Undersharpened soft on almost all my photos

[Nick Aviator]

Hey all, I have a big problem of getting under sharpened photos (soft) images and don’t know why. Here is my work flow. I edit on my iPad Pro on Lightroom and add about 90 sharpening. I save the file in 1280px wide and save it to files on my Apple iPad Pro. I then upload it to jetphotos where it gets rejected for undersharpened soft. I use a modern gear, Canon EOS R7 with a good lens. So I don’t think it’s the gear, and I make sure it’s the sharpest photos I use of course. Can anyone help me figure out what the softness comes from and how I can solve it? I have attached some photos a screener noted as soft.

Best regards Nick

[flyetty]

Hey all, I have a big problem of getting under sharpened photos (soft) images and don’t know why. Here is my work flow. I edit on my iPad Pro on Lightroom and add about 90 sharpening. I save the file in 1280px wide and save it to files on my Apple iPad Pro. I then upload it to jetphotos where it gets rejected for undersharpened soft. I use a modern gear, Canon EOS R7 with a good lens. So I don’t think it’s the gear, and I make sure it’s the sharpest photos I use of course. Can anyone help me figure out what the softness comes from and how I can solve it? I have attached some photos a screener noted as soft.

Best regards Nick

Not an expert but I would recommend 1. using pc lightroom and 2. using 100 sharp and maybe some radius

[Nick Aviator]

Not an expert but I would recommend 1. using pc lightroom and 2. using 100 sharp and maybe some radius

Thank you for your answer, I’ll try that in the future what is radius can you explain that and how much to use approximately. What will the difference on a pc be?

[flyetty]

Thank you for your answer, I’ll try that in the future what is radius can you explain that and how much to use approximately. What will the difference on a pc be?

As said, not an expert I've just been told to use these for my photos

[MarkosVicioso]

Hey all, I have a big problem of getting under sharpened photos (soft) images and don’t know why. Here is my work flow. I edit on my iPad Pro on Lightroom and add about 90 sharpening. I save the file in 1280px wide and save it to files on my Apple iPad Pro. I then upload it to jetphotos where it gets rejected for undersharpened soft. I use a modern gear, Canon EOS R7 with a good lens. So I don’t think it’s the gear, and I make sure it’s the sharpest photos I use of course. Can anyone help me figure out what the softness comes from and how I can solve it? I have attached some photos a screener noted as soft.

Best regards Nick

Hi, im not a screener, but im almost sure that it doesn't matter how sharp your images come from the camera, for complying to the JP Focus/Sharpness Standard, you will have to increase that sharpness a bit with post-edition. Taking care of not oversharp or over-process it.

Regards

[llpilch]

What will the difference on a pc be?

Maybe with a better and bigger monitor than a mobile device will be easier for you to see that the images are soft.

You can do it on mobile even though, it's a matter of practice the eyes.

It is important to note that there isn't a recipe that will work on all photos when talking about the amount of sharpness you'll need to apply in post processing, every photo is a different case. The lens sharpness vary with the aperture you use and even with different zoom. Also the focus may not be as accurate every times, so, you have to see and judge the amount of sharpening each photo needs. There will be an average that will work on most photos, but if you are getting lots of rejections by soft, this average should be more than the 90 you are using. As said before, in some cases a higher amount of radius is needed too, sometimes I get better results with more radius and less amount of sharpening.

[Nick Aviator]

Maybe with a better and bigger monitor than a mobile device will be easier for you to see that the images are soft.

You can do it on mobile even though, it's a matter of practice the eyes.

It is important to note that there isn't a recipe that will work on all photos when talking about the amount of sharpness you'll need to apply in post processing, every photo is a different case. The lens sharpness vary with the aperture you use and even with different zoom. Also the focus may not be as accurate every times, so, you have to see and judge the amount of sharpening each photo needs. There will be an average that will work on most photos, but if you are getting lots of rejections by soft, this average should be more than the 90 you are using. As said before, in some cases a higher amount of radius is needed too, sometimes I get better results with more radius and less amount of sharpening.

Thanks for your advice. How much radius would you recommend to use in what range. I have a hard time seeing any difference in the picture with radius.

[Nick Aviator]

Hello, I would like to get a pre-screening on this photo. Any feedback is appreciated. If it is fine for upload please let me know.

1280px

[dlowwa]

Hello, I would like to get a pre-screening on this photo. Any feedback is appreciated. If it is fine for upload please let me know.

Image is soft, compressed, and poorly centered.

[Nick Aviator]

Image is soft, compressed, and poorly centered.

Hello, how can I fix the softness? If I look in Lightroom nothing is blurry looks pretty sharp in there. Sharpening used: 95 radius: 1,3, details 70, noise reduction 24. What could I perhaps change? Maybe more sharpening? Your help and tips are appreciated.

[Nick Aviator]

Increased sharpness to 120 and details 80. How does it look now?

[dlowwa]

Increased sharpness to 120 and details 80. How does it look now?

Still a bit soft and high in the frame.

[Nick Aviator]

Still a bit soft and high in the frame.

Hey, what about now? Lowered plane a bit and increased sharpening to 130.

1280px.

[Nick Aviator]

Hello I would like to get a pre-screening / advice for this photo. And would like to know if this count as night shot.

[dlowwa]

Hey, what about now? Lowered plane a bit and increased sharpening to 130.

Still a touch high (but ok for me) and slightly soft.

Hello I would like to get a pre-screening / advice for this photo. And would like to know if this count as night shot.

Soft. Yes night shot.