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You can control depth of field in a photo using narrow apertures, but what do you do when that’s not enough to get everything in focus? For macro and some landscape photography, the answer is focus stacking, a technique that blends several images shot at different focal lengths. Kirk and Jeff talk about how it works and when you’d want to use it.

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Nick Page’s photo from Jeff’s article in Adobe Create Magazine.
Nick Page’s photo from Jeff’s article in Adobe Create Magazine.
Red Onion  Camera: Fujifilm X-T3 Shutter speed: 1.6 sec Aperture: f/11 ISO: 160 Photo: Kirk McElhearn
Red Onion Camera: Fujifilm X-T3 Shutter speed: 1.6 sec Aperture: f/11 ISO: 160 Photo: Kirk McElhearn
Focus-stacked coins  Camera: Fujifilm X-T1 Composited in Adobe Photoshop Photo: Jeff Carlson
Focus-stacked coins Camera: Fujifilm X-T1 Composited in Adobe Photoshop Photo: Jeff Carlson
Barn and Fence Focus-stacked from the next two images.  Camera: Fujifilm X-T3 Shutter speed: 1/250 sec Aperture: f/8 ISO: 160 Photo: Jeff Carlson
Barn and Fence Focus-stacked from the next two images. Camera: Fujifilm X-T3 Shutter speed: 1/250 sec Aperture: f/8 ISO: 160 Photo: Jeff Carlson
Barn and Fence Image #1 with the foreground fence in focus and the barn out of focus  Camera: Fujifilm X-T3 Shutter speed: 1/250 sec Aperture: f/8 ISO: 160 Photo: Jeff Carlson
Barn and Fence Image #1 with the foreground fence in focus and the barn out of focus Camera: Fujifilm X-T3 Shutter speed: 1/250 sec Aperture: f/8 ISO: 160 Photo: Jeff Carlson
Barn and Fence Image #2 with the barn in the background in focus, but the fence in the foreground blurry.  Camera: Fujifilm X-T3 Shutter speed: 1/250 sec Aperture: f/8 ISO: 160 Photo: Jeff Carlson
Barn and Fence Image #2 with the barn in the background in focus, but the fence in the foreground blurry. Camera: Fujifilm X-T3 Shutter speed: 1/250 sec Aperture: f/8 ISO: 160 Photo: Jeff Carlson