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Need tips for achieving sharper photos.

It's definitely not my lens, since I used both my 50 and 24-70 on my D7000 and was having the same issues. I am careful not to "stab" the shutter button, however, I do hold down the shutter long than I should at times which is probably allowing the camera to continually change the focus point on AF-C mode. I will post some examples....
 
It's definitely not my lens, since I used both my 50 and 24-70 on my D7000 and was having the same issues. I am careful not to "stab" the shutter button, however, I do hold down the shutter long than I should at times which is probably allowing the camera to continually change the focus point on AF-C mode. I will post some examples....

Please post some examples.. with full info! :)
 
It's definitely not my lens, since I used both my 50 and 24-70 on my D7000 and was having the same issues. I am careful not to "stab" the shutter button, however, I do hold down the shutter long than I should at times which is probably allowing the camera to continually change the focus point on AF-C mode. I will post some examples....
Nothing wrong with that other than it uses a little bit of your battery. If the subject is still it won't change focus and if the subject distance is changing you WANT it to change focus. I do the same thing shooting birds, I start watching them through the viewfinder as they fly closer and let the focus follow them until they are where I want to trip the shutter. In most good light situations I feel that my camera can focus better than I can so I let it do its job and I try to do mine.

Another thing ... Like in golf where follow-through is important, follow-through also helps with photography. Unless you are shooting in continuous mode keep pressing the shutter slightly after you hear the mirror slap. It doesn't really help as far as the exposure goes except that it teaches you to handle the camera more smoothly.
 
DOF is rather shallow, but within the resolution you posted, I cannot confirm that on the first image herface is more OOF than his. Maybe she has just more make up on, so her face appears lest contrasty than his?

On the second one, the light on the faces is just very poor, resulting in bland contrast, maybe that appears as less sharp to you? With a reflector that second image could have been enhanced a lot I suppose.

(I remember the place from some years ago, nice :) )
 
DOF is rather shallow, but within the resolution you posted, I cannot confirm that on the first image herface is more OOF than his. Maybe she has just more make up on, so her face appears lest contrasty than his?

On the second one, the light on the faces is just very poor, resulting in bland contrast, maybe that appears as less sharp to you? With a reflector that second image could have been enhanced a lot I suppose.

(I remember the place from some years ago, nice :) )

I actually had to brighten up their face a bit in post, the background was completely blown out and their faces were completely dark. Their were people everywhere so I kinda chickened out on whipping out my reflector, dumb I know.
 
I'd love to see the full-size image, but I'm not going to create yet another internet account and give out all my personal information to Yahoo to do so.
 
DOF is rather shallow, but within the resolution you posted, I cannot confirm that on the first image herface is more OOF than his. Maybe she has just more make up on, so her face appears lest contrasty than his?

On the second one, the light on the faces is just very poor, resulting in bland contrast, maybe that appears as less sharp to you? With a reflector that second image could have been enhanced a lot I suppose.

(I remember the place from some years ago, nice :) )

I actually had to brighten up their face a bit in post, the background was completely blown out and their faces were completely dark. Their were people everywhere so I kinda chickened out on whipping out my reflector, dumb I know.

Never be afraid to use your tools :)

Brightening up dark areas in post processing often brings out the digital noise quite badly. So then it might appear less sharp, or at least very grainy.
 
It's definitely not my lens, since I used both my 50 and 24-70 on my D7000 and was having the same issues. I am careful not to "stab" the shutter button, however, I do hold down the shutter long than I should at times which is probably allowing the camera to continually change the focus point on AF-C mode. I will post some examples....

Try back button focus
 
You need to work on exposure more than focus
 
are you moving the focus point within the camera, or focusing / recomposing? Are you spot focusing?

To be honest, at that image size, I am not really seeing an issue. Since you have all of your stuff PRIVATE on Flickr.. cant see the larger versions.
 

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