Viewing pictures at 100% sometimes is pretty discouraging. You find all the faults and warts in focusing, and camera shake. Life was better when people are just printing 4x6.
All pictures shot using my aging D70, Nikkon 80~200 f2.8, processed using UFRaw via GIMP under Ubuntu 8.04.
Same here, man. When I looked at my Bambax flower shots at HK Park, I was taken aback how blurry or smudgy they appeared in 100% scale.
ReplyDeleteI immediately downsized them all to 1024 X 768 before sending them to you guys for your comments and critiques.
Did you bring your tripod and ball joint with you when you were shooting the speeding bike stunts of Alex?
Since it's a 200mm zoom lens it is not always easy to avoid camera shakes though you've got a pair of extremely steady hands. Lucky you that your zoom lens is a f2.8 which allows a lot more light into the image censor, or else it'd be worse say if the f-number is f5.6.
What's more, you were not shooting with a full-frame camera like the D3 or with 120mm negatives, plus you're not shooting on assignment for the National Geographic magazine or Sports Illustrated or the National Inquirer. All these factors add up against the overall picture quality you're able to obtain at the end of the day.
I'm pretending to be half an expert in front of some real masters of photography [Yes, it's you, LAICHUNGLEUNG & gHorse], i.e. 班门弄斧.
I like the 3rd pic, he didn't need to wear the helmet
ReplyDeleteYour lens is more like 18~55, a relative short zoom. Plus it's VR, vibration reduction, something a photog likes but a woman hates....
ReplyDeleteso your pictures should really come out tack sharp.
My 80~200 is pre-VR.
He needs to wear a helmet at all time.