LollyLockhart
Registered: April 2008
Posts: 170
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need a little help...as you can see the focus is good but the water makes it look out of focus...what did I do wrong???
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Kev
Registered: February 2008
Posts: 362
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Sun May 25, 2008 3:29am
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Rating: 6.00
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For a still-life shot like this...you really need to use a tripod...which will allow you to capture a greater depth of field (over the entire berry range)....and, also you then won't need to use the onboard flash...which will probably result in a better overall exposure. On a shot like this...I would probably want to use about an f/13 stop, or so....which can't be done hand-held. I don't know how close you actually are to the fruit...but, maybe...you are pushing the "minimum" focal/sharpness distance to the max here. Perhaps you need to back-up a bit. I get that feeling - but I could be wrong of course.
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geofflaw
Site Admin
Registered: December 2007
Posts: 680
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Sun May 25, 2008 8:37am
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Rating: 7.00
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The closer you get to your subject the less depth of field you get. This one is quite sharp in the centre but the left strawberry is a little soft. I reckon you could sharpen this one up in Photoshop because it's not far out.
I can't really see what you mean about the water maikng it look unsharp in this shot, but I have had similar troubles when taking pictures of swimmers. I know it is in focus and sharp but the water one their faces smooths out the features and makes the picture look blurred.
For what it's worth, I still think you have overdone the darkening of the edges. Interesting shot though.
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LollyLockhart
Registered: April 2008
Posts: 170
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Thank you so much for the help.. your right ... the darkening was trying to make up for bad shot...I think I was to close to the subject on that one and I wanted it to work and I was frustrated...still life is something I am working on, I am used to working with natural light and sometimes I find it diffcult to work indoors...I really wanted thoses strawberrys to look mouthwatering (because they were).
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