Photo not sharp-what am I doing wrong?

[windrider86]

The camera is confused when the its sitting still and the stablizer is on, you'll get some blurring. I read this somewhere and then tested and it really is true. At least on Olympus camera anyway

[Joyce Matthews]

Thanks. I'll have to remember that.

[Catherine Sinclair]

I read a DIY solution to stabilising your tripod which might work: try hanging a bag with a few stones/weights in from the centre if the tripod. Having said that, I think the real problem is that your aperture is wide-ish - try narrowing the aperture and exposing it for longer. You might need to experiment a bit with the settings to get it right. Also, you might get a more interesting composition if you lower the tripod and angle the camera up a little more so that you get a diagonal or two running from closer to the corner. Experiment, too, with moving the camera a little to the right? I think it's a nice shot though.

[Raigoki]

Originally Posted by Tusia

I only have my Oly for three weeks, but I already noticed that it tends to give me hard time in low light - I constantly have to find an object that it will agree to focus on.

I wonder if I made a mistake buying it - I had a Canon last year for a few months - it had it's quirks, but never a focusing problem. Neither has my Fujifilm.

Thank you for your advise - now I will have to wait for a rain to stop so I can implement it.

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as for the Oly issue, i had the same sentiment upon buying my olympus before. Olympus do have issues on AF on low light. (i think it's because of the smaller sensor compared to other cameras) If it's low light photography you're interested with, full frame camera is the right choice (i prefer nikon). anyways, owning olympus have its advantages and disadvantages. try using your olympus more, you might like it even more if you're in to sports photography and birding...

[Tusia]

Hi there,

I went back and took more shots of the same spot trying to implement all the advises (well, at least most of them that I could remember). I did some postproduction adjustments too. I think it looks much better now. What is your opinion?



Thank you

[Raigoki]

hey! great improvement from the previous photo!
great job!

[Nesh108]

I would have taken the pic in a different position, maybe more left, to put the end of the street at the middle-right part of the scene.

[Desert Rose]

Greatly improved! Good focus on this one.