Too much sharpening?

[rajbinnor]

Is this photo over-sharpened? or under? And am I using too much noise reduction so it looks soft?

Thanks!

D7000
50mm 1.8
Taken at f2.8
1/160 s
ISO 320



Big image here

[Krusty79]

It doesn't strike me as oversharpened, it just looks like an overcast day. FYI, most lenses are sharpest around f/8 and you'll get more DOF with a smaller aperture.

[rajbinnor]

Thanks. That's good to know. I used the large aperture so I could have a faster shutter-speed.

[Doug Sundseth]

I suspect that you weren't harmed by the relatively wide aperture. If we assume that the car was about 40' away, your critically sharp depth of field was slightly more than 20', which should be plenty for that scene.

(See DOFMaster.)

[ssssnake529]

Looks fine to my eyes.

[rajbinnor]

Originally Posted by Doug Sundseth

...your critically sharp depth of field was slightly more than 20', which should be plenty for that scene.

(See DOFMaster.)

Thanks for that link! In that calculator the Canon 7D has it's own selector and is not grouped with the other Canons of the same sensor size. Does anyone know why?

[baajero]

I love it I don't think you over did it with the sharpening. Have you tried this in black and white

[rajbinnor]

Originally Posted by baajero

...Have you tried this in black and white

Great idea, it looks splendid it in b/w! Gets a real 'old' feeling to it, I think. I especially like the fact he is reading from a huge map and not using GPS.