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.
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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I have some professional shots for a cannabis company (about 8 different strains or so). I shoot at f/8 and use a macro sliderz it ends up being about 25-30 shots all together depending on the strain and the nug. Like others have said the higher F stop the more diffraction you get but also the more wiggle room you have in each stack. For me f/8 feels like a great middle ground.