this edit to give greater definition to edges of the subject, so that it stands out more from the background. This needs to be done in quite a subtle way, but it can give a really nice 3d quality to some images.

@ThePhlogPhotography

Ай бұрын

Oh totally forgot about that, you're right! Backlight can separate the flowers from the background even more and even add a cool light effect on top!

Amazing tutorial again.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

You wanted to know what we/I thought of this image, so here it is!......I would prefer the flower to be less central in the frame. In this case a little to the left as it is facing slightly right. I am also not mad about the dark green strip on the right side. Otherwise, nice stack and thanks for sharing 😊

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks a lot for the feedback! It is indeed very centered, I agree, could have done that a bit differently!

@ScruffyMisguidedAndBlue

2 ай бұрын

Agreed, the rule of thirds helps making a macro image a lot more interesting to look at.

Prachtig dank je wel 😊

im frist time see you. Christian. Good To See You. Thakns For Your All Video since 8 Year. & im Commert Frist.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind comment!

Very interesting video! You put a lot of work into your image, but I still prefer the before, it looks more natural than the after.

Many thanks

Bonjour Christian, ,je suit votre chaine de France et je doit dire quelle est excellente je ne parle pas très bien l'anglais mais je doit reconnaitre que vos explication sont tellement claire que cela n'ai absolument pas un problème le fait de partager les fichier source est un gros avantage pour le suivi des tutos je suis énormément reconnectant pour votre travail merci pour le partage de vos connaissance😏

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Merci beaucoup, cela me fait très plaisir d'entendre que mes vidéos sont compréhensibles !

Nice to see you wuth face (:

For focus stacking, I prefer to use Helicon Focus myself. I usually do some light editing before the focus stacking, then do the majority of edits on the result of the stacking. For me personally that's a more efficient way of working.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

I only recently heard about Helicon Focus, but didnt have the time to give it a try yet! Hopefully, I can get my hands on it soon, I would love to have the full focus stacking workflow in lightroom

Wonderful video, extremely well presented - especially for the beginners-intermediate folks- One Big thing- I only use LR Classic- any chance of doing this for the LIFHTROOM CROWD?

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! So there is actually a plug in to do focus stacking in Lightroom, but so far I didnt have the time to test it: it is called Helicon Focus and Michael Breitung has tutorials on how to use it! I hope this will work for you!

Thanks

Great editing and tutorial!

good to see your face

with your camera thank you

Hi Christian, thank you for the inspiration! Very nice! How much does focus breathing effect the focus stack, can it ruin the ability to achieve good focus throughout the final image if it is too great? I’m thinking about larger subjects like maybe a small cactus or something that could be up to 7 to 10 cm in size.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks for commenting! So far I didnt have problems with breathing lenses and focus stacking as far as I'm aligning the photos in Photoshop. But to be honest, I never checked the photos on a pixel-level so there might be some misalignments on the subject if the lenses different focus points are too different in size

@dallasroberts3206

2 ай бұрын

@@ThePhlogPhotography Thanks again, I’ll give it a go and find out. Take care!

The only thing I would change in your process is to do the following: First do all the things you suggest up to your RAW processing and syncing of the focus stack images. Then, instead of opening all the images into PS and then manually copy and pasting them into your base image, in Bridge select the images and then go to... Tools > Photoshop > Load Files into Photoshop Layers This simply automates the images being put into a single file, saving you from having to do it all manually. After this point you simply continue with your process as you demonstrate. Nice video and thank you.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Hey, thank you for pointing out a faster way to open all the photos in Photoshop! I knew there was a differnet approach, I'm just so used to doing it the slow, clunky way that is hard to me to switch to something new haha

@selianboy8508

2 ай бұрын

Join the club... after using PS since version 1.1 I am still learning and ever may it last! You can do the same out of LR of course, and I recommend that you bring them all in as smart objects initially at 16bit until you are ready to 'go to print', at which point you simply convert to the output media requirements.@@ThePhlogPhotography

@make-it-so

2 ай бұрын

Why bother with Adobe Bridge? From within Lightroom, once you’ve selected the images you wish to stack go Photo>Edit in>Open as layers in Photoshop. On my version it’s the last menu item, normally greyed out unless you select more than one image.

@selianboy8508

2 ай бұрын

@make-it-so yup, it is an alternative way. Process in LR or Bridge makes no difference to the end result. But working in Bridge is easier for me since I use masses of shortcuts and LR does not really suit this type of workflow. But you are correct... the end result is the same. One advantage of Bridge (in WinOS at leat) is I can drag and drop into PS. I can not do this from out of LR into PS.

@make-it-so

2 ай бұрын

@@selianboy8508 I’ve not tried drag and drop on my Mac but if I double click on an image in Bridge it automatically opens it in PS.

Hi Christian, eine Frage zum Schärfen. Du hast das nur auf dem Hauptfoto mittels Masking gemacht. Wird das Masking dann neu berechnet, wenn du die getätigten Änderungen auf alle Bilder kopierst? Müsste das Schärfen nicht erst nach dem Focus Stacking passieren? Genauso bewegt sich ja die Blume leicht. Wie kann es dann sein, dass das Masking der Blume selbst, als du die Belichtung von rechts oben hinzugefügt hast, exakt stimmt? Viele deiner Schritte müssten also doch eigentlich erst nach dem Stack gemacht werden, oder nicht? Also, ich würde quasi erst das Alignment und den Stack machen und das Bild danach bearbeiten, oder seh ich das komplett falsch?

