Focus stacking has always facinated me... was happy to have the auto feature on the D850 but haven't really used it. I think the trick for me is to continue to think about use case scenarios or try to push myself to find shots with a really close element.
But even so seeing as I don't want to own integrate photoshop into my workflow I do hope that lightroom will add the feature one of these days... seems like something they could handle.
Just like panoramas when lightroom added it I started to go crazy with it.
I started doing focus stacking heavily on the cross-Canada trip, so that when I got the D850 midway through I really appreciated having that feature (it's a great idea but I'm still surprised they thought to put it into a camera like this). And YES, I like how it pushes you to get closer to stuff - which increases the difficulty level and time involved in crafting a landscape image, but has a larger payoff if you can nail it.
Ah you guys with the D850... Now you're not only spoiled with DR but also with even more cool features ;-)
Focus stacking in the field is always worth it. If in the end I don't need the additional photos I can just delete them but I can be sure to have nailed the focus at least in one frame. Hyperfocal Distance doesn't seem to work for me ;-)
@jarvie : even if you don't want to integrate PS into the workflow yet, I think there are tools to do the stacking for you so you can stay in Lr with your processing. But I'm sure it's just a question of time until they add it to LR.
I prefer manual stacking though
Hehe. DR is still the most important thing though. As awesome as the D850 is, I haven't edited enough of my photos from the D850 yet to make the judgment call of whether it's worth the extra $2000 over the D750, weighing the extra features against a better lens or more travel.
And good point about focus stacking tools - there's probably one that will work in concert with Lightroom. My experience with PS though is that it never gets the focus stacking quite right - manual adjustment helps.