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What aperture to use for (stacked) macro photography? 1:1 (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by phlaries@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I'm trying to shoot some nice product photos of cannabis for a local dispensary.

I shot some photos of a bud at F3.5-5.6 and stacked them in post, but there are still little spots between my focus points that are out of focus.

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Did I choose too small of an aperture? I wanted to make sure I blurred out the background and isolated the subject to seem like it was just floating in space.

Side question: I'm also curious why macro photographers don't just shoot in F11 and beyond instead of stacking. Is it just to get the subject isolation / bokeh?

Apologies for the newbie post. I looked at a few threads before posting and they didn't really get me the answer i was looking for.

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[–] msabeln@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, a lot of lenses change focal length upon a change of focus, which can cause messy stitching. I'd look up some specialist macro sites to see what they do, often, a sliding macro rail is used.

Yeah, I'd recommending using the sharpest f/stop and have heavy overlap between shots.