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Picnic Point, Sandringham.
I was going to call this "not another sunset" but I thought this would get more views!!
With my lack of photoshop, again once converted to JPG, it looks soft. Not nearly as sharp as what it was in RAW. If anyone feels like playing around with it-please feel free! Will be interested to see what you come up with! Then tell me what you did and why (there is only one way to learn!) 70-300G 1/30 f22 ISO 200. I took about 100 last night until the damn mossies got the better of me!
Not sure what program you're using, and how you're going about it. But could it be the way you're scaling down to the output size?
I know Photoshop has in it's Image Size menu an option for Bicubic, Bicubic Sharper and Bicubic Smoother. I tend to use Bicubic Sharper when going down to a smaller image size. Not sure what others use, I know I read somewhere that you should use the opposite depending if you're going up or down. The same probably applies in NCE, they probably have a resampling option to either make the image sharp or smooth (eg. slightly blurry). Now if it doesn't have that option you can always apply a USM (Unsharp Mask) once you've sasmpled down. Darryl (aka Kipper)
Nikon D200
StormyGirl, It's a lovely image. I wouldn't worry too much about the softness in this particular case. I don't think it hurts too much here, but the knowledge is good to have for other pics.
You should straighten up the horizon though. The folks fishing in the foreground make the shot for me. I like it a lot. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
This seems very nicely exposed... I usually have trouble getting this much detail in the doreground with a strong setting sun...
Like Steve, the people wading/fishing in the foreground make the image for me too... Very nice... Aka Andrew
Stormygirl
Very lovely image...very atmospheric/moody. If your image is sharp in RAW then you have a sharp image. Converting it to JPG should not soften the image unless you are doing something odd. Try it again and sharpen the image as the last step. Regards
Matt. K
I also like the image
and the people fishing in the foreground are a great addition. Like to see more. Cheers CD
Thanks for the positive comments, guys! I am using Picture Project at the moment, and the softness happens when I convert to JPG to put on the web. I have Irfanview as well, but have not had a chance to play around with it ATM....too much else to do!
Hi Greg, yes I did use a tripod (a pretty crappy one - hence the crooked horizon!)
Lovely shot! looks like a nice place to be at that time of the day.
The fishermen alone from that angle would make a great silouette i reckon too.. Keep up the good snaps Sean  "The more I learn, the less I realise I know"
Yes stormy, I am all too familiar with the crappy tripod concept
The reason I asked was your shutter speed of 1/30 and the softness question. Greg - - - - D200 etc
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. - Arthur Schopenhauer
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