I also use Zerene Stacker. I've experimented with slabs - making sub-stacks and then stacking those together - but I personally did not see any difference in the outcome. Doing multiple stacks and then blending them together can help clean up banding, if that is what you are experiencing. It's easy to miss an area in the image as you build the stacks, but the odds of missing the same place(s) on a second and third pass are pretty small. If you want to try slabs there is utility called slabmaker that will help create a script for Zerene stacker to use. Someone on flickr has made it available - don't recall who.

Mark

On 5/1/2016 2:56 AM, Jostein wrote:
Thanks Mark,
I totally agree about the shadows. The lighting is overly dramatic with just a single light source straight above.

The software I use is Zerene Stacker. It integrates fairly well with Lightroom and is pretty straightforward to use, although I have yet to learn how to control the blotchiness that envelops the bristles and hairs. Maybe I don't run my stacks deep enough, or maybe I need to look into the technique they call sub-stacking... I don't know. Lots to learn... :-)

Jostein

Den 01.05.2016 01.09, skrev Mark C:
Excellent work, Jostein - the detail is very good. The lighting is very
dramatic but I'd like like to see a more detail in the shadows - the
eyes in particular. Out of curiosity - what stacking software are you
using?

Mark

On 4/30/2016 4:15 PM, Jostein wrote:
Here's my first stacked bug. Not a live one, though.
http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/lacewing/

Comments and ideas for improvement most appreciated.

Jostein




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