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richingr
Registered: October 2010
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Kev
Registered: February 2008
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I think you cropped this one a wee bit too tight.
Not a lot, but a tad.
The lighting is good and well balanced...(but considering that now you are using the 100mm macro lens)...it's not really crisp enough is it?
I'm starting to wonder IF your camera body is the culprit here (?)...coz with that glass you should get stellar results.
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richingr
Registered: October 2010
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Yes Kev i wish i had gave it a bit more room . My next test is i am going to
try stepping up the sharpening in camera to see if gives it that extra edge it should have. Wife would kill me if i spoke about diffrent camera.
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Kev
Registered: February 2008
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Rich, it's best to shoot with in-camera sharpening set to zero (0) and then apply it in post...that way you get total control over it. That's how I duz it.
Canon cameras are somewaht different to Nikon. Nikon bodies have heavy AA (anti A) filters...so ALL images are somewaht soft straight out of the camera.
Post-production sharpening is critical, especially USM to obtain line/edge definition.
I'm just wondering IF your camera body has 'back' focusing issues of some kind...simply because your "distance" (ie: landscapes, etc) look sharper...than many of your closeup images.
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richingr
Registered: October 2010
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Cheers Kev .Not sure why they are not really sharp like yours.
Maybe i need to use bit More Usm. It is a pretty new camera so should be okay.
Just tried in camera sharpening and not that much diffrence.One day i will get it right. 
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Clem
Registered: February 2011
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Silly thought, but as an experiment, you could try one with mirror lock-up. It's a crazy theory, but maybe the shutter release happens to be at the same resonant frequency as your table or tripod setup for these shots and you're getting some mechanical vibration going on.
Crazy theory number 2: Have you checked your full resolution image to see if it has the same softness? In other words, I'm wondering if it could be the scaling algrotihm that you use to downsize the image.
To end with something good to say, you've come quite far with these flower shots. Really nice lighting and reflections.
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richingr
Registered: October 2010
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Cheers Clem all of these type pictures are done with Mirror lock up.
Theory 2 is harder to tell as you always loose something in downsizing
Thanks for the nice comment as well Clem. For me these shots are lots better than
what i used to take and process so in that light i am very happy even if it is slightly soft
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