08/05/2026
Where you start you stack…matters! 📸
So here is an interesting set of pictures showing the different starting points within a stack and how you can change this to add more or less depth to your image.
Focus stacking is being able to take a number of photos at different focal points, from the front to the back of the subject, then merging all the photos together in editing. This is to obtain more depth of field and such great magnifications and to also produce greater detail than with a single shot.
The first image is a a 65 stack of a jumping spider within its webbed cacoon that it makes to rest in. I start my stack right at the tip of the front legs so I could get the whole spider in focus. In turn, this got all the webbing at the front of the cacoon in focus too, which goes right through the eyes and can be distracting, unless you are wanting to show the structure of the we, which I think is pretty cool.
The second photo is the same stack but I’ve took away 30 images from the front of the stack. This means that the front of the web cacoon is completely out of focus which brings a clear image of the jumping spider. Both have there uses, first for its environment and the second for the detail of the jumping spider.
I just thought it would be interesting to show you!
Which one do you prefer? Tell me in the comments!
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