I recently got a good batch of photos through - a "clear round", which is very unusual for me. They were nice shots (says he, modestly), but for some time I've been a little concerned that I'm not getting the "pin sharpness" that I would like to get, hence the thread title.
Here's a photo I took of G-ZBKE, one of the BA 789s; I like it, nice enough shot, but when you look closely, not quite as pin sharp as it perhaps should be:
Here's a better shot of the same aircraft (I think) ... look at the reg on this one, compared to mine, and you can see that it is pin sharp:
I have looked at the Exif data and although this was taken on a 100-400mm lens, it's still well within the focal length of my lens.
So, what is making the difference? What could I do to improve the pin sharpness of my photos? Is it down to lenses (mine is a 28-300mm Nikon, so not a bad lens at all); is it that I'm not holding my camera as steadily as I could (I do have a very slight shake).
Any suggestions as to what I could do to go that one step further in sharpness?
Here's a photo I took of G-ZBKE, one of the BA 789s; I like it, nice enough shot, but when you look closely, not quite as pin sharp as it perhaps should be:
Here's a better shot of the same aircraft (I think) ... look at the reg on this one, compared to mine, and you can see that it is pin sharp:
I have looked at the Exif data and although this was taken on a 100-400mm lens, it's still well within the focal length of my lens.
So, what is making the difference? What could I do to improve the pin sharpness of my photos? Is it down to lenses (mine is a 28-300mm Nikon, so not a bad lens at all); is it that I'm not holding my camera as steadily as I could (I do have a very slight shake).
Any suggestions as to what I could do to go that one step further in sharpness?
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