-- John Kelly (medicman@flash.net), March 19, 1999

Answers

Your file is actually at "http://ohm.phys.ualberta.ca/photo/tmp/firstbloom.JPG". Note 'tmp', not 'temp'.

I didn't add the img tag to the above URL because your file is too big. 1137x661 pixels! At least you kept the file below the 50k size limit. Try to keep your images below 600x400.

As far as the image is concerned, it looks soft. Perhaps it's the scan. Perhaps it's the focus. I'd crop the extra space on the bottom and the right hand side; or move in closer next time. Also adjust your camera position so that the main branch doesn't obscure the other branch behind it.

-- Anil Mungal (mungal@ca.ibm.com), March 19, 1999.

-- James Fazio (triathlete@vt.edu), March 20, 1999.

I shot this with a 210mm zoom wide open at f24. It didn't give me quite the depth of field that I was hoping for but blurred the background nicely. The original is a lot sharper but still subtly soft, almost like I was using a light fog filter.

-- John Kelly (medicman@flash.net), March 20, 1999.

Once again, your image is very soft. Nothing is in focus. Might be that you have problems with your shooting technique, or it might be the scanning. If the former, learn to use the tripod. Really. If the latter, tell us how you scan.

BTW, f/24 is not wide-open. Or did you mean f/4?

-- Andrei Frolov (andrei@phys.ualberta.ca), March 20, 1999.