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Tashi

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441 Reppa

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Nice pic!! Before I say anything please note I am merely a beginner.. but personally I think the pic would have been better if it were sharper/more in focus.

If any one with expertise can comment... I notice many of my pics tend to look like Tashi's.. When I look at pro pics the look very sharp and in focus... Is it due to software or skill? Is it possible to get an extremely focused/sharp pic when capturing a mountain at such a distance?
 
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Eye-level

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Yes it is possible to do that. You can do it with any landscape. It is not really skill but that is very important...it is a tool called the tripod! Any good landscape person worth their salt has a tripod.
 
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cbg

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While the overall composition isn't bad, I would crop the right side at the point of the shadow to tighten the image up. The image is quite soft/out of focus. If you didn't use a tripod, you should if you want your images to be in focus. Also, can you post the Exif data - shutter speed, iso, aperture, etc.

Colin
 
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Tashi

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cbg said:
While the overall composition isn't bad, I would crop the right side at the point of the shadow to tighten the image up. The image is quite soft/out of focus. If you didn't use a tripod, you should if you want your images to be in focus. Also, can you post the Exif data - shutter speed, iso, aperature, etc.

Colin
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Thank you so much for your opinion. I cropped this pic and that may be the reason for its soft appearance. Here is the uncropped version. I am still learning. I did join this forum a year ago but lied dormant for most of the time. So please consider me a newbie...still. :)

Here's the EXIF data:
F stop - f/6.3
Exposure time - 1/200 sec
ISO speed - 110
focal length - 200 mm
Camera - Nikon D3100
 

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Marcel

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Since others played with cropping already, I think that it just needed a little sharpening. Also, there seems to be jpeg noise in the sky (I don't know if this is because of exposure compensation in post processing).

So, I did some sharpening and added a layer in the sky that I painted to remove the jpeg artifacts.

I hope you won't mind if I used your photo to show you what can be gotten out of your original. :distrust:

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nikonpup said:
marcel, please explain jpeg noise. What are you seeing? Thanks.
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When you look carefully at the sky in Tashi's attached original file, you can see blotches of different color artifacts that are usually caused by jpeg compression. I don't know if your monitor will allow you to see it, but I sure did.
 
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Tashi

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Marcel said:
Since others played with cropping already, I think that it just needed a little sharpening. Also, there seems to be jpeg noise in the sky (I don't know if this is because of exposure compensation in post processing).

So, I did some sharpening and added a layer in the sky that I painted to remove the jpeg artifacts.

I hope you won't mind if I used your photo to show you what can be gotten out of your original. :distrust:

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I didn't mind at all. Feel free to use my photos. The mountain is standing there... always!
I can take another shot. Learning is important. Thanks for taking time to explain. Looking forward for more.
 
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