gordonpritchard

Good choice of RAW image too. IMHO, you're getting rough treatment for no good reason. One of the reasons one shoots RAW is to acquire all the image information that the camera captured rather than ...

Sorry, but I don't see any of that area being in focus (view at original size):

Missed focus point. You might have moved after you focussed. The use of a UV filter is irrelevant. ———————————————————————------ "View their gallery before accepting their comments." —————————————— ...

It made PShop affordable for me. Alternatives didn’t have some of the functionality that I needed.

The link you were given in one of the post has good advice. I would suggest you buy a focus rail so that you can control the magnification you need. They are not expensive (<$100) For a lens, you ...

The hair’s still there.

The left side of his face is lost in shadow. A little bounce light on his dark side would help. Also his right hand is monstrously out of proportion compared to his other hand.  Lens/viewpoint issue?

Like Klaus said. And she has one wayward hair across her forehead which I think should be removed.

Totally agree, The OP can look at my blog below for sample as most of the images there were taken with the 16-300 mm. I had an a57 with the Sony 18-250 but the 16-300 is a much better lens.

My understanding is that some RAW image processors are better at recovering highlight and shadow details than others. So pushing the sliders might reveal any differences there. Interesting about ...

None of them on “auto” corrected the chromatic aberration. It would have been interesting, given the scene, to see how each app handled highlight and shadow recovery by just cranking those knobs to ...

The image is also posted here: https://www.kissmykite.com/fullscreen-page/comp-j9hyo22l/0d8644a2-999e-48d9-a10f-a9353d4d3898/23/%3Fi%3D23%26p%3D%26s%3D Perhaps there's a higher res version there?

Here's a sample: 10 images shot handheld at ISO 4000 in a museum then stacked: The whole image A close up: You can see the texture of the canvas - no noise. I didn't keep the RAW files since I no ...

I guess you’re on a PC? On a MAC there are free utilities that can find and delete duplicates. Maybe there’s something similar for PC.

I get great results stacking 10 shots done handheld in museums.

IMHO you nailed the exposure time. It really captured the ferocity of the running water.

You may want to read this before purchasing that lens: https://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/samyang/14mm-f28.htm

I find that quickly alternating the auto correct function on and off helps me to see my image more objectively which can help when massaging an image.