The Canon Magazine 57
SHARPER LANDSCAPES
04 DIAL IN A MIDDLE APERTURE
Most lenses have a ‘sweet spot’ of sharp
focus which produces the sharpest shots.
This is usually middle apertures, such as
f/8, f/11 or f/16, use these with an ISO of
100 for best image quality. Then focus
about a third of the way into the frame to
get the foreground and background sharp.
05 SET A TWO SECOND DELAY
Even when you’re set up on a tripod,
pressing the shutter button can be enough
to cause camera-shake. Engage your 2 Sec
Self-timer mode. The camera will wait for
two seconds after you press the shutter
before taking the picture to avoid this
movement being recorded.06 SHARPEN YOUR SHOTS
When you’ve taken your image it’s a good
idea to bring the Raw into Photoshop’s
Adobe Camera Raw to sharpen it. Go to
the Detail tab and set Sharpness to 50,
then hold the Alt key and drag the Masking
slider until only the parts you want to
sharpen are shown in white.AFTER
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movement of the
shutter can capture
soft images, so
use Mirror Lock-up
mode to stop this
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