Contemplating the work of others to learn or inspire you, as we have recommended in other blog posts, has its consequences, one of which are the “hateful” comparisons. Or maybe we shouldn’t say hateful? Sometimes you see a photo and compare it to yours that has been polished and that can frustrate or motivate you to improve yours. Of course, the best option is the second, even if you’re not the first or the last. person to fall into the first choice?
Any of these comparisons have to do with the sharpness of the photographs you see, especially in such a spectacular landscape and you can’t do it no long as you try?Now, that’s what we’re here for, to give you a cable. Because there is a part that has to do with the quality of the team, make no mistake, it is not the same a professional team as a beginner or amateur team. But that’s not the whole team, there are many other factors and actions that intervene to get a super sharp photo, and if you don’t handle them, you may already have the most equipment. Loved by the world, you won’t get half a sharp photo than with a beginner’s camera. Chances are you’re in the second group, and for now if your economy doesn’t depend on photography you don’t need any more, what you really need is to enjoy yours. That’s why I’m going to explain how to get the most sharpness with the camera and lenses you have. let’s go!
- The first thing you need to do.
- If you want to get a very sharp landscape image.
- Is clean the lenses you are going to use.
- Dirt.
- Blur and movement are the main enemies of sharpness.
- Start at the beginning.
- Leaving your team as gold jets Here are some recommendations.
On more than one occasion, from the blog, we have encouraged you to use filters in landscape photography, because the benefits they offer are numerous, however, I must warn you that a filter can reduce the sharpness of your photo, it is good to protect your lens in certain situations, but in this case, for maximum clarity, it is better to remove it, especially if it is a good lens and the filter is an accessory that you bought “cheap” to get out of trouble , because all you get is to subtract the quality of the lens. If you want to use a filter, at least one that matches your goal.
In portrait photography, you can pretend you can’t use a tripod because you have to follow your movement pattern, you don’t have that excuse here. The landscape does not move, it will not escape or anything like that, here you have to use it yes or yes if you are looking for the greatest clarity of your image, the slightest movement will blur the photo. If you don’t already have one, you should consider adding the tripod your SLR camera would like to have to your camera.
But not only do you have to worry about putting on a tripod, but you also have to be careful not to move, avoid placing it on a vibrant surface (a bridge, for example) and if there is wind, place a weight to prevent the air from moving the camera. If you don’t have any weight, you can hang your backpack.
Do you have your camera on your tripod, have you put weight on to prevent air from moving the camera, and now you press the camera button to take the photo?Meeeec !!!! (horn sound). Great mistake dear reader, this movement by pressing the round button of your SLR has ruined the sharpness of your photo.
How do you solve this? Well using other forms of shooting, such as the remote trigger, which is a very cheap accessory and saves you this difficult situation, if you don’t have it and you can’t spend the ten euros it’s worth, you can use the trick to activate the camera timer (although I warn you it’s a little slow, the shutter is more comfortable, of course?).
Some cameras and lenses have an image stabilizer. This is useful in many cases, but not exactly here. If your camera is already placed on the tripod, the stabilizer will only affect the quality of your photo.
Your camera may not have this feature, but if it does, feel free to use mirror locking, as mirror movement also causes minimal vibrations that will affect the result. It’s not something I have to do every time I photograph a landscape. , but you always want an extremely sharp landscape.
The ISO should be as low as possible. Here you also have no excuse for low light because you can use slow speeds and compensate for this lack. The noise caused by the high ISO you cannot compensate under any circumstances, there will be no editor. that saves your landscape.
It is not always advisable to shoot in RAW, as this has its drawbacks, but in this case it will be very useful. For extreme sharpness you will not get rid of the processing and for this the more information contains the image the better results you will get, that is why you need your file in RAW and not a JPG that compresses the information.
Don’t wait to experiment with composition by comfortably cutting your chair in front of the computer because all the work you’ve done so far won’t help you. The more you cut, the more quality your photo will lose. “in situ” composition tests and report the already cropped photo.
And here’s the part that can be a little more complicated but that’s not very complicated when they explain it to you, and that’s what the blog team likes to do, make things easier for you.
You have two options
Whether you’re using bracketing or not, it doesn’t matter to pass your photo through the editor and increase sharpness with the blurry mask and make some contrast and saturation adjustments. Do several tests until you get a result to your liking.
If you use an online editor, you can find this sharpness feature as “Sharpness” or “Sharpness”.
And remember, if you haven’t followed the steps above, don’t expect an editor (as good as it is) to improve your photo, does it do wonders but not miracles?Get sharpness in front of the landscape and improve it on your computer This is the only way to get a flawless result.
This should be your maxim, don’t wait to take spectacularly sharp photos reading hundreds of articles, it’s better to read just one or two and get into the tests. You can make the first one from home, you don’t need to look for the best scenery, but practice. Once you’ve noticed that your photos have improved sharpness, look for a beautiful landscape. Are you sure that makes you less lazy?
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