grain/blur photos

[sbakewell0508]

need a little help.. i have a nikon d90 and these were shot with a 50mm iso 200, this image was 1/200 of a second f13. i am using the single point focus and my sb600 my images just are not coming out consistently clear and i am just confused as to why i have never had this problem before (always used auto, auto focus never selected the focus point) i am focusing on the eyes. any ideas?
the first image represents the settings listed above, the other images are various settings but same problem.


_DSC0054 by 05miller08, on Flickr


_DSC0082 by 05miller08, on Flickr
(this is all unedited.. this photo edited... looks amazing (IMO)


_DSC0059 by 05miller08, on Flickr

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[AUG19]

I like #2. Why f13? That might be getting into softer territory.

[sbakewell0508]

well for me thats what looked good on my lcd as far as amount of light getting into the lens, my max sync speed is 200 with a flash so in order to cut down on the light i speed the shutter speed as i could. f 13 gave me a good balance of light coming in without blowing my highlights. i could of gone lower i am sure and not done so higher flash of course.. with the lower wider fstops, i also get nervous about the whole focal plane being focus, even though i know i could of gone to 5.6 and probably been ok.

[sbakewell0508]

i should clarify for #1 and 3 in particular no flash was used, i could of adjusted my shutter speed but i didn't.

[sbakewell0508]

@aug 19 thanks! this one edited looks (IMO) amazing, i fixed hair and darkened it a bit and also of course got rid of the light stand.