Quote Originally Posted by Daniel Browning


First of all, that's an excellent photograph. Nice work!


Thanks so much for your comment


Quote Originally Posted by Daniel Browning


Second, it does look very "grainy" to me too -- but the grain I'm seeing is compression artifacts. Theuploaded image is so highly compressed (21 MP in just 750 KB) that it has completely fallen apart.


Could you upload the same image with less compression? (About 10 times less would be nice.) Web sites like "yousendit.com" allow for uploading very large files for free.


This highlights how important post processing is for nailing sharpness. Some raw converters do better than others (e.g. Lightroom 2 throws out detail on high ISO shots).


Well, I wouldn't put it that way, but it is certain possible when the conditions are right.



I'll try the site you mentioned about.


My work flow is > Take shots > upload to computer > Import into Lightroom 2.7 > fine tune in Lightroom > edit in PS CS4 > Saved as 16bit TIFF > then back in Lightroom export to JPEG


However as mentioned above, perhaps this picture's subject is too small and the aperture 1.2 doesn't provide sharpness in the eyes. So I might have to look for a picture that I didn't shoot at 1.2 (which isn't much because I have a habbit of using 1.2 - 2.8 for a while now) Also spending that money on a 1.2 makes me hesitate and not adjust to anything small LOL.


BTW, you guys reply really fast Thanks so much for the efforts. It's great to talk and share photography ideas with everyone.





Regards,


Jonathan