Okay so my sister @janiskay and my mentor @vignouse assured me a little blur in bird pictures doesn't mean you have a bad picture. So when I blow this picture up to 1:1 I see the little fence in the back clear but I can't see the individual leaves. So are leaves like feathers and you can't expect them all to be clear or is this a slightly out of focus (or badly out of focus) picture. Be honest I am prepared. It is fall here and I have plans for more shots so need to know what to look for in clarity.
Without a high resolution file to examine, I can't answer your question Joan - I can only comment on the image as posted. It's a superb bright crisp autumn shot and really captures the essence of fall - the amazing reflection doubles our pleasure... but you still only get one Fav!
(For the record: neither Jan nor I said that blur in bird pictures was acceptable - we said it was an inevitable step on the road to mastery.)
I think this shot is gorgeous. I can't tell if there are any leaves out of focus, as I'm looking using my phone. It all looks god to my. The only thing I can think of to do would to use a higher f stop to increase the Dof.
This scene will look even better once all of the leaves have changed colour.
Beautiful, Joan. This is a big fav for me...the color is deep and rich and the reflections are beautiful. There is nothing obvious to me that needs correcting here. Wonderful capture.
Looks good to me. But I am self taught and my teacher is a fool.
I would try ISO 100 and play around with the f stop. Maybe a filter for the lens to keep it open longer in the day light. and then you would still want no wind.
This is a wonderful image Joan! Beautiful colours and gorgeous reflections! A Fav from me!
I was taught that in landscapes you should use the "sweet" spot on your lens which is normally between f8 and f11 - it can be different for each lens. For clarity from front to back of an image you need to focus on a spot normally about one third into the shot. It would be difficult I think to see individual leaves as if there was any wind there would be movement. I have just started to use live view to focus when doing landscapes. I too am trying to improve clarity and I am finding the above is helping. Hope you don't mind me chipping in!
@wildernesswillie Thanks I don't have iso 100 available as a selection though these are a couple of lo ones. I had a polarizing filter on. Have used it all summer because of the bright light. BUt I don't think to turn it around to see if I get a different look.
Beautiful colours and clarity. Some of the leaves or picture should be absolutely clear (as in your fence), but other details can be slightly less clear as high dof only helps - the whole image will not have that clarity without further processing
Without a high resolution file to examine, I can't answer your question Joan - I can only comment on the image as posted. It's a superb bright crisp autumn shot and really captures the essence of fall - the amazing reflection doubles our pleasure... but you still only get one Fav!
(For the record: neither Jan nor I said that blur in bird pictures was acceptable - we said it was an inevitable step on the road to mastery.)
This scene will look even better once all of the leaves have changed colour.
I would try ISO 100 and play around with the f stop. Maybe a filter for the lens to keep it open longer in the day light. and then you would still want no wind.
I was taught that in landscapes you should use the "sweet" spot on your lens which is normally between f8 and f11 - it can be different for each lens. For clarity from front to back of an image you need to focus on a spot normally about one third into the shot. It would be difficult I think to see individual leaves as if there was any wind there would be movement. I have just started to use live view to focus when doing landscapes. I too am trying to improve clarity and I am finding the above is helping. Hope you don't mind me chipping in!