Ah-23/10/04

wormz777 · 23rd October 2004

Went on a very short trip to AH ... sky very gloomy. Also the first time shooting in the late afternoon.

All uncropped.

Please let me know if they are oversharpened. The pics always turn soft after I saved them in jpg. Please share some of your sharpening techniques if you dun mind

scanner · 23rd October 2004

Soft? Told you to change system liao. Don't believe me.

OK, back to comment, the sharpness looks ok with me, but I do have issue with your focusing. For example, the grasshopper shots, looks like you did not AF at its eyes.

My 2 cents worth of input.

wormz777 · 23rd October 2004

Soft is after saving as jpg, not the actual pic lar. But even at quality 9 is a bit wierd.

I use MF leh... oh dear, any eye surgeon can correct backfocus in my eyes? :P

Falcon · 25th October 2004

Maybe the viewfinder is misaligned?

Anyway, you can try to increase a little more DOF.

Garion · 25th October 2004

Good try there Andrew, long time no see you shoot macros liao.

As Falcon had suggested, try stop down a bit more to increase DOF. For the spider shots try to go a bit closer to capture more details. Last shot I feel is best of the lot.

Keep shooting!

wormz777 · 25th October 2004

Thanks Falcon and Garion

Will try again this weekend.

sathea · 25th October 2004

is the grasshopper in the 3rd photo getting ready to jump off?

Flyingpig · 25th October 2004

I like your 3rd and 4th shots..but looks abit dark?

megaweb · 26th October 2004

You should visit AH in the morning around 8am to noon time and you can find there are many grasshoppers at the plant next to wooden bridge. The lighting there is so much better.

azone · 28th October 2004

Good try there. The grasshoppers looked very cute.

23rd October 2004	#1
wormz777 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: CCK Posts: 2,246	Ah-23/10/04 Went on a very short trip to AH ... sky very gloomy. Also the first time shooting in the late afternoon. All uncropped. Please let me know if they are oversharpened. The pics always turn soft after I saved them in jpg. Please share some of your sharpening techniques if you dun mind

25th October 2004	#5
Garion Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: West side of S'pore Posts: 5,512	Good try there Andrew, long time no see you shoot macros liao. As Falcon had suggested, try stop down a bit more to increase DOF. For the spider shots try to go a bit closer to capture more details. Last shot I feel is best of the lot. Keep shooting! __________________ [ deviantart selections \| Photoblog ]

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Flyingpig Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: SG Posts: 731	I like your 3rd and 4th shots..but looks abit dark? __________________ My Website

26th October 2004	#9
megaweb Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: East Posts: 8,106	You should visit AH in the morning around 8am to noon time and you can find there are many grasshoppers at the plant next to wooden bridge. The lighting there is so much better. __________________ See my Photo Gallery at the Clubsnap \| Pbase

23rd October 2004	#2
scanner Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,643	Soft? Told you to change system liao. Don't believe me. OK, back to comment, the sharpness looks ok with me, but I do have issue with your focusing. For example, the grasshopper shots, looks like you did not AF at its eyes. My 2 cents worth of input.

25th October 2004	#4
Falcon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,869	Maybe the viewfinder is misaligned? Anyway, you can try to increase a little more DOF.

25th October 2004	#6
wormz777 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: CCK Posts: 2,246	Thanks Falcon and Garion Will try again this weekend.

28th October 2004	#10
azone Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,433	Good try there. The grasshoppers looked very cute.