Problem in focusing pls help

praveenk16

Hello everyone, In my previous post I had got some tips to improve my pictures in night landscape photography, specially about hyperfocal distance. This picture below is the best I was able capture after trying diffferent focal length and focus point. please help me with a solution..thank you



http://www.flickr.com/photos/35621944@N07/5478482565/

JayEnnis

Well not being anal but the first thing you should have sorted is the horizon.

Anyway, where did you focus? To get the best depth of field you should focus one third into the frame, so around where the boat should be. I see you shot at f/16 so that isn't the problem. Also did you crop the image a lot?

Fenster

Wonky horizon is wonky.

Promac

Exif says the exposure was 30 seconds and it looks like it was taken from a bridge which would move a certain amount with wind and cars moving over it.

zerohamster

You would get a large DOF with a small aperture but you will get defocus blur at f/16 and depending on the quality of the lens that could impact the image enough to cause it to look slightly blurred.

are you using a remote shutter and tripod or a self timer to take the photos, if not then when you press the shutter release button and keep your hand on the camera your heartbeat will cause the camera to shake and cause blur and if you take it away quickly then you will cause even more camera shake.

How are you taking the photos as regards what tripod,using self timer etc...?

praveenk16

JayEnnis wrote: »

Well not being anal but the first thing you should have sorted is the horizon.

Anyway, where did you focus? To get the best depth of field you should focus one third into the frame, so around where the boat should be. I see you shot at f/16 so that isn't the problem. Also did you crop the image a lot?

Ya kind of crop the image and focused on the boat.....

praveenk16

zerohamster wrote: »

You would get a large DOF with a small aperture but you will get defocus blur at f/16 and depending on the quality of the lens that could impact the image enough to cause it to look slightly blurred.

are you using a remote shutter and tripod or a self timer to take the photos, if not then when you press the shutter release button and keep your hand on the camera your heartbeat will cause the camera to shake and cause blur and if you take it away quickly then you will cause even more camera shake.

How are you taking the photos as regards what tripod,using self timer etc...?

I use the Tripod and self timer.......

praveenk16

zerohamster wrote: »

You would get a large DOF with a small aperture but you will get defocus blur at f/16 and depending on the quality of the lens that could impact the image enough to cause it to look slightly blurred.

are you using a remote shutter and tripod or a self timer to take the photos, if not then when you press the shutter release button and keep your hand on the camera your heartbeat will cause the camera to shake and cause blur and if you take it away quickly then you will cause even more camera shake.

How are you taking the photos as regards what tripod,using self timer etc...?

I am using a tripod and self timer.... which lens could be best quality for such photography with reasonable price? thanks

praveenk16

JayEnnis wrote: »

Well not being anal but the first thing you should have sorted is the horizon.

Anyway, where did you focus? To get the best depth of field you should focus one third into the frame, so around where the boat should be. I see you shot at f/16 so that isn't the problem. Also did you crop the image a lot?

May I know wats wrong with sky pls

Thecageyone

JayEnnis wrote: »

Also did you crop the image a lot?

My first thinking when I viewed it. But that wouldn't explain the lack of sharpness unless it was cropped a LOT! I think promac is spot on here, I think over the 30 seconds you got some wobble from the wind. Looks like it wasn't very dark either, maybe 20 seconds too long an exposure?

JayEnnis

praveenk16 wrote: »

May I know wats wrong with sky pls

The horizon is crooked

Thecageyone

He's not wrong. use the grid on your dSlr when composing, or the grid lines in your post processing progam when cropping to straighten up.

It does appear to be on a slope.

chisel

Have you got IS/VS turned OFF?

Pinky99

I have a Nikon D5000 and would love some quick tips on how to get good landscape photos etc, I am on a photography course but am still not getting the hang of the functions on my camera, eg the shutter speed etc and what is the best speed to have it at if you want to take a photos at night of car back lights driving past? Thanks

5uspect

That depends on the speed of the subject(s) and the camera's field of view.
So it could be anywhere between 1/4 to 5 to 30 seconds.

Experiment and find out.

praveenk16

chisel wrote: »

Have you got IS/VS turned OFF?

I dont have IS on my lens