Focus Stacking Has Flaws. This Unusual Gadget Is Designed to Fight Them for Better Macro.
Focus stacking revolutionized macro photography by combining multiple images with different focal planes into a single sharp photo. But the technique has well‑known limitations: uneven lighting between frames, motion artifacts from subject or camera movement, alignment errors, and unnatural depth gradients. Even advanced software can only do so much when the source frames aren’t consistent. … Read more