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[styleanywhere]

Lots of potentially great photos and settings however you may need to practice more to make full use of your great opportunities.

Keep up the good work and work hard.

Hello Draken,

Thanks for the feedback. Photography is a learning process. And i am enjoying every time I discover something about it, will practice more.

 

[Draken413o]

Hello Draken,

Thanks for the feedback. Photography is a learning process. And i am enjoying every time I discover something about it, will practice more.

no problems! All that matters is enjoying the process.. if you get good from the process all the better. =)

Oh, maybe you can try this little tip.. try shooting more than a few times the same shot.. cause one of them will be sharp and on focus. Especially with wide open primes.

 

[styleanywhere]

no problems! All that matters is enjoying the process.. if you get good from the process all the better. =)

Oh, maybe you can try this little tip.. try shooting more than a few times the same shot.. cause one of them will be sharp and on focus. Especially with wide open primes.

Thanks for the tip. I am actually quite new with prime lens. I used zoom lens since I started. But I am enjoying more the prime lens now. The fast shutter for movement and the bokeh effect is so good. But, I sometimes notice though that when the aperture is set to the lowest rate, the focus is quite soft, especially at night. And since I dont use flash and i try to darken the photo, setting the exposure to - value to give a dramatic feel on the photo, the focus tend to become softer. Is it normal ?

 

[Draken413o]

Thanks for the tip. I am actually quite new with prime lens. I used zoom lens since I started. But I am enjoying more the prime lens now. The fast shutter for movement and the bokeh effect is so good. But, I sometimes notice though that when the aperture is set to the lowest rate, the focus is quite soft, especially at night. And since I dont use flash and i try to darken the photo, setting the exposure to - value to give a dramatic feel on the photo, the focus tend to become softer. Is it normal ?

Yes prime lenses are fun! I don't use mine often though.

First things first, you don't really need to shoot at the lowest aperture.. for instance f1.8.. that makes life tough to get the focus spot on due to the shallow depth of field. Instead you could try two stops higher from your widest aperture.

At night, the focus is soft due mainly to your camera not being able to catch the contrast which it so desperately needs to achieve auto focus lock. What I can say to help is probably try shooting manual focus with a smaller aperture. Take note increasing iso also makes things look mushy and soft too..

 

[styleanywhere]

Yes prime lenses are fun! I don't use mine often though.

First things first, you don't really need to shoot at the lowest aperture.. for instance f1.8.. that makes life tough to get the focus spot on due to the shallow depth of field. Instead you could try two stops higher from your widest aperture.

At night, the focus is soft due mainly to your camera not being able to catch the contrast which it so desperately needs to achieve auto focus lock. What I can say to help is probably try shooting manual focus with a smaller aperture. Take note increasing iso also makes things look mushy and soft too..

Thanks for the tip! I will try those options too.

 

[The Moving Chair]

Hello. Is it because I am using a very low aperture that they appear very soft?

Some lenses are not the sharpest wide open.

 

[styleanywhere]

Some lenses are not the sharpest wide open.

Hello Moving Chair. I like wide open though for capturing movements, for dof effect and for low light environment.

 

[The Moving Chair]

Hello Moving Chair. I like wide open though for capturing movements, for dof effect and for low light environment.

I know. There are other factors you have to think of when selecting an aperture. For this case, I'd say sharpness is one factor u have to consider.

 

[styleanywhere]

I know. There are other factors you have to think of when selecting an aperture. For this case, I'd say sharpness is one factor u have to consider.

Yep. I will try to shoot on different aperture then.

Sharing another photo, but this time, I used not prime lens but a zoom lens. And I am actually thinking of going back to Nikon D40 instead of my current camera because of the color. I love d40 and d60 colors.

 

[velasco]

Hello. Is it because I am using a very low aperture that they appear very soft?

i dont think so, cause even your last shot appears soft. Perhaps it is your postprocessing, dya like soften the images or maybe, your focusing is wonky?

 

[styleanywhere]

i dont think so, cause even your last shot appears soft. Perhaps it is your postprocessing, dya like soften the images or maybe, your focusing is wonky?

i would just enhance the color as part of postprocessing. will work on focusing part then. thanks for the feedback.

 

[Draken413o]

Another tip for you.. Try using unsharp mask or smart sharpen if you're using photoshop. That will handle some of the sharpness issues that seem to plague you. To me, I don't really see the last image as being soft though.

 

[styleanywhere]

Another tip for you.. Try using unsharp mask or smart sharpen if you're using photoshop. That will handle some of the sharpness issues that seem to plague you. To me, I don't really see the last image as being soft though.

Thanks Draken. I use GIMP photo editor and there is also the sharpness enhancer tool. But for some photos, i intentionally make it look soft, like a certain area is the main focus then the rest area of the subject has to be soft, especially close up portrait. For night shots, that's where I experience softness in the focus, which I will try to improve with your previous suggestions. Thanks again.

 

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Here is a photo from Hong Kong. More photos at Style Anywhere.

 

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This is an instant shoot in one of local Macao's jewelry shop. I asked if I can take a photo of the shop staff for my website. The result are these:

 

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From Cambodia.

 

[Lionheart86]

What I feel lacking after going thru your photos is the contrast. It's just not there in my personal opinion. Some like the Macao, business and Hong Kong shots look dark and gloomy due to it's underexpose nature. Could have increase Exposure Compensation if no intention to use fill in flash for non thru window shots. Keep shooting as we learn every day...

 

[styleanywhere]

What I feel lacking after going thru your photos is the contrast. It's just not there in my personal opinion. Some like the Macao, business and Hong Kong shots look dark and gloomy due to it's underexpose nature. Could have increase Exposure Compensation if no intention to use fill in flash for non thru window shots. Keep shooting as we learn every day...

Thanks for the tip Lionheart