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Re: Rare moment of willingness
Thanks Tom,
I have been disappointed with a lot of my shots, not being very sharp, does not seem to matter what lens I use either. I know when an image looks sharp, so I don't think it is my eyes. And I have had some very sharp images so I know it is possible, and therefore not an issue with the camera.
In this case though you are correct, I went back and checked the af point - for some reason I broke my habit (of only using the centre af point) and it was on auto. The points used seemed to have been the shoulder, the lips and parts of the hair. - Lesson learned.
But this also brings another point, some of the shots I have taken, I use centre af point only, but this then necessitates focus/recompose (which I know a lot of photographers advocate anyway) I do this a lot, sometimes with good results.
Problem is in DPP, when you check the data, the AF point will show its position after the recomposing, so if I focus on eyes (beep and green light) but then lower the camera (while keeping the shutter half pressed) to get a better composition, I cant see after the event where I focused to check for error on my part. Am I doing anything wrong in this?
Cheers
IanEOS 600d, ef 18-55 is kit lens, 50 mm 1.8 mkii, Tamron 70-300, 430EXii
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Ian, nice portrait and a good keeper.
With regard to the soft focus issue I was wondering if you have tried any static tests with the lens, I am making the assumption here that it is normally with this one lens, by putting the camera on a tripod and using the different af settings to take the same shot and then using a manual focus to see what you get. It may be that you need to do a microadjust to help improve the pairing of camera / lens to get a better focus. If I have missed the point then sorry for the ramblings
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Thanks Muscat, I might give that a try, here was a quick grab really, we (my daughter and I) were ready to go out just waiting on the other half and as my daughter was actually allowing me to take a shot or two (happens less frequently than Hally's Commet) I had no time to set up a tripod or fiddle with settings too much
Cheers
IanEOS 600d, ef 18-55 is kit lens, 50 mm 1.8 mkii, Tamron 70-300, 430EXii
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Although it is a little soft its still a nice portrait and would have been a cracker with sharp eyes.
You always need to take control of the focus point and never let the camera make the decision. I am lucky with the 7D in having 19 different focus point to choose from, so 90 % of the time I can choose a focus point which is over the area i want to focus on. Even with those cameras such as yours with only the 9 points, I would have thought one would be close enough even if it meant perhaps stepping back a little / changing the zoom or cropping on pp
Stan
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Re: Rare moment of willingness
As members have said this does look a little soft which is a real shame as this is a lovely portrait, Tom points out the shoulder is the sharpest part of the image.you must give this another go, if those eyes were sharp this would be a perfect portrait.
PaulEOS 1Dx, - EF 24-105L f4,- Sigma 135 f1.8 Art - EF 400L IS f2.8, - Speedlite 430EXII.
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Hi Ian,
Yhis might be where Backbutton focus comes into play. Use the backbutton to set focus then when you recompose, the shutter button is not the issue. I you probably know this, but the older I get the more I need to follow the rule Focal Length = Shutter Speed. I'm not as steady as I once was, or would like to think I am
Tom
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Re: Rare moment of willingness
Let me start by saying it's a lovely pic of a pretty young lady.
When we start pixel peeping with a view to finding faults, we will invariably find. :-)
Put this on facebook and people will say "wow great pic!".
Might be where Backbutton focus comes into play
Ian I notice this image shot at ISO 1250 and is noiseless, have you used NR software at all ?
Trev
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Re: Rare moment of willingness
Originally posted by Trevoreast View PostLet me start by saying it's a lovely pic of a pretty young lady.
When we start pixel peeping with a view to finding faults, we will invariably find. :-)
Put this on facebook and people will say "wow great pic!".
Yes Tom, it's one of the key uses of BBF imho.
Ian I notice this image shot at ISO 1250 and is noiseless, have you used NR software at all ?
Trev
as for the noiseless??
I have not done anything, I never use the noise reduction in DPP - all I do is play with contrast, maybe sharpness, then I open in picasa or something else and tweak a bit.
here is the exif
I think I need to try out BBF as suggested - thanks again
File Name Rhianna Portraits_2012_09_06_2167.CR2
Camera Model Canon EOS 600D
Firmware Firmware Version 1.0.1
Shooting Date/Time 06/09/2012 19:13:31
Author Ian Taylor
Copyright Notice (c)Ian Taylor Photography
Owner's Name
Shooting Mode Night Scene
Lighting or Scene Default setting
Ambience Standard setting
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/200
Av( Aperture Value ) 4.5
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 1250
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens 70-300mm
Focal Length 141.0mm
Image Size 5184x3456
Image Quality RAW
Flash Off
FE lock OFF
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode One-Shot AF
AF area select mode Automatic selection
Picture Style Auto
Sharpness 3
Contrast 0
Saturation 0
Color tone 0
Color Space sRGB
Long exposure noise reduction 0:Off
High ISO speed noise reduction 0:Standard
Highlight tone priority 0:Disable
Auto Lighting Optimizer Standard
Peripheral illumination correction Enable
Dust Delete Data No
File Size 24476KB
Drive Mode Single shooting
Live View Shooting OFF
Camera Body No. 023011007794
CommentEOS 600d, ef 18-55 is kit lens, 50 mm 1.8 mkii, Tamron 70-300, 430EXii
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Re: Rare moment of willingness
as for the noiseless??
In night mode the camera may have auto focussed on the shoulder because it was closest.
I'm not sure if you can pick your own focus point in night scene mode.
Trev
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Re: Rare moment of willingness
Very nice portrait. A little soft, Looking at the overall image I think your main problem is camera shake and a little front focused. I would when using that lens never drop below a 500th. I know that sounds a lot but a think the quality of your pics will improve with a higher shutter speed.
Again nice pic and lovely model. Every time I get the camera out now I get large sighs from the Grand Kids. I have found that if you tie them down with clear cellotape it does not show on the pics. (just kidding)
Cheer
Treff
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Ian! Cheer up. I like this photo quite a lot as the softness does add to the niceness of the image. Too much sharpness or details makes the image look very harsh IMHO.Canon 6D; Canon 760D;Canon G15;Canon 40mm f2.8(Pancake);Canon 50mm f1.8(ii); Canon 17mm-40mm f4L;Canon EF-S 10-18mm f4.5-5.6 IS STM;Canon EF-S 55-250mm f4-5.6 STM lens;Canon 24mm-105mmf4L IS;Canon 70-300mm f4-f5.6 L IS USM;Kenko 1.4x HD TC;Canon 430EX ii flash;Giottos tripod;Manfretto monopod;Cokin P filters + bits and pieces!
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