My next comment is not meant to be a slam or negative on your image. The image appears a tad soft on focus. The edges are not sharp for a 50mm. Can you go back and retry?
There is also some slight keystoning on the buildings.
Just trying to offer some help and am not belittling your image one bit!.
Dan
RWNPhoto wrote:
What did you focus on and at what aperture?
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Danpbphoto wrote:
My next comment is not meant to be a slam or negative on your image. The image appears a tad soft on focus. The edges are not sharp for a 50mm. Can you go back and retry?
There is also some slight keystoning on the buildings.
Just trying to offer some help and am not belittling your image one bit!.
Dan
I appreciate the feedback. There is a lot to learn. It's harder to see where the room for improvement is when you're don't know what can be improved.
I shot it at F22 @ 1/13 second. I was using a monopod. I wonder if I was moving a little. I should probably back away from the F22. I was probably focusing on the bridge, but I can't remember for sure.
Dan, what is keystoning? I will go back within the month and post the new photo.
I appreciate the feedback. There is a lot to learn. It's harder to see where the room for improvement is when you're don't know what can be improved.
I shot it at F22 @ 1/13 second. I was using a monopod. I wonder if I was moving a little. I should probably back away from the F22. I was probably focusing on the bridge, but I can't remember for sure.
Dan, what is keystoning? I will go back within the month and post the new photo.
Thanks again.
Yeah, probably back off the F/22, to more like f/16, or even lower.
Set a Full Frame (FF) camera, to a subject distance of 80 feet, and even at F/4 it will have acceptable focus from 40 feet to infinity. For FF cameras, and lenses, going tinier than f/16 probably brings in "diffraction", which causes softness.
For keystoning, vertical lines can be tilted either outward or inward, like they aren't "vertical". If you point the lens "up", even a few degrees, the tops of buildings will be less as wide as the bottom, so the lines "bow inward".
You can usually set a cameras LCD to show a "level" line (rotation), and some have a 3d level, to show you when the rotation and the up/down are the same line, thus all is straight and level. But for tall buildings, that is why they have tilt and/or tilt/shift lenses, and you don't want to go down that road yet.
Ok, so I went back today and reshot it. Is it possible to get a better focus? I kept using auto focus on the trees, bridge, and the two buildings to the right, but they all looked the same. I'm sharing two photos, one as taken, and another after photo processing. It's a different time of day than the original and different weather. I realized that the shot is not from the bridge, it's from across the bridge on the west bank of the river. Any suggestions are welcome. Canon R7, 50mm lens, f18, 1/60 sec, 200 ISO, handheld.
