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If you’ve ever wondered how to really master close-up macro photography, then focus stacking is the answer, as it allows us to expand the area in focus, giving impressively sharp and detailed images.

Adjusting aperture alone can only do so much to get sharp images with a wide depth of field — sometimes, getting both point A and point B tack sharp in one shot is about as possible as a flying pig.