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semmickphoto · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:58 pm

Is this one sharp? Tack sharp? Acceptable?

tverkhovynets · Joined: 12 Jun 2010 Posts: 753 Location: Kiev, Ukraine

talking about sharpness - yes

Taras

rinder99 · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:24 pm

The very first thing I would suggest is using manual focus for any tabletop shot.And if you don't have enough light which you don't with long shutter spds, AF will not be your friend. I very seldom use AF unless it's bird in flight. AF on slow glass { kit glass] is gonna come back and bite you 90% of the time. It just doesn't have the light gathering ability to work and lock on.Unfortunitely I can't be with you but I gaurantee Myself Dave,jeff and the other guys can spot your issue in 30 seconds just by watching you. There hasen't been one workshop I've ever done or a one on one student That didn't have a focus issue. Theres many little things that can cause this and I firmly believe based on experience that not having a complete understanding of the principals of DOF and how it relates to distance from subject and focal Length used is the curse. I see some folks say they use a tripod only to find out it's a toy tripod with a bad head on it. and at the shutter spds your using is gonna come back and bite ya.

don't do what so many do and blame the equipment and buy more and have the same problem. Find the missing link in what you are doing and I'll bet it's mostly light because light is all we have a photographers and the king. Wish I was there. But im currently sitting on a island now out in the pacific ocean shooting architecture , Lava tubes and volcanoes.

semmickphoto · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:35 pm

semmickphoto · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:52 pm

So I started from scratch,

is this acceptable

geoffwnz · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:48 pm

As a newbie on here myself, I've been following this part of the forum quite a bit lately to try to figure out what I need to do to get shots I can submit here, let along to SS itself.
So I'm gonna guess uneven light levels, being that it's too dark on the lower right side.
Open to correction by the pros obviously.

Also, I'm intrigued to know how you get the peel to stay up like that. I'm sure it's a simple enough trick. If you know how.

ruxpriencdiam · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:04 pm

Still needs more light and your shutter speed is 1.3 seconds which is too slow.

semmickphoto · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:03 am

Reshoooooooooot !!! Hahaha.

This is how gents:

pharm · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 9422 Location: Never quite sure

One thing I'd like to recommend. I don't know if you've heard us say "watch the details" or not but that can be very important. Assuming that all else was good with this photo, remember that in most cases, stock photos should represent the "ideal" object or situation, not necessarily what it really looks like. An "ideal" orange would have no defects whatsoever and the cut edges would be smooth and perfect not jagged. On your image, I'd also make sure to smooth the circled areas out. (Yes, I missed a couple of areas, too.)

semmickphoto · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:48 am

Thanks

jeffbanke · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:26 pm

geoffwnz · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:48 pm

semmickphoto · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:39 am

Reshoot, seems to be sharp now. I am just bummed out that although shooting at f/8 there is shallow DOF. Is this acceptable?

semmickphoto · Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:21 pm

Would that shallow DOF be a problem? And how can I avoid that? f/11?

jeffbanke · Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:28 pm

Personally I think your DOF is adequate, lighting is good, no intense shadows, they are filled nicely, so you may have it here ;-)