focusing issue, please help

[dukeboy1977]

heres f/16 manual focused as best as i could

You focusing looks a little off...what is your shutter speed used? Maybe it's camera shake causing it to be blurry? Try using a tripod if you have 1, or use pillows in your lap to help you steady your camera by putting your elbows into them firmly when holding your camera. I dunno what the problem is, but its better...just not great. Keep trying

i think your right about the shaking, i do have a tri-pod, the shutter speed was at half a second, the only problem is how hard it is to get the tri-pod to hold hte camera the way i was holding it, ill try it though, thanks again for all the help.

Try setting your shutter speed higher. What lens are you using? Make your speed 1/? your focal length is or one step higher. That might help your camera shake.

 

[iPhoto17]

 

[dukeboy1977]

Much better! See the difference between this photo and your first one? This one is much more clear. How did you correct the flaws?

 

[iPhoto17]

Much better! See the difference between this photo and your first one? This one is much more clear. How did you correct the flaws?

thank you, i took your help and used a smaller aperture for more in focus area and slower shutter speeds to compensate and filled up the frame a bit more and moved the flap of the case a bit closer as well to help the focusing

 

[iPhoto17]

i ended up going to f/20 to get rid of some more DOF that i didnt find attractive with f/11

 

[Rekd]

Now that you've got that dialed in much better, have you considered taking two different picts with each subject in focus and shopping them together?

 

[iPhoto17]

Now that you've got that dialed in much better, have you considered taking two different picts with each subject in focus and shopping them together?

sadly i dont have photoshop anymore, i dont really like using it all too much, it feels like cheating

 

[Rekd]

Now that you've got that dialed in much better, have you considered taking two different picts with each subject in focus and shopping them together?

sadly i dont have photoshop anymore, i dont really like using it all too much, it feels like cheating

Oh.

Your loss.

 

[iPhoto17]

Now that you've got that dialed in much better, have you considered taking two different picts with each subject in focus and shopping them together?

sadly i dont have photoshop anymore, i dont really like using it all too much, it feels like cheating

Oh.

Your loss.

ha, even with all the instructional videos my uncle gave me i still couldnt go beyond wha ti normally could do in a real dark room (mostly dodging and burning), as far as copying and pasting i wasnt all that good blending everything together to look like one picture