on 2013-12-31 7:21 Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote
Looking at the two originals (linked below), even at 100% it's
harder to decide which is sharper. However on closer inspection of
the previous two "helper" images I could conclude that 6226 has better
focus of the foreground, while 6229 has better focus of the distant
shore.
http://data.volution.ro/ciprian/bdf753de58c560bc/6d20367506baa6fb/_igp6226/preview-rgb.ppm.jpg
http://data.volution.ro/ciprian/bdf753de58c560bc/6d20367506baa6fb/_igp6229/preview-rgb.ppm.jpg
maybe this isn't a great example — while i agree it's hard to tell visually
which has better focus on the rocks (and thus one could ask if it really
matters), i can easily see the difference in focus on the trees; thus, given
your intent, 6229 is the obvious choice
For other three tough decisions see the following "siblings"
bracketed in a hurry at 0.7 EV: [...]
Their exposure (seems the meter was dead-on): [...]
this is also pretty obvious visually, and i'd expect a histogram to make it
more obvious; what i can't tell is how much exposure latitude you have in your
sources — it may be that any of the three could be adequately corrected (what
camera are you using?)
Their sharpness (seems the second one is less fuzzy, however not by much):
[...]
i can see this visually, and normalizing the exposures would probably make it
easier to see; i'm not convinced of the usefulness of your focus tool,
especially since you said your stock tools already have some sort of "in focus
highlight"
one could also ask — how often do you print large? how often do you crop small
bits of an image? these are the cases where top sharpness matters; otherwise no
one but you will see the difference; and i second Attila's recommendation to
study how to sharpen for your intended output — mastery of sharpening can make
a bigger difference in the final result than the tiny differences you have
trouble seeing at 100%
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