Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK this is driving me crazy. I didn't sleep at all last night and I can't continue to edit my Cuba photos until I get this sorted out. This photo was made with my 50 Summilux, the sharpest lens I have. The way I judge sharpness is to view the photo at 100% - just like the stock agencies tell you to. Here is a 100% enlargement of that photo: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/159481904 Is that sharp or not? If not, there is something wrong with my eyes. Here is a shot a short time later with a little more light: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/159481902 Here is a 100% enlargement of that shot: http://www.pbase.com/image/159481905 Is it sharp? Am I going blind? Please let me know. Tina On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 7:56 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Tina, > > Technical wise I have no idea what's causing the effect because I've never > given one twit of technical thought about photography! I just enjoy my > photographic love affair without question! :-) :-) HOWEVER? :-) > > 1/ It kind of doesn't look sharp? > 2/ If you kind of move your head about while looking at the screen it > looks sharp sort of when you kind of angle your head to screen.. > 3/It looks like it's sharp but blown - up a zillion times shot on ASA 1O > film. > 4/Looking through the four sizes none of them seem to have what I'd call a > sharp Leica edge line anywhere. All edges seem to have a tiny bit of a > glow. Which appears to remove sharpness. > 5/ My first re-action was it was taken through one of those lenses that > nothing is ever sharp-sharp. It's the kind, one of the old time photogs > used on green peppers & people got wet pants with excitement when used! > They look kind of sharp. But? Looked kind of just off the super-sharp edge. > 6/ Never mind all the various computer screens..... Run off a 13X19 full > frame B&W print. Then come back and tell us what it looks like? > > Certainly an interesting effect. But it has absolutely nothing to do with > whether you focused the lens properly. And if this is the "ONLY FRAME YOU > SEE IT ON????????????????" Don't sweat it! Write it off as some kind of > ATMOSPHERE situation." :-) > > Life is too short knocking yourself out over one ordinary image. Neither > is wasting the time typing all the e-mails back and forth. > > Just go and sit down, pour yourself a nice single malt and smile while > enjoying all the thoughts of the hundreds, nay, thousands of amazing CUBA > photos you came home with! Now don't you feel better? NO! NO! Don't let > another thought about whatever this is enter your thoughts! And forget > "curiosity I just want to know???." > > Like, it just isn't worth all the time you and others have & are putting > on the screen. Sure folks curiosity want to know what made this effect. > Good for them. BUT? It's all over one frame of thousands you exposed? > > I'm right! MAKE ONE 13x19 B&W PRINT! GAME AND ANSWER, it's OVER! :-) > Because in print form it's going to look just fine as a print! And that my > dear lady is all that matters in the end! Besides all your other photos > completely over ride all this!!! :-) > > cheers, > Dr. ted > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html