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 | Anyone else notice that the original image is clearer than when they're uploaded to here? :( hey mods · » Saturday May 9th, @12:02PM
| SueS
 | The limbs around the bird are over sharpened as I can see halos, but the bird is kind of soft. My guess is you slightly missed focus, which is easy to do with a busy background. Maybe sharpen in layers sharpening the background in one layer and sharpen the bird in another layer. Sometimes I have to add extra sharpening after I downsize to upload. I think you want the bird to be sharper than the limbs around it. hey mods · » Saturday May 9th, @04:36PM
| danielwrites
 | If it is an SLR, sometimes the focus to the ground glass is different than the focus to the media. They are supposed to be the same, and it is adjustable.
Another thing that can cause a similar effect is honeycomb or depth of field auto focus (for wide angle lenses). This is easier to fix, because you can just switch the camera to center-spot focus.
Most pictures look sharp when small; but, enlarging spreads everything so that only the tack-sharp portion stays sharp while the rest softens further. This governs the maximum printable size.
That's also why a heavy tripod is used if the expectation is big size prints for the wall.
Likewise, re-scaling a photo to a smaller size can look sharper, because the compacting has tightened it up; and, that's okay if the photo is still big enough for the display purposes.
There is also electronic motion compensation, which works for only one thing at a time; so, it is possible to motion-compensate the branches while making the different motion of the bird in yet softer focus. Center-spot focus should help. Also, the little birds do move so fast, that you might like a setting to make 3 photos per each time you push the shutter button. hey mods · » Sunday May 10th, @07:00AM
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| Thx for the info! hey mods · » Monday May 11th, @12:20PM
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