tack sharp images - help needed to save sanity.

[Travis]

how do i do that >>>>> Post some examples with exif if you really want if pinned down

exif is the shooting details of each shot, they are usually embedded in the image when you import it from your camera/card. Sometimes the EXIF is tossed out when the image is compressed down the point where it can be posted here.

At the very minimum the exif required would be Shutter speed, Aperture, ISO setting and focal length of each individual shot you post. However more detailed exif would show other useful items like these

-metering method
-flash used/not
-camera mode (av, tv, m, p, auto)
-lens description
-colour space
-white balance (kelvin temp)
-picture control settings

etc.

Whatever you use to import the images you can usually get the exif by right click the image and select properties.

Good Luck!

[JAS_Photo]

Not sure about photobucket but flickr shows all the exif data. For example:

All that happened with this old truck

[Travis]

I was also going to raise a question about this. It's really one of the things that I want to try to achieve this year in my photography. Tack sharp images.

I don't have the gear that tomorrowtreasures has (just jealous...really I am ) but I think my gear is good enought to make the issue - me.

One question I have right now is, I use auto focus completely. Is that part of my problem? I do try to be selective about the autofocus points.

Not trying to steal your thread tomorrowtreasures - I think you've hit on a issue dear to the heart of many of us.

thanks

Most focus servos select the closest point with contrast in your frame. So, if you are taking a picture of a person with their arm/hand/finger pointing toward the camera it will most likely choose that point. Depending on your aperture setting and distance from subject this may throw the subject face way outta focus.

I don't trust auto focus selection much. It's just another thing you can blame the camera on when a good image goes wrong. A better method is control the focus by using fixed point. Use it and select the eyes of you subject (assuming portraiture).


EDIT: Sorry, I just reread your post and it looks like you do select your focus points. This means you are just using the focus motor to get you there. This is totally common practice(excluding macro work) and you should generally be able to trust your camera to correctly focus on the point you selected.

If you are selecting focus points and images are not sharp it's -

1. Shutter speed is too slow
2. ISO value too high
3. Aperture is too wide to render the entirety of your subject in focus

[tomorrowstreasures]

Best thing would be to post a couple of hi-res examples (full resolution images) on say PhotoBucket or Flickr and just post the links here. That way we can look at them in detail.

http://flickr.com/photos/34356955@N08/3310020296/

http://flickr.com/photos/34356955@N0...n/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34356955@N08/3310019994/

i uploaded person, animal and thing... no plants .... these are all shot camera raw - and no pp... i want them to look like michael's do. would some one be willing to make a tutorial video to help the rest of us out? i tried to pick one's that were reasonably sharp. sigh.

thanks in advance for help! this has been a huge issue for me - i have spent countless hours, $$$$, books, videos and i still do not get it.

a prize goes to the person who can break through tt's daft mind! Hmmm what should that prize be????

[tomorrowstreasures]

by the by -
please contribute heavily to this thread!!! none of us want to look at blurry pictures, right? LOL AND this is exactly what the forum is about!!! sharing and learning!!! abuse this thread so that we can all improve and those who have the know how can feel good about that end of things!

Thanks for the nice compliments about the gear! I have a tendency to second guess my decision making on things of that nature, so it is soooo good to know that it is ok! Phew!

[tomorrowstreasures]

Not sure about photobucket but flickr shows all the exif data. For example:

All that happened with this old truck

hmmm - i just checked the truck link and then my 3 - the data from mine does not show up at all.

anyone know how to get that there?

[kat]

Yes..under the Taken with Canon is a "more properties" click on that!!!

[tomorrowstreasures]

hang on - i removed the images that i uploaded to flickr b/c they were the resized ones - i will go in and upload new ones. i will also try to figure out how to include the exif file.

[kat]

the exif information should come up just with the download. You should be fine with your images!!!

[tomorrowstreasures]

the exif information should come up just with the download. You should be fine with your images!!!

nope it didn't .. i just tried to pull up the raw files and no can do....hmm. will keep trying and checking back here for help.

ok - i got three images uploaded to flickr - files intact - for those of you who do not know - (like me) on the right panel, there is a blue hyper link by where it tells the camera body that says "properties" ... this link will take you to the exif file. now, i am tired. plop.