Comments on: Why the Sharpest Photo Isn’t Always the Best Photo

By: Steve Berardi

Steve Berardi — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:42:16 +0000

@Richard – That’s exactly what I meant: that I was shooting “down at a slight angle” towards the flower, so my camera’s sensor was not parallel to the most important plane of the flower.

By: Richard Field

Richard Field — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 02:17:49 +0000

Hey Steve,
Thanks for that!
I am not 100% sure what you mean when you say that the camera’s sensor wasn’t parallel to the flower. Do you mean that you were shooting ‘down’ at a slight angle meaning that the whole of the flower wasn’t on the same focal plane?
Thanks,
Richard

By: Tiberman Sajiwan Ramyead

Tiberman Sajiwan Ramyead — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:45:27 +0000

2 or 3 years ago, I was dangling at 700 metres in our National Park here in Mauritius, shooting a rare endemic species, ‘Rousseea Semplex’. With a naive compact, of course it came out perfectly blurred; but, Steve, I think I am now beginning to understand the experiences you are sharing with us.
Tiberman – Mauritius

By: Carl Nicholson

Carl Nicholson — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:55:08 +0000

Hi Steve, really enjoy your articles. Just popped in for info on white birds in flight and saw this. Can’t agree more, I sometimes see wild bird images that has clear PP marks of selective (over)sharpening. I recently took a photo of my first ever wild leopard. Due to the low light, ss couldn’t freeze the subject. But the end result was a very arty looking leaping leopard. Not intended though, there was a lot of panic to get the shot:-)
http://www.outdoorphoto.co.za/forum/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=232539&ppuser=15583