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Stacey Stuwe

6 Years Ago

Not Sure About My Photos

Hi Everybody, I'm the new Gal!

Before I ask my questions, I want to let your know I've been lurking the forum for a few days and I have read ALL of the tips for taking good photos, but I think I'm still having issues. I'm just not sure about my High Res Previews.


The set up:

Canon Rebel T5
55-250 mm lens
taking photos outside when cloudy or in shade

Camera settings are:
RAW
1/30
F11
ISO 100
Standard
WB shade

I'm framing as much of the painting as possible against a white background

while editing, when zoomed in all the way possible on the computer, my images fuzz.

My questions: Can someone pop over and take a look at my high res previews and see if they're adequate? If not, any advice on how to fix them? If I need to fix the photos, can you restrict the sizes of prints etc. you offer in your shop and how do you do that if you can?

https://stacey-stuwe.pixels.com/

...and yes, I have considered going the scanning and stitching route if this doesn't work out.

Thank you, Stacey



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David King

6 Years Ago

The few I looked at could stand to be sharpened a touch, other than that I think they look good.

 

Tom Druin

6 Years Ago

they appear pretty clean and crisp to me .

 

Mary Bedy

6 Years Ago

They look pretty good to me too, Stacey, but you might try the scanning and stitching just for the sharpness.

However, your lighting seems to be even and I don't see any cropping issues, which are usually a big problem.

 

Abbie Shores

6 Years Ago

Very slightly soft at the larger sizes. I would take off the largest or two largest prices you can do, for clearer prints

Best regards,

Abbie
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Community & Technical Support Manager

 

Stacey Stuwe

6 Years Ago


Thank you for the help! I'll be fine tuning over the next few days and I appreciate all of your input. I did figure out how to remove certain sizes, it was right in front of my face the whole time! Ha!

 

Jessica Jenney

6 Years Ago

Stacey, and you can just replace the photos instead of deleting them.

 

David Bridburg

6 Years Ago

I like the under the sea collection.

Ur prices r low

Dave

 

Jean Noren

6 Years Ago

They look good to me, very nice images that demand a higher price.

 

Stacey Stuwe

6 Years Ago

Thank you Jean and David!
I was trying to be cautious, am I being overly cautious? Advice on mark up would be great as well!

 

Stacey Stuwe

6 Years Ago

okay, I went in and changed prices, I guess I'll start there and see what happens. I don't want sticker shock, but I don't want to devalue my work either.

 

Rich Franco

6 Years Ago

Stacey,

Welcome, and nice art! Here's one of my tutorials here on how to correctly copy your artwork, let me know if this helps,

https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2764654

Rich

 

Heather Applegate

6 Years Ago

You probably do not need to shoot them at F11 - and its likely that is causing some softness at larger sizes. Find the lens's sweet spot. If your paintings don't have much texture to them (raised bumpy areas) then shooting at 5.6 or 7 should be more than enough to cover any depth in the paint texture, and it will likely sharpen up the image.

 

Stacey Stuwe

6 Years Ago

Thank you Rich and Heather! Awesome tips!

 

Kip Krause

6 Years Ago

I agree, depends on the lens and sweet spot. 5.6 is usually the rule of thumb. If you do sharpen, be careful it's not too much. Prime lens is always sharper. Your on your way!

 

Stacey Stuwe

6 Years Ago

Thank you Kip, I can take okay pics, but I’m not a photographer. Lol! After doing so much research from reading all the posts in the forum, I was pretty much guessing what would might work for me. I’ll definitely try what you and heather recommend!

 

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