Morning with Joffyn

[beeth9]

Just for comparison here's an earlier photo, with no adjustment.

 

[beeth9]

To answer your questions, I edit in raw (.cr2) and saved the downsized in jpg. Final size ~150-200KB 900 by 600 pixels at 240 pix/inch and upload to CS gallery. As for possibility of shaky hands, I used tripod almost throughout my most recent shoot.

First problem is that your focusing point is already off as you mentioned your focus is chest or cheek of the model, instead of the eyes.

But I noticed your other problem is that even the chest area is not in focus in your pictures

#1 Whole picture is on the soft side with no real focus, even when you are shooting with
f4 aperture, a shutter speed of 1/100 and 10% clarity photoshop enhancement

What file format you use to perform your editing?
What is your file final size?
Which website you use to link to clubsnap?

Many possibilities, might be even your lens as you mentioned, shaky hands, etc
only you should know because you are the user

 

[wootsk]

Hmmm... you may be right. I recently started using a uv filter on my 85mm for the last 2 shoots. Before this, no comments about the softness thingy. As for the newly acquired Sigma lens, it had the filter on day one. Will vary the setup and compare.

Also before that, the shooting style on my 50d was set to Protrait and color space to Adobe, but was changed to Neutral and standard color space. With Neutral, do I need to adjust the clarity/sharpness upwards in PS?

Focus pt for picture #4 is just above her index finger. On the camera LCD, sharpness was acceptable (to me) but after PS and down-sizing it color/sharpness seemed to have deterioriated(?). Do you use auto adjust in PS?

Any glass infront of your lens will degrade image, it is just a matter of how much. Initially I find it hard to accept that image could degrade so much, so I did a test shot on a far away object with manual focus set to infinite with and without filter (Filter clean with blower and isoproply) and find it shocking that my $15 UV filter aka protector really make my image alot softer.
Shooting style in Protrait on my 30D is only 2 bar which is like :what:.I set my style custom which increase a bit for contrast and sharpness for my liking. I don't use auto adjust in photoshop.

 

[aaSKaa]

It will be OOF when you set to MF without using the focus ring. You may not have noticed it through the viewfinder at that moment. It happened to me once with a 70-200m lens.

As a photographer you should be wise enuff to check ur output. you dont just click away and walk off.

I feel shooting in manual is always better to learn your way up.

Neither do i think its the filter issue here........its more of the settings of the camera and the tecknik applied by TS..

why not go out for coffee with some of the bros here and learn, its tough asking question online and rectifying ur errors

 

[blazer_workz]

I believe the softness is due to image compression after resize.
Normally what I do is to do USM on the resized image to bring back the sharpness before uploading, but of course some image hosting sites, may have its own compression which can soften/degrade images.

 

[josephlean84]

maybe u try to make it 72 dpi?

 

[wootsk]

A bit too much possiblity and it could be due to 1 or more problem stacking together. But I seriously don't think it is due to OOF as I cannot find anything really sharp in the whole photo unless TS lens actually focus very close to the foreground. The image doesn't seems like handshake blur, but rather more like halo effect.

 

[Soundaholic]

The first photo is probably just inconsistent focus + wrong choice of focus point so nothing is in focus. Also if you shoot wide open then photos may not be that sharp even if it's in focus. Try to stop down 1 or 2 stops unless you really have to shoot wide open to blur out the background as much as possible or when you don't have enough light
I also noticed the shutter speeds are rather high. In normal lighting condition I usually use the slowest shutter speed I can handhold to decrease the ISO for better quality or stop down the aperture for sharper photos

 

[aaSKaa]

Also if you shoot wide open then photos may not be that sharp even if it's in focus.

Why cant u get sharpness in wide open ? pls explain ?:nono:

 

[beeth9]

My filters are the tokina UV @ $55 and protama UV. Can't be that bad right?

Any glass infront of your lens will degrade image, it is just a matter of how much. Initially I find it hard to accept that image could degrade so much, so I did a test shot on a far away object with manual focus set to infinite with and without filter (Filter clean with blower and isoproply) and find it shocking that my $15 UV filter aka protector really make my image alot softer.
Shooting style in Protrait on my 30D is only 2 bar which is like :what:.I set my style custom which increase a bit for contrast and sharpness for my liking. I don't use auto adjust in photoshop.

 

[beeth9]

At hindsight, this might be a potential cause. Initially I just uploaded the full-sized jpg (8M) and let picasa web uploader compress them. Moving to CS Gallery, I started using 240 dpi and then 100 dpi to downsized before uploading. Hmmm... will try your suggestion. Thanks

maybe u try to make it 72 dpi?

 

[Exposure]

i think there is something wrong with the focusing

 

[beeth9]

Is there anything wrong with the focus?

Just for comparison here's an earlier photo, with no adjustment.

 

[wootsk]

My filters are the tokina UV @ $55 and protama UV. Can't be that bad right?

I don't know, I just made a guess as I can't find any sharper point on your photo other than from the facial to the hair area in the last photo, unless your focus distance is even nearer. Btw the test filter I use on my tamron 17-55 f2.8 is a tokina UV filter. :bsmilie:

 

[Wurdelak]

and why set your ISO till 1000 ?

:bsmilie::bsmilie::bsmilie:

 

[aaSKaa]

i doubt its the uploading or the filter causing the issues here .......... its more of the tecknic that needs to be amended

 

[wootsk]

Why cant u get sharpness in wide open ? pls explain ?:nono:

That will depend on the lens used.
Certain lens are more sharper when stop down to certain f-stop and higher till defraction kicks in. Certain lens are already very sharp at the main focus distance wide open.

 

[juste_millieu]

Is there anything wrong with the focus?

looks like back focus

 

[aaSKaa]

That will depend on the lens used.
Certain lens are more sharper when stop down to certain f-stop and higher till defraction kicks in. Certain lens are already very sharp at the main focus distance wide open.

All lens are sharp when stop down.....and even at wide open....any lens in the market should be able to produce sharpness.