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| Posted: Fri Feb 8th, 2019 11:40 |
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:More good tips, thank you. Well you seem to be doing the right things and yes that's a lot better. A nice portraiture image as opposed to action shot. But for me...not enough depth of field. f8 or even f11 would have got horse head and rider all sharp....assuming you wanted that. As it is, the point of max sharpness is the horses chest. Edit: looking at it again it may just be the whole image needs sharpening. There is a softness that MAY be the lens under performing at its max aperture. Stopping down to 8/11 for some shots should prove or disprove if the lens is letting you down a tad.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 8th, 2019 11:55 |
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chrisbet
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Lol - I was trying to put the background out of focus to make the horse & rider stand out - so I am happy that the in focus part is the horse's chest - exactly what I was aiming for 
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| Posted: Fri Feb 8th, 2019 11:56 |
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:Lol - I was trying to put the background out of focus to make the horse & rider stand out - so I am happy that the in focus part is the horse's chest - exactly what I was aiming for I will get my hat. 
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| Posted: Fri Feb 8th, 2019 12:17 |
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Eric
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Whilst I understand your (correct) use of max aperture for dof effect I would still be concerned about the sharpness of the key areas. This could be the lens as many need stopping down a stop or two to max sharpness....whilst recognising that's contrary to your dof needs it may prove a point about the lens max sharpness potential in a test. It would be my first check if I were trying to get the images sharper. I don't know how much post capture software sharpening you HAVE applied. Maybe not enough. Most images (especially raw files) benefit from 20% extra kick up the rear. You Gimp treatment shows that. I don't think you are doing anything wrong in the execution ...it may just be the equipment is on its limit or you are not doing enough post processing. 
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| Posted: Fri Feb 8th, 2019 13:03 |
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Graham Whistler
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Welcome to our forum Chrisbet, sound like you have had some good help so far. I like your pictures keep up the good work. I agree with Eric more DOF would have helped to get rider sharp as well on your last posted image. Also you cut off horses feet so would improve a lot with tighter crop showing rider and horses heads only or pull back a bit to show all!
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| Posted: Fri Feb 8th, 2019 13:21 |
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chrisbet
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Graham Whistler wrote: Welcome to our forum Chrisbet, sound like you have had some good help so far. I like your pictures keep up the good work. I agree with Eric more DOF would have helped to get rider sharp as well on your last posted image. Also you cut off horses feet so would improve a lot with tighter crop showing rider and horses heads only or pull back a bit to show all!Thanks - yes, a few things to think about, especially stopping down a little - or maybe swapping to my prime lens for shots like the last one - often though it is not possible to get close enough to frame the image and swapping lenses quickly enough is impossible. It's a learning curve and your hints and suggestions are most welcome.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 8th, 2019 13:23 |
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chrisbet
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Eric wrote: I don't know how much post capture software sharpening you HAVE applied. Maybe not enough. Most images (especially raw files) benefit from 20% extra kick up the rear. You Gimp treatment shows that. 50% - more than that and the power lines in the background started pixelating....
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2019 08:10 |
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Iain
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A mammal form today, DSC_4339 by Iain Clyne, on Flickr
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2019 11:12 |
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jk
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Three eyed deer.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2019 11:28 |
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chrisbet
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Dear, deer..... four ears and one horn
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