On Jun 18, 2018, Savageduck wrote
(in iganews.com):

On Jun 18, 2018, Alfred Molon wrote
(in . com):

In iganews.com,
Savageduck says...

Focus stacking is not something I see myself over using. I want to be
comfortable with the technique for those times it will be a useful solution
for troublesome subjects. I think it is best suited to macro, and some
product photography. I just find that something different like long
exposure, HDR, and IR photography is a way of continuing to learn about
different photography techniques. Each can be useful at different times, and
sometimes can be the best solution to a difficult shooting problem.

I have seen a few Youtube videos where focus stacking has been used for
landscape, and artchitecture photography, so that is next on my focus
stacking test mission.

I've found that you can do it handheld, but for the best results you
should use a tripod.

Yup! If I use focus stacking for landscape, I believe a tripod will be a
must. Successful handheld is going to depend on layer alignment in post
processing.

Regarding landscapes, usually if you choose your focus point properly
you get almost everything in focus anyway (especially if you use a
camera with a not too large senso).

That has always been my understanding. I can see focus stacking for landscape
photography becoming useful if a fast wide angle lens is used wide open with
a resulting shallow DoF. For example shooting a 16mm f/1.4 at f/1.4. The
other instance would be if you are trying to have foreground, midground, and
background in sharp focus when shooting with a wider aperture. Otherwise
shooting at f/8-f/16 with the focus point near the hyperfocal distance.

I should have said; Otherwise shooting at f/8-f/16 with the focus point near
the hyperfocal distance would negat the necessity to use focus stacking.

--

Regards,
Savageduck