Please critique this picture

[oldrunner]

I took this last month in Southwest Harbor, Maine near the house my wife and I rented.


Details:


Canon 7D, EF-S 15-85 (at 85mm), F 36, 1 sec, ISO 100, Lightroom 3.


Manfrotto 055CXPRO3.


Thanks for anysuggestions.


Ken

[JJphoto]

welcome Ken!


I don't shoot landscape a lot, so no critique here. just want to say I like this picture very much! I used to go fishing a lot(salt water). this picture reminds me those happy time.


if I have to say something about this picture, I would say I like the color very much, and I'm surprised that the sharpness didn't get effect a lot since you used f36, and maybe, if I were you, would cut off a little bit foreground(seems a little bit too much rocks).

[Fast Glass]

surprised that the sharpness didn't get effect a lot since you used f36,

Because it would be imposible too see that small of a differance in a web sized image. If a image looks soft at websize it is either VERY SOFT or did not have sharpening applied to it. Even a tack sharp image at web size would look soft if it did not have sharpening applied to it AFTER down-rezing.


Here is a link to what I am talking about, http://www.juzaphoto.com/eng/articles/judging_image_quality_photos_web.htm.


John.

[JJphoto]

thanks John for pointing that out. and I think I know what you are talking about. what I was surprised is that because the DLA of 7D is only f6.8, and Can used f36(not sure that lens can go that small aperture, maybe f3.6, no there is no f3.6, only f3.5). I have tried f22 on my 7D, the IQ(sharpness) got effect a lot even though I downsized to 800Pix and resharpen it. then again it could be other things cause the softness of my pictures.I really don't have a lot of idea about those tech stuffs John, I was just wondering...

[nickds7]

I'd probably use closer to f/16-f/22... I like the photo though


Maine isa very nice place from what I have seen/heard!

ps, also noticed a little sensor dust near the top right of the boats mast(?) on the left

[Fast Glass]

I have tried f22 on my 7D, the IQ(sharpness) got effect a lot even though I downsized to 800Pix and resharpen it.

Did you use Tiff to down-rez? This is the way I do,down-rezin Tiff, save it in Tiff, then sharpen it in Tiff and thensave it in Jpeg. To sharpen a Jpeg will sharpen Jpeg artifacts also and will have less detail.


If you still don't get good results you might not be using the right un-sharpmask setting. And if you still can't get good results then your image was indeed EXTREMELY soft! Possibly because of motion blur.


John.

[clemmb]

I checked the exif info for oldrunner's shot. Here is what I got:


Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Image Date: 2010:08:22 05:56:45
Focal Length: 85mm
Aperture: f/36.0
Exposure Time: 1.000 s
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No
Color Space: sRGB
Photographer: Ken Blumberg


Can this lens really go to f/36?

[Fast Glass]

Can this lens really go to f/36?

Yes, actually it goes all the way to f/38 on the long end and f/22 on the wide end.


John.

[JJphoto]

Did you use Tiff to down-rez? This is the way I do,down-rezin Tiff, save it in Tiff, then sharpen it in Tiff and thensave it in Jpeg. To sharpen a Jpeg will sharpen Jpeg artifacts also and will have less detail.

No, John, I don't use Tiff, I use jpeg. and smart sharpen, that's all I do. I will give it(your way) a try next time. thank you!

[oldrunner]

I didn't sharpen the picture, although I almost always do. I kind of liked the soft, 1930's postcard look.


This is a sharpen version of the photo.