I love the texture of the box and this latch is very cool. I find the shot a bit soft, however. In checking the EXIF data a couple of things may be making it a bit soft. If you didn't use a tripod, then you shutter speed is probably too slow (1/8 of a second). In fact, if this is handheld you have a very steady hand for it to even come out this clear. Even if you did you a tripod, however, there is likely to be a bit of diffraction setting in at f/16 on a crop sensor camera. If you can shoot it again at f/11 from a tripod I think the image will significantly improve. I hope this helps. Good luck this week,
Steve- It just so happens that I also shot it at f/10, so I will look at that one and see if it's any better. I shot it at a pretty big angle, because I didn't think it looked right straight on. I focused on the right rivit of the latch and tried to get as much in focus as I could (that's why the high f stop.) Maybe I'll also try it head-on again and see if that works. Thanks for your input.
Ken
Ken Hernandez wrote:
Steve- It just so happens that I also shot it at f/10, so I will look at that one and see if it's any better. I shot it at a pretty big angle, because I didn't think it looked right straight on. I focused on the right rivit of the latch and tried to get as much in focus as I could (that's why the high f stop.) Maybe I'll also try it head-on again and see if that works. Thanks for your input.
Ken
One thing to remember with these entries is that there is a maximum of 640 res on the longest side. Therefore, when shooting a shot like this you can stand way the hell back and shot wide--giving the object all the DoF it needs. Then simply crop tight and you should still have plenty of wasted resolution left over for the resize.
