Creating a focus stacked image using Helicon Remote

In the last movie, you saw how I was able to shoot multiple images, each focused in a…different place, and then combine them in Photoshop using some layer masking.…That works great for a simple subject. But if you really want deep depth of field all…the way through a subject, with a lot of depth to it, then you are going to need to resort…to a more sophisticated process.…And, that's what I am going to do here.…I've got a flower here that is much deeper than what I shot before.…It's got all the stamens on it.…There's a lot of detail in it that I like.…Let me give you a quick shot, just showing you how . . . what I can get with my 100 millimeter…macro and a single shot.…

So, I framed up something here.…What you just saw me do is switch the lens to Manual, because I want to make sure that…I focus on a particular location.…I am going to put it at f/11.…Much further than that, I might get some softening from diffraction.…I just want to see how deep the depth of field can go.…And, here's what I get.…It's actually deeper than I was expecting.…