Hi Christian, is it possible for you to show while focus stacking how did you focus on the flower? Meaning did you focus on the nearest focus point and then moved upwards (in a straight line) till the top of the flower?

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Hey there! I first focust on the part of the flower that is the farthest away from the camera (the blue flower leaf in the back) then, I very slightly shift the focus closer and closer TO the camera until the flower leaf in the very front is in focus. Hope that helps :-)

It looks like you have a ball head attached to the hot shoe. I’ve never thought of that approach.

Hallo Christian, welches Objektiv hattest du denn im Einsatz? Ein Makro von Sigma mit Zwischenringen? Gruß Armin

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Hi Armin! Ich hatte hier, für das Foto das ich auch bearbeite, das Sigma 70-300mm Objektiv (Macro Objektiv) verwendet ohne Zwischenringe. Ich benutze zum beispiel aber auch das Canon 24-105mm für Fotos dieser Art. Ich hoffe das hilft dir weiter!

@Armin_alter_Mann

2 ай бұрын

@@ThePhlogPhotography Vielen Dank Christian!

That was an excellent video, thank you. I have one question, could you not open all the files as layers into one photoshop file, and avoid all the copy and pasting. Would that work? (subbed)

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I know this does work in Lightroom and its a huge time saver, but for some reason it does not work for me in the camera raw editor :(

@pedrosanchez4035

2 ай бұрын

​@@ThePhlogPhotography Hey there thanks for responding. We're all here to share tips etc. And your videos are really good I have learned a lot. You definitely can save yourself some time when bracketing / focus stacking. You can take you adjusted photos from ACR to photoshop and get them aligned by photoshop almost at click of a button, after selecting the images. Please watch this video, easier than me writing. Thanks for your tutorials they are inspirational :-) kzread.info/dash/bejne/entkrcexZbSdfaw.htmlsi=lwo9JSt-WI3vskHL&t=287

Hallo Christian, sehr hilfreiches Video. Könnte man auch zuerst bilder zusammenfügen und dann das eine verbleibende Bild erst bearbeiten. Was spricht dagegen? Grüsse und danke Romano

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Hi Romano! Wenn du erst die Bilder zusammenfügst, hast du nachher keine Raw-Datei mehr, das heißt, du kannst die Fotos nicht mehr so gut bearbeiten. Deswegen immer erst die Raw bearbeitung, dann zusammenfügen für die besten Ergebnisse! :-)

Is the process same for picture with some foreground blurred leaves?

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Yes, it would be the same if there are blurred leaves in the foreground. Just make sure to really only get all of the subject in focus and not putting the focus too close on the foreground so the leaves stay blury :-)

Where should focus placed without using focosstacking?

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

That depends on the subject and how YOU like it! For the shot I edited in this video, I would put the focus on the middle of the flower, so the near and far parts are slightly out of focus

ok here I go with the most asked question which camera should a beginner go with ?

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Thats always hard to answer! A good entry level camera probably starts at around 500-800 euros. I personally would go with a mirrorless camera, maybe seomthing from sony (not sure if there is any in this price range though). Another Option would be the Nikon Z30 with kit-lens around 700 Euros (You want to spent a little more otherwise you will regret it) But it really depends on what your ambitions are: Do you want to get more serious with photography? Then you want to consider the available lenses for a camera system. Do you want to shoot a bit here and there? Then pretty much every entrly level camera is well equipped! Just dont buy the cheapest thing! And always keep in mind: The biggest quality comes with a good lens, but these are EXPENSIVE! Also, good photos can be made with every camera, you just need some expereience. I hope I was able to help you!

Is there a reason you are doing the editing before the focus stacking and then copy paste the settings to all the images, instead of doing the editing directly on the focus stacked image ? Thank you for the video.

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

There is! You cant apply these raw adjustments on a focus stacked photo since you're not working with a raw photo anymore. So I do raw editing first and then stack for easier editing and better quality

@zelfjizef454

2 ай бұрын

​@@ThePhlogPhotography Oh ok. I would have expected the stacked image to retain the same color precision as the original RAW pictures (at least until you export it as jpeg) but I guess I was wrong. Thank you.

@thewish001

Ай бұрын

@@zelfjizef454 @ThePhlogPhotography Both methods can work depending on your settings. If Adobe Camera Raw's preferences are set to 16 Bits/Channel in the workflow section, then the files are opened in Photoshop as 16bit. Most cameras capture RAW files in 12bit or 14bit, so you have the potential to gain additional range after the stack. That said, you can potentially get a cleaner stack if you do your denoise (ai or not), sharpen and clarity before stacking.

We use T+S

Tolles Video - aber deine Kamera sieht echt mitgenommen aus! :D :D

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

Danke dir! Ja die hat schon ein paar Jahre auf dem Buckel haha

one question, I take it you selected all the images in Bridge and told Bridge to open all of them in raw at the same time? Or am I wrong

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

You're correct BUT it was not bridge, it was the camera raw editor of photoshop where I selected all the images!

Personally I don’t add sprayed water since it looks artificial.. first prize is to find flowers with dew or rain drops

@ThePhlogPhotography

2 ай бұрын

I can understand that! Its best to go out early in the morning around sunrise for some nice waterdroplets on those flowers :-)

Looks like artifificial, a little bit.

It would be more convenient to put files on a stack instead of copying them