These images all show strong shake, even at internet resolutions, to a degree that I was expecting this to be the output of an old compact camera, and certainly not of a system camera mounted on a tripod, with support from flash.
Checking the EXIF, you have used absurdly low shutter speeds of 1/5 sec in all four images, which explains the problem.
Tripod, IBIS, OIS - these all do NOT help against subject movements. A shot at 1/5 sec of a person will be pretty much always be blurry. Unless this person is really perfectly holding still, so for example they're lying down, leaning against a wall, etc.
Using flash helps of course, too. In fact if you shoot in total darkness your shutter speed doesnt matter because the flash is your shutter speed, which is why any camera can, with flash, always have 1/32.000 sec shutter speed (typical time of the flash on the lowest setting). Here however the flash was clearly far to weak to actually freeze the action.
Sauseschritt wrote:
These images all show strong shake, even at internet resolutions, to a degree that I was expecting this to be the output of an old compact camera, and certainly not of a system camera mounted on a tripod, with support from flash.
Checking the EXIF, you have used absurdly low shutter speeds of 1/5 sec in all four images, which explains the problem.
Tripod, IBIS, OIS - these all do NOT help against subject movements. A shot at 1/5 sec of a person will be pretty much always be blurry. Unless this person is really perfectly holding still, so for example they're lying down, leaning against a wall, etc.
Using flash helps of course, too. In fact if you shoot in total darkness your shutter speed doesnt matter because the flash is your shutter speed, which is why any camera can, with flash, always have 1/32.000 sec shutter speed (typical time of the flash on the lowest setting). Here however the flash was clearly far to weak to actually freeze the action. ...Show more →
Thank you for your feedback. As I mentioned in a reply to another feedback, it happened by accident and I realized that later after some 20 images were taken. I corrected the boo-boo right away after I discovered it.
These are GREAT Joshua! I am hopeful that the new Canon R5 and R6 with the 50/1.2L or 85/1.2L can achieve very similar results ... although it’s unlikely that I would buy any one of these lenses - but I will never say never! And, of course, a user’s capture skills and post-production skills matter considerably, and you have mastered these skills - so kudos to you! YGMV.
I'm a big fan of your photography! I try to emulate your work in my shooting. Lovely model also. Thanks for sharing, and being a true inspiration on this forum.
JBPhotog wrote:
My preference is 3 & 4 due to the placement of the overhead lamps competing with her head placement. However, I am not sure why you were shooting at 1/5 sec; f/2.0; ISO 50?
After a close look at all of them, subject blur has for me lost the technical edge required for this kind of shoot. Increasing the ISO and shutter speed by equal increments would have no effect on the ambient illumination or the flash and would have given you better control over any subject movement.
I agree with this. The poses look great, but the blur is very problematic for me.
bobbytan wrote:
These are GREAT Joshua! I am hopeful that the new Canon R5 and R6 with the 50/1.2L or 85/1.2L can achieve very similar results ... although it’s unlikely that I would buy any one of these lenses - but I will never say never! And, of course, a user’s capture skills and post-production skills matter considerably, and you have mastered these skills - so kudos to you! YGMV.
Thank you very much, Bobby!
rntbot wrote:
I'm a big fan of your photography! I try to emulate your work in my shooting. Lovely model also. Thanks for sharing, and being a true inspiration on this forum.
Thank you very much, Robert!
sifpandor wrote:
I agree with this. The poses look great, but the blur is very problematic for me.
Thank you very much for your feedback! As I mentioned in my previous reply, it was not by design but more an inadvertent push of the ISO button that changed the setting from Auto-ISO with 1/60sec as the minimum to ISO 50. I checked the images previously, the movement can be detected mostly in the hand in some of them but the eyes are sharp.
