Little Egypt Geologic Area: Focus Stacking
The Queen in Little Egypt Geologic area Little Egypt landscape photography: Rain drizzled for 24 hours straight before my arrival at Little Egypt. Clouds hung low. I went here instead of searching for trickling waterfalls in Capitol Reef. Laurent rates this place as less interesting than nearby Goblin Valley but the more colorful formations here appealed to me. Many of the goblins here have a unique white stripe of rock running horizontal through them. The most interesting formations were photographed from a distance using a telephoto lens. With a focal length of 50-105mm, the plane of focus becomes small even with apertures of f/16. Focus stacking is a technique to deal with this. On site, I took 3 photographs of the foreground flowers, the midground bush, and the Queen rock formation. These must have the same aperture and shutter speed. They must align perfectly so a tripod is required. They must be identical ex...