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Took this yesterday with my Canon D60 and 100-400L IS on a tripod at 400mm (640mm 35mm equivalent FOV) from about 6-8 feet away. What do you think?


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I like the photo and the composition but does the image seem very soft. I would expect a 6 megapixel image to be razor sharp.

troutman
Mohit said:
Took this yesterday with my Canon D60 and 100-400L IS on a tripod
at 400mm (640mm 35mm equivalent FOV) from about 6-8 feet away.
What do you think?


  • Mohit
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Thanks for the comments so far, everyone. I applied just a little sharpening to this after resizing - I prefer the look that way, it maintains the mood of the picture - the colors of the blurred background, the bright white but soft feathers, and the head tucked in ready to sleep.

I printed this out with some sharpening, and it looks very film-like, not oversharpened. That's what I like about the Canon DSLR's ... they don't destroy the image with sharpening, allowing the user to decide what level they'd like.
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MDTROUT said:
I like the photo and the composition but does the image seem very
soft. I would expect a 6 megapixel image to be razor sharp.
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Mohit said:
I printed this out with some sharpening, and it looks very
film-like, not oversharpened. That's what I like about the Canon
DSLR's ... they don't destroy the image with sharpening, allowing
the user to decide what level they'd like.
  • Mohit
Mohit said:
I like the photo and the composition but does the image seem very
soft. I would expect a 6 megapixel image to be razor sharp.
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Your so right, not every picture has to be sazor sharp.
i like the softness very much.

Ruud
 
Actually, it is fairly easy to oversharpen with a lesser camera... and then it looks digital. This image looks real JMO.

John
Ruud peters said:
Mohit said:
I printed this out with some sharpening, and it looks very
film-like, not oversharpened. That's what I like about the Canon
DSLR's ... they don't destroy the image with sharpening, allowing
the user to decide what level they'd like.
  • Mohit
Ruud Peters said:
I like the photo and the composition but does the image seem very
soft. I would expect a 6 megapixel image to be razor sharp.
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Your so right, not every picture has to be sazor sharp.
i like the softness very much.

Ruud
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I do like this image a lot the more I view it....very well done compositionally. I do think the image, unnatural or natural, film or digital, D60 or D30, is a tad soft. Some mild sharpening and even a slight color boost would make this image pop without appearing artificial. I've seen many film images with color and sharpness that are strong and work just fine, and no one calls those artificial.

Thanks for sharing this fine image...

Robert
Mohit said:
Took this yesterday with my Canon D60 and 100-400L IS on a tripod
at 400mm (640mm 35mm equivalent FOV) from about 6-8 feet away.
What do you think?


  • Mohit
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John,
slicesoflight said:
Nicely done. Excellent detail in the whites. I love the colors
with just a touch of green. A pleasure.
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Thanks! I'd manually incident metered this with a Sekonic light meter, then dialed in -1/3 to preserve the highlights. It gives a slightly darker look to the overall picture, but like you said, keeps the detail in the whites.

I got lucky with the background too - this was in the shade, so nice soft light, and shot wide-open at f5.6 and 400mm blurred it nicely.
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Robert,

Thanks for your comments, I do see your point. I'll play with the image again this evening and post a version that is sharpened some more, perhaps add some "Digital Velvia" saturation :)
  • Mohit
Robert M28897 said:
I do like this image a lot the more I view it....very well done
compositionally. I do think the image, unnatural or natural, film
or digital, D60 or D30, is a tad soft. Some mild sharpening and
even a slight color boost would make this image pop without
appearing artificial. I've seen many film images with color and
sharpness that are strong and work just fine, and no one calls
those artificial.

Thanks for sharing this fine image...
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This image has been sharpened more than the original one, and some saturation added as well (slightly different processing from RAW with the exposure and contrast too).

So, which one do you prefer?


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