Why are a lot of pro photographer photos soft?

[iso79]

Yeah I agree it

[perk1961]

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[Daniel Browning]

The three stages of sharpness:


1. Novice: Can

[Daniel Browning]

Here's an example from the great Joe Mcnally..


Soft, out of focus, blurry in spots.

Hm, I don't see it the same way. To me, the image is too *sharp*. Look at how many of the individual hairs follow a jagged, pixelated course. Hair doesn't do that in real life, and neither did film, so it gives the photo an ugly "digital" look. I bet it looks more natural in print. Of course, most web images look like that, so a lot of people may not even notice.This is usually a sign of either a junky, low-quality downsampling filter (such as Photoshop's) introducing aliasing artifacts, JPEG artifacts, or too much sharpening after resizing.


I don't see anything out of focus that shouldn't be, and all the soft/blurry spots appear to be intentional.

[William]

This is usually a sign of either a junky, low-quality downsampling filter (such as Photoshop's) introducing aliasing artifacts, JPEG artifacts

What would you suggest as the correct way to down-sample?

[Daniel Browning]

There are several options. I use ImageMagick, because the quality is the best I

[William]

Wow, ok. I