{"id":10483,"date":"2026-01-05T19:14:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10483"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:14:22","slug":"conservatory-vignettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10483","title":{"rendered":"Conservatory Vignettes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have tried taking some photos of limited views or vignettes of the plants in our small conservatory. Because I am concentrating on small areas, I want to get the focus from front to back reasonably sharp. This entails a technique called ‘Focus Stacking’ where a number of photos are taking focussing at different points in the scene which are then processed into a single image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this post I am comparing a single image with a ‘focus stacked’ version. You will notice that the registration between the images is poor – this is due to the way the software has to blend the images which also results in a photo of a different size. But you will see the difference in the focus towards the back of the image – this differs between these examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For each of these comparisons, the single image is the first image of ‘the stack’. I am also showing some broader photographs of the scene, sometimes with the camera in view, to provide a little context to the views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This first vignette shows a Christmas Cactus as the main subject:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A pale pink Christmas Cactus in flower – a single image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A pale pink Christmas Cactus in flower – a focus stacked image using 16 still images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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This is the broader view of the scene:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A pale pink Christmas Cactus in flower – the broader view of the scene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This next image shows some foliage from two different plants, one on a plant stand, one on a window cill behind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The foliage of two plants – this is a single image focussed at the nearest point<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The foliage of two plants – this is a focus stacked version using 12 separate photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The broader view of the scene used above<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

This next view is a deep pink flowered Christmas Cactus on a plant stand with other houseplants behind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A pink flowered Christmas Cactus with other houseplants showing behind – a single image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A pink flowered Christmas Cactus with other houseplants showing behind – focus stacked from 10 images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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This shows the scene with the camera in place:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The broader scene of the previous photo with the camera in place<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

This next view is of a basket of succulents and cacti on the floor of the conservatory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Succulents in a basket on the floor with a fern on the left closer to the camera – a single image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Succulents in a basket on the floor with a fern on the left closer to the camera – six images where ‘stacked’ for this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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And this is the broader view with the camera showing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The broader view including the camera for the previous images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the foliage of a group of plants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The foliage of a group of plants in the conservatory – a single image:<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The foliage of a group of plants in the conservatory – stacked from 16 images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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And with the setup:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The setup for the previous view<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

I think this was a worthwhile exercise. I shall have another go in the spring when there should be more plants in flower…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have tried taking some photos of limited views or vignettes of the plants in our small conservatory. Because I am concentrating on small areas, I want to get the focus from front to back reasonably sharp. This entails a technique called ‘Focus Stacking’ where a number of photos are taking focussing at different points … Continue reading “Conservatory Vignettes”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,149,9,86,117,3,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comparison-slider","category-conservatory","category-flowers","category-focus-stacking","category-house-plants","category-photography","category-technical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10483"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10572,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10483\/revisions\/10572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}