Stacked Focus nightscape

[adavis]

After my last shot, almost identical to this one, but with a bright moon and single focus, I decided to give stacked focus a go.
This is 8 images of the same scene with varying focus, aligned and then focus stacked using Photoshop.
It's a pit that I didnt wait up the few more hours to get the bright moon, but then again I would have gotten the bright Milky Way then ;-)

I do like the effect, and will definitely be trying this technique again, even if it does mean the extra work.

Canon 6D
Samyang 14mm
f2.8
ISO 3200
20 second exposures x 8

[CapturingTheNight]

Well done on the focus stacking. Looks much better with the foreground in focus. I know it's a lot more work but for some locations (like this one) it's worth it.

[gregbradley]

That's a very nice image Andrew. I like that effect a lot.

Also its the range of hues you have there. The subtle greeny colour to the rocks, you got some magenta sky glow there as well which is beautiful.

Greg.

[adavis]

Thanks guys, I appreciate it.
I'll shoot it again, and this time take more shots to stack, as there are still out of focus layers close to the foreground that I would like to fix.
I also want to redo it with the moon illumination as that is totally different lighting, but I am definitely going to be focus stacking more, I love the effect.

cheers
Andrew

[RickS]

Looks great, Andrew!

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Andrew.

I have read with interest about focus stacking but have not tried it.

Looking forward to more such shots from you.

Ross.