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triceratops · Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 7864 Location: The other Nevada

You'd be amazed at what can cause movement in an apparent static situation. For short duration shutters, no big deal. But for longer times, even someone walking in another room can be detected, a car driving by and so on. Unless there's some special effect you're going for, always try to keep the shutter speed as fast as practical. That's where more light comes in, be it direct sunlight, strobes or whatever source. Brighter light will also help in focusing (brighter ambient light that is). Assuming the diopter is set properly, if the subject is brightly lit, it's a lot easier to see if the focus is set correctly. Even autofocus works better with good lighting.

You might try manual focusing and see if it works any better than autofocus. Keep in mind that the autofocus selects what the camera thinks should be in focus which, unfortunately, may not necessarily be what you intended. Autofocus usually looks for vertical planes that have areas of high contrast and locks onto these. Depending on your depth of field, this may or may not be what you want. So try focusing manually and see if it makes a difference. And be careful not to confuse out of focus with a shallow depth of field. That's another problem that happens more often than many people realize.

semmickphoto · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:15 pm

Right, so I cleaned up the black, did a bit of sharpening, increased contrast, removed fringe. This is as good as it gets from this shot. If this is not acceptable, I need to reshoot.

triceratops · Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 7864 Location: The other Nevada

I don't know. I suspect you may get a lighting rejection on this one. Notice the deep shadow under the orange while the white area on top of the fruit that's been peeled appears to be blown out. And it may still be too soft for the reviewer. It's a crap shoot, so I'd suggest shooting again. When in doubt, throw it out.

I don't know how much the word "orange" adds to the image. The designer could always erase it if they wanted, but it might turn some people off. And in a tiny thumbnail, I don't know if it could even be read. Just my thoughts.

semmickphoto · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:51 pm

jeffbanke · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:13 am

For the blown out whites, open the image in Adobe Camera RAW (ACR), and use "Recover" to fix that.

markrhiggins · Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 2003 Location: Australia

the orange in shadow is too dark and the pith too light. Use dodge tool and burn tool (midtones) to fix respectively. Nice shot just a little tweaking. (The too light as Jeff says ACR is the best place to do it.)

semmickphoto · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:49 am

ruxpriencdiam · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:16 pm

semmickphoto · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:24 pm

pharm · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 9406 Location: Never quite sure

loverpower · Joined: 27 May 2011 Posts: 6

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I shot that photo indoor, on a table, with a tripod, using a shutter release cable, and the object was not moving. I think my lens has a problem then. I will have to look into that.

I changed Rinner to Rinder thanks. Why a 162% crop, just to show I had removed the fringe in greater detail.[/quote]

When you shoot in slow speed, you have to block the mirror of you camera

pharm · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 9406 Location: Never quite sure