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King Chicken
{K:1481} 2/29/2004
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try this!! no photo shop for this!
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nothing nothing
{K:557} 12/5/2003
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Nice photo, I would scan it at a little higher resolution, I would burn in the tail of the other zebra a bit.... but otherwise a great photo! Keep Shooting
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Erdem Calisgan
{K:4050} 12/5/2003
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I think it will be better if there is more sharpness on the subject (the zebra standing front) and the bottom of the other zebra makes this photo a little funny. This is better: A backround full of zebra stripes (a little blurred) and on the front there is a head of another zebra (like in this photo but as sharp as possible)
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Paul Ellis
{K:13} 12/4/2003
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here's what i have come up with. Better? worse? Now i think i might be over thinking this:)
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Paul Ellis
{K:13} 12/4/2003
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E.J., thank you for the insight. The way you have cropped the image is very nice. Strange how everyone finds a different point of view or another way of "seeing" a photograph. Once again, thank you.
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E.J. Billy Kim
{K:745} 12/4/2003
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I think just by pushing the black and white points in curve may appear to have more sharpness.
Often time it's not the sharpeness but the contrast, but this one seems little bit blurry.
I don't know if this is the look you want but see attached.
As for the croping I would've croped it very tight so you don't see the horse but just the strips but you can still tell it's a zebra and also would obstract.
Thanks for the comment and it really looks pretty in real life too, it was taken from a old light house in florida and they displayed old bottles they used in early 1900's by the light house keepers.
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Paul Ellis
{K:13} 12/3/2003
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Chris, i found the print and it was sharper than my finished picture. maybe i blurred it while changing the contrast or other values? thank you for your information and taking the time to show me the pic after it was sharpened. i never heard of the rule for the focal length and shutter speed. i will keep that in mind from now on. thanks again.
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Chris Lauritzen
{K:14949} 12/3/2003
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Paul,
First thing I notice is the image is not sharp; this could be a result of the scan or the original. Is the original sharp? Was this scanned from the print or the negative? If blurriness is a result of the scan then you can use a filter in Photoshop called unsharp mask, this will actually sharpen an image despite its name.
If this is result of the photo then you need to look at how the image was taken. Was this shot hand held? If so then maybe you need to use a tripod. I noticed that you used a 200mm lens, was this shot at 200mm? If so you need to watch the shutter speed when hand holding a long zoom. A good rule of thumb is your shutter speed should be equal to or greater then your focal length. What I mean by this is if your zoom is maxed out at 200mm then your shutter speed should be at least 1/200 or faster. If is it lower then you need to keep the camera steadier by using a tripod or some other device. You could also rest the camera on something and use the self timer to fire the shutter.
Main thing to remember is watch your shutter speed and keep the camera steady!
I am attaching a cropped and sharpened version of the photo, I adjusted the levels and applied the unsharp mask to the image.
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