I took this today..

[mostly sunny]

I didn't edit it.. The red looks cool.. but not natural.

Thoughts..

Oh, I used a smaller lens- 52mm and I believe I had focus on manual.

 

[Ron Evers]

You missed the focus.

 

[matfoster]

that's one for Mother's Day.. (is it also Mother's Day this Sunday, in America?)

 

[mostly sunny]

Ok-- I don't understand. Lots of times I post a picture and you all say it's not in focus. I see it focused.. What the hell is wrong me my eyes?

I had laser done on my eyes about 6 months ago. I have 20/20 -- so they say.

The main flower looks in focus- all the other stuff not so. It that because I am so close to the object?

 

[matfoster]

the flower looks in focus to me.

 

[Ron Evers]

The pic is also a bit over exposed which detracts from the crispness. I offer this pic of a Pawpaw flower for comparison. The focus is on the centre of the flower with the edges slightly out of focus. Do you see the difference in focus/sharpness?

 

[matfoster]

IMO Ron, your picture has very sharp aspects as well as other aspects which are less sharp (due to extreme close-up and sensor-size) than Mostly Sunny's. i don't regard her image as out of focus (unacceptably as it were) b/c yours has aspects which are in sharper focus. they just look like different style pictures. yours is a macro, hers is 52mm from further away.

 

[matfoster]

..and yours appears to have been sharpened with software.

 

[matfoster]

unsharp mask 0.3/.5/0. doesn't seem to be a problem.

 

[Ron Evers]

IMO Ron, your picture has very sharp aspects as well as other aspects which are less sharp (due to extreme close-up and sensor-size) than Mostly Sunny's. i don't regard her image as out of focus (unacceptably as it were) b/c yours has aspects which are in sharper focus. they just look like different style pictures. yours is a macro, hers is 52mm from further away.

Well Matt I must disagree. Focus is not just how close or far the camera is away from the subject. And yes, my pic was a macro & subject to a narrow depth of field. However, I offer this image taken from about four feet (over a meter) away at 200 mm & yet I think the focus is quite acceptable.

 

[Ron Evers]

Your editing did wonders for the Image Matt but I still say it is not sharp.

 

[gpardo64]

I am with Ron. It also looks out of focus to me.

The thing is that it is happening to my shots as well. I typically use the sharpen tool to try to overcome this.

Any ideas (glass?, body?, eye doctor?) all of the above?

 

[mostly sunny]

So, is it me, my eyes, camera or lens?

Is my camera broken?

How is the focus on this?

 

[TJ K]

I'd say the biggest problem is that it is a little over exposed. The blown out top left corner and hot right side of the flower bug me. Also you're making a classic mistake, you have the flower dead center. Not sure if you have already but try to read up on the rule of thirds it will help you out a lot!

Also I think the focus is acceptable but it isn't tack sharp. Your best bet is to put the camera on a tripod, put it in live view, magnify the flower up, and then manually focus for perfect, sharp, crisp shots. GL
TJ

 

[matfoster]

''acceptable'' there's the rub!