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07/21/2005 11:45:08 PM · #1 |
These are friends of mine, the one on the left is going to Ireland next week to work for a year and the other is moving to Arizona in September so they asked me to take pics of them before they part. This is the one I really wanted to work on first and see what you all thought, but I'll try and get others posted soon. It is made from 3 pics then manually stiched together.
//www.sabphotography.com/hd.jpg ...man I really need to get my membership done so I don't have to post links anymore.
Thanks for taking the time to humor me.
Message edited by author 2005-07-22 08:06:42.
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07/21/2005 11:49:15 PM · #2 |
Nice pic, Scott. Only thing is that you will get voted down because the flower petals are not very sharp. :P
Makes a nice poster!
ps - you really need to get your membership done so you don't have to post links anymore.
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07/21/2005 11:53:21 PM · #3 |
| Cool shot but it looks back-focussed... |
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07/21/2005 11:54:42 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by doctornick:
Cool shot but it looks back-focussed... |
Yep.
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07/22/2005 07:33:02 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by doctornick:
Cool shot but it looks back-focussed... |
Ok I am at a total loss here and not sure what is going on.
When I shot these I was almost all the way zoomed in, shooting from across a small road with an aperature set at 5.6. I was hoping for some nice DOF with the background not so much there.
I did not use a tripod (stupid, stupid, stupid..as I hit myself on the forehead) but thought I had plenty of light and would be fine. I tried to make sure I got my light readings from a couple different areas then set it at a happy medium (don't recall what that was right now). I did however also forget to use the histogram as mentined earlier this week in a nice thread.
Why did my image come out blurred? I am thinking maybe it is my compression...(dang just remembered I didn't run a USM after I resized it wonder if that is the problem) because the words appear blurry too.
Crap I really wanted these to come out nice for them. Any help anyone can give would be very much appreciated. Sorry I can't post one with actual EXIF info, they are at home.
Thanks.
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07/22/2005 07:49:29 AM · #6 |
Possibly of you were pointing the camera directly at the two lovely ladies and the central focus point was activated like it is most of the time on my camera, it focusd on the background between the subjects.
Happens to me too often, though I'm wising up to it;-) |
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07/22/2005 08:57:19 AM · #7 |
I looked at the photo in PS, at 200%. It is not backfocused. Look carefully at the detail on and around the bikes; it is as sharp as it's going to get. It's just that some of the detail in the background gives the impression of being "finer".
The issue is that...
- Shooting at wide angle with f/5.6 with a small-sensor cam, you've got quite deep DoF, and...
- Your distance from them was larger than their distance from the nearer background elements.
The combination of these two things guarantees an in-focus, or nearly in-focus BG.
I don't know what your shutter speed was, but if it was less than 1/60s, then their movement might have contributed some softness to their features. The naturally softer edges and lower contrast on the faces also makes them look a little less sharp.
You can crisp this up a bit with some careful USM. Be careful not to overdo it.
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07/22/2005 10:19:03 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
I looked at the photo in PS, at 200%. It is not backfocused. Look carefully at the detail on and around the bikes; it is as sharp as it's going to get. It's just that some of the detail in the background gives the impression of being "finer".
The issue is that...
- Shooting at wide angle with f/5.6 with a small-sensor cam, you've got quite deep DoF, and...
- Your distance from them was larger than their distance from the nearer background elements.
The combination of these two things guarantees an in-focus, or nearly in-focus BG.
I don't know what your shutter speed was, but if it was less than 1/60s, then their movement might have contributed some softness to their features. The naturally softer edges and lower contrast on the faces also makes them look a little less sharp.
You can crisp this up a bit with some careful USM. Be careful not to overdo it. |
Thank you Kirbic, makes me feel better knowing it isn't really as blurry as my monitor and others felt. I will try and keep the info about the background in mind for this next challenge, I have always had trouble with this and I feel it will be VERY important to pull off my next idea.
Thank you again.
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07/22/2005 10:31:02 AM · #9 |
| Blurry wise I think its fine,,and its a great shot!!! great layout of,,I really like it!!! |
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07/22/2005 10:50:12 AM · #10 |
great comp! I've got almost the same camera and with the olympus (i'm assuming it the same as mine) you push the shutter button half way to set the focus then press it completely to take the photo. I've played a bit and sometimes will set the focus on another part of the subject and move my aim a take the shot. I've had good results and bad but it's given a bit more control and I've been able to use it to reduce overexposure and control what's in focus.(Sometimes)
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