Trouble with focusing
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Re: Help with focusing
Did you take the first shot yourself? There is a rule here ,that we're not to post other images other than our own. Next time please link to the image you want to show .How do i get my images to look this clear?
I'm using a Nikon 7000 with a AF-S Nikkor lens 55-200mm. I've tried manual, aperture, and shutter priority,my photo of a bridge
Re: Help with focusing
CAUTION, my answer will be a bit harsh, tainted with satyrical content, but I will speak the truth.
Cleaning your lens does not mean you can take sharp photos. The sharpness of a picture depends on many factors.
Shutter speed, aperture, subject, Post-processing (sharpening), and, what many many beginning photographers don't take into account, THE QUALITY OF THE LIGHT hitting the subject.
You learn to control all the above elements and I can assure you that you will get nice crisp photos, but, as stated in your question, with all the few elements that you've presented, seems you have a lot to practice and learn before you get to that point.
Your question reminds me of a person that goes into an art supply store and buys the best brushes and paint, canvas, then goes home and start painting. I'm not sure the first painting will be a museum piece...
Photography is both a technique and an art. It's the art of seeing light and the understanding of how it will turn out in a picture. And, as for all arts, it is a question of learning by practice.
So, my advice to you would be to get some books about photography (doesn't have to be digital photography), look at what was written and done, and practice, practice and keep practicing. You will find out that your results will get better, but only with practice. Oh, did I mention a lot of practice.
Good luck, and enjoy your Nikon.
CAUTION, my answer will be a bit harsh, tainted with satyrical content, but I will speak the truth.
Cleaning your lens does not mean you can take sharp photos. The sharpness of a picture depends on many factors.
Shutter speed, aperture, subject, Post-processing (sharpening), and, what many many beginning photographers don't take into account, THE QUALITY OF THE LIGHT hitting the subject.
You learn to control all the above elements and I can assure you that you will get nice crisp photos, but, as stated in your question, with all the few elements that you've presented, seems you have a lot to practice and learn before you get to that point.
Your question reminds me of a person that goes into an art supply store and buys the best brushes and paint, canvas, then goes home and start painting. I'm not sure the first painting will be a museum piece...
Photography is both a technique and an art. It's the art of seeing light and the understanding of how it will turn out in a picture. And, as for all arts, it is a question of learning by practice.
So, my advice to you would be to get some books about photography (doesn't have to be digital photography), look at what was written and done, and practice, practice and keep practicing. You will find out that your results will get better, but only with practice. Oh, did I mention a lot of practice.
Good luck, and enjoy your Nikon.
Horoscope Fish
Senior Member
Re: Help with focusing
To make this adjustment:
Press the Menu button.
Highlight the Shooting Menu (camera icon)
Drop down to "Set Picture Control" then click right one time.
(This menu contains all the Picture Controls (Standard, Vivid, Landscape, etc. and each one has it's own set of Quick Adjust menus)
Highlight the Picture Control you're using, probably "Standard", and click right one time to enter the Quick Adjust menu.
Highlight the "Sharpening" setting and increase it from the oddly low default setting to +6 or +7.
Press "OK" to exit the menu.
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Are you shooting RAW and sharpening during post-processing, or are you shooting JPG? If you shoot primarily in JPG and haven't adjusted the Sharpness settings in the Picture Control menu, you need to do that. This one change will have a dramatic effect on the overall sharpness of your JPG shots. If you're shooting in RAW, then we need to have a different conversation.
To make this adjustment:
Press the Menu button.
Highlight the Shooting Menu (camera icon)
Drop down to "Set Picture Control" then click right one time.
(This menu contains all the Picture Controls (Standard, Vivid, Landscape, etc. and each one has it's own set of Quick Adjust menus)
Highlight the Picture Control you're using, probably "Standard", and click right one time to enter the Quick Adjust menu.
Highlight the "Sharpening" setting and increase it from the oddly low default setting to +6 or +7.
Press "OK" to exit the menu.
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Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
I have moved this part of the thread to its on thread since it is a separate issue and the other was a old thread.
I think part of your problem with the bridge photo is post processing or original exposure. I is a bit washed out. Would look better if it were exposed correctly Needs more contrast and less exposure. You are losing detail in the whites.
Try uploading a different photo and include the EXIF data with it. Follow the instructions before when uploading a photo so that the EXIF data will be embedded.
The most important part is to resize to no more than 1000px before you upload
Guidelines to adding a photo to your post.
1. Resize photo to 1000px on the long side.
2. Resolution set to 72ppi (Pixels Per Inch)
These guidelines will be good for viewing on a computer but will not be good for printing. This will help safeguard your copyright.
I think part of your problem with the bridge photo is post processing or original exposure. I is a bit washed out. Would look better if it were exposed correctly Needs more contrast and less exposure. You are losing detail in the whites.
Try uploading a different photo and include the EXIF data with it. Follow the instructions before when uploading a photo so that the EXIF data will be embedded.
The most important part is to resize to no more than 1000px before you upload
Guidelines to adding a photo to your post.
1. Resize photo to 1000px on the long side.
2. Resolution set to 72ppi (Pixels Per Inch)
These guidelines will be good for viewing on a computer but will not be good for printing. This will help safeguard your copyright.