Today's Photographs

[Blackvault]

Hi

These where all shot with a 70-200 F4 L on a 30D. All the exif information should still be embedded in the images. All the images where shot in RAW. Converted using RSE. Using the Normal contrast preset and 50+ on the saturation. Leveled, and USMed in CS2 and then saved to jpeg.
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Comments welcome

 

[Blackvault]

Do you want to see the raw files and have a look at the sharpness there?

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[Blackvault]

Some one call the IAEA, there seems to be a large amount of radioactive waste near that dog!


I think the coffee shot has potential, but the composition needs changing the the lighting needs to be more controlled.

The coffee shot was just a quick snapshot as my mum was making coffee.

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[Blackvault]

There is a 100% crop of the dog picture.

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[Blackvault]

Another 100% crop

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[Blackvault]

The full size crops, although they are sharp, are not as sharp as I would expect from that lens. I think the problem here is that maybe you've used it handheld. Try upping the shutter speed.

The one of my mum was shot at 1/640 sec at 70mm. Thats more than plenty for that focal lenght. Although it was shot at F4.

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[Blackvault]

I suspect that you've ruined your shots with stupid amounts of JPEG compression... Simple as.

I did resize them using the Windows resizer, I think. I'll recovert the Raw files and then post those up for you.

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[Blackvault]

Ok. This was coverted from the Raw file. I didn't do anything to this image other than tweak the levels slightly. I used the max setting for the jpeg eg set on 12 in CS2.

Comments

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[Blackvault]

With a bit of PP

thanks but I would like some comments on the last picture that I posted. I need to know if my L lens is soft

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