volcano at sunset in Anchorage

slidewaysslideways Registered Users Posts: 13 Big grins
edited November 29, 2012 in Landscapes
Cook inlet's Mt. Redoubt steaming into the winter sunset

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  • Dr CalohandreDr Calohandre Banned Posts: 213 Major grins
    edited November 29, 2012
    On my monitor, it is extremely soft, almost to the point of looking out of focus.
  • slidewaysslideways Registered Users Posts: 13 Big grins
    edited November 29, 2012
    Dr Calohandre wrote: »
    On my monitor, it is extremely soft, almost to the point of looking out of focus.

    That is one of the issues with winter photography up here. there is a thin but present ice fog over cook inlet and it ads a 'softness' to everytthing. i had actually set the focus manually to infinity but as you noticed it is still very soft.
  • Dr CalohandreDr Calohandre Banned Posts: 213 Major grins
    edited November 29, 2012
    I would suspect this is more an issue with f/stop than infinity. Do you know what the sweet spot is for this lens? Try f/8 or 11 and reshoot again using infinity and perhaps just a tad back off infinity and see if the focus changes.
  • slidewaysslideways Registered Users Posts: 13 Big grins
    edited November 29, 2012
    Dr Calohandre wrote: »
    I would suspect this is more an issue with f/stop than infinity. Do you know what the sweet spot is for this lens? Try f/8 or 11 and reshoot again using infinity and perhaps just a tad back off infinity and see if the focus changes.

    No one had suggested that before. I'll give it
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited November 29, 2012
    Hi slideways
    I know you are new to the forum and you asked for mercy in another thread :) ...... However - this criticism offered with the kindest intention - I would like to be very honest with you and say, for me, this shot is not a "keeper". It has a lot of potential, but, it is the rare composition that can withstand no subject in focus, and for me, this is not one of them. Having said that, a steaming/smoking volcano is a great subject and I encourage you to try again, perhaps in different weather. Also, I don't think the vignette adds much. And, regarding manual focusing, the following paragraph is from the Canon Digital Learning Center web site and may be useful information:

    "In the old days of manual focus lenses, you could simply rack the lens to the hard stop at the infinity mark and be good to go. But today's modern autofocus lenses need to focus past infinity so the internal lens focus mechanism isn't damaged as the lens seeks focus and also to compensate for temperature-induced focus change at longer focal lengths and fast apertures. This means that you can't just use the infinity mark on the focus scale of the lens. And you definitely can't just turn the focus ring in the direction of infinity, until it stops."

    And, lastly, a certain Anonymous Moderator here on Dgrin recently said the following and I think he is very correct in his observation:
    "I surf a lot of forums and 99% are total circle jerks of "nice shot" compliments with no real objective/subjective feedback. What's the point?"

    Good Fortunes!
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • slidewaysslideways Registered Users Posts: 13 Big grins
    edited November 29, 2012
    Thanks for the honest feed back earache. just so you know am not the type to take offence easily and i know that compared to most in here i am a novice.
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