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 07/16/2013 02:00:17 PM · #1
If I had a dollar for every time I asked that question I would have a dollar. Anyways I had an image I was going to enter into the light and shadow challenge. I chickened out and didn't enter it. It looked way too soft to me and just like a regular snapshot.

Does it look soft?
 07/16/2013 02:08:53 PM · #2
Probably the focus is at the beginning of the hands. Otherwise it shouldn't be so soft - but of course the face is not so sharp.

Have you tried to sharpen it after resizing?
 07/16/2013 02:13:47 PM · #3
No I didn't I see some detail in the face but I can't figure out if its out of focus or from the face no light is hitting me.
 07/16/2013 02:23:46 PM · #4
I think your focus, as Alessandro pointed out, is on the front edge of the hands. The knuckles look pretty sharp.
 07/16/2013 02:30:18 PM · #5
Yes, there is some front focus. Look in particular at the top of the hood. You can clearly see the focus plane is nearly at the front edge. As previous posters have opined, the front of the hands also looks sharper than the face, though it's not as apparent.
 07/16/2013 02:30:39 PM · #6
Yeah you guys are probably right. I was using f/10 so the lack distance between the 2 makes the face softer.
 07/16/2013 02:36:50 PM · #7
Originally posted by DustDevil:
Anyways I had an image I was going to enter into the light and shadow challenge. I chickened out and didn't enter it.

Next time, please wait until the Outtakes thread is (automatically) posted at rollover after the voting to post images related to the challenge. Or, at least just ask the question ("Is this soft") without relating it to a challenge still in voting.

My camera's smallest aperture is f/8.0 ... :-(
 07/16/2013 02:48:40 PM · #8
Originally posted by kirbic:
Yes, there is some front focus. Look in particular at the top of the hood. You can clearly see the focus plane is nearly at the front edge. As previous posters have opined, the front of the hands also looks sharper than the face, though it's not as apparent.


This is the easiest way to tell in that photo that it is front focused a bit.
 07/16/2013 03:05:52 PM · #9
you have to type slowly to me I only know 22k words ;).
 07/16/2013 03:22:23 PM · #10
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by DustDevil:
Anyways I had an image I was going to enter into the light and shadow challenge. I chickened out and didn't enter it.

Next time, please wait until the Outtakes thread is (automatically) posted at rollover after the voting to post images related to the challenge. Or, at least just ask the question ("Is this soft") without relating it to a challenge still in voting.

My camera's smallest aperture is f/8.0 ... :-(
you also have a much smaller image sensor so you have a much wider DOF :)
 07/16/2013 03:34:03 PM · #11
Originally posted by Mike:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
My camera's smallest aperture is f/8.0 ... :-(
you also have a much smaller image sensor so you have a much wider DOF :)

Yes ... I'm actually surprised at how shallow I can get it sometimes, and with the close-up lens added on the DOF is about 3mm ...
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