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Is My B&W Pic Too Sharp?


11 years 6 months ago #254640 by BrandyMaeD
This is an image that I edited both in Photoshop and Lightroom. I've had some comments on the sharpness. What are your thoughts? Is it to sharp? Should I soften it? Thank you for any input or suggestions!


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11 years 6 months ago #254676 by Darrell
For me it is :judge:
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11 years 6 months ago #254685 by butterflygirl921
I would soften it just a little bit but otherwise that is a great shot! :judge: :judge:
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11 years 6 months ago #254694 by mstkldr
Why you have a negative opinion about sharpness? I think it's good... Look at the hair , I think this quality of sharpness is better as seems... Good job ;)
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11 years 6 months ago #254716 by BrandyMaeD
Right I wan on the fence. I liked the detail in her hair and in the shot, and the shot still has movement, but the feedback I've been getting is it is too sharp. Thanks for the input!
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11 years 6 months ago #254779 by icepics
Actually I don't think that it's too sharp, I think the focus might have been off a little, maybe you got a slight bit of shutter blur with the movement, or it was the camera settings. To me the face and legs etc. look too soft, not completely sharp, but the front of the skirt looks more sharply in focus. Although that and her hair having a linear pattern to them might appear to be sharper because there are edges/lines. I do wonder if the camera was focusing on what was closest and might have gotten the front of the skirt more in focus than the face.

The vignetting I think looks too dark, and something looks off but I'm not sure what it is, if it's too grayish? too contrasty maybe? or maybe you ended up oversharpening or overdoing the contrast trying to adjust for something with the original?

I love the portrait of her itself, you captured her personality in such a fun way.
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11 years 6 months ago #255648 by Arkangel7x3

mstkldr wrote: Why you have a negative opinion about sharpness? I think it's good... Look at the hair , I think this quality of sharpness is better as seems... Good job ;)



I agree I understand why they might argue about sharpness if there useing a dslr trying to mimic a film camera's black and white but under nromal condtions sharpness is a good thing
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11 years 6 months ago #255812 by BrandyMaeD
Thanks again for all of the thoughts on my photo. It's fun to see how people looking at the same pic can feel differently about it.
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11 years 6 months ago #255826 by Scotty

icepics wrote: Actually I don't think that it's too sharp, I think the focus might have been off a little, maybe you got a slight bit of shutter blur with the movement, or it was the camera settings. To me the face and legs etc. look too soft, not completely sharp, but the front of the skirt looks more sharply in focus. Although that and her hair having a linear pattern to them might appear to be sharper because there are edges/lines. I do wonder if the camera was focusing on what was closest and might have gotten the front of the skirt more in focus than the face.

The vignetting I think looks too dark, and something looks off but I'm not sure what it is, if it's too grayish? too contrasty maybe? or maybe you ended up oversharpening or overdoing the contrast trying to adjust for something with the original?

I love the portrait of her itself, you captured her personality in such a fun way.


I agree. Focus is in the wrong
area, most of the picture is soft or OOF. I'd honestly redo it.
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11 years 5 months ago #257901 by MichelleRhett
I would like to say its a good shot! The girl is so cute~~haha~~
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11 years 5 months ago #257905 by pinoldy
I like the photo of the girl, but vignetting should be more subtle. Vignetting shouldn't draw attention to itself, but to the subject. It can also be used to create atmosphere...but that doesn't really match the mood of your subject here.

(You might also like to make a copy where you crop somewhere somewhere near the hem of her dress. You lose the context of the trampoline, but attention is drawn directly to her face.)
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11 years 5 months ago #257940 by Baydream
It took me a bit to realize it was a trampoline and not a studio shot with a backdrop :unsure: .

I would shoot more parallel to the trampoline so you see less of the trampoline. Using a large aperture will help blur the background a bit. Sharpness on the face is most important. This is not a formal portrait which might benefit from a slight softness.
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