Hello Brian,
I'm on Mac OS and use Graphicconverter to see all the Exif details. I
believe Exiftool does this as well,
but I'm not sure about the interface, probably irfanview or acdsee
support it as well?
One big contibution to fuzzyness I see might be the IS which was ON
while on the tripod.
All the best with the workflow,
Iwert
2009/8/4 Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Thanks everybody for your input.
>
> I will save it all for study.
>
> The shot was taken with the camera on a heavy tripod, and a hand was on it
> to hold it firmly down. I see it was shot at f/5 - the rest were shot at f/8
> and I
> don't remember changing the f.stop.
>
> I deliberately excluded most sky from the shot as in my opinion it added
> nothing to the composition I wanted to achieve.
>
> I managed to see about 80% of CH Ling's 10MP cityscape before my
> modem disconnected me and it was lost; I agree that that shot had over
> much of it, better detail than mine has.
>
> Several of you commented on technical detail (such as distance of focus),
> which none of my software reports to me.. Please advise what software
> does this.
>
> Bob Whitmire drew my attention to JP Caponigro's site (
> http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/index.php ) and his Antarctic photos
> which are all digital. On his site he says he uses Canon 5Ds Mark II,
> Canon 1Ds Mark II, Canon 1Ds, Canon 28-135 IS lens, Canon 100-400 IS
> lens, and Canon 2X extender.
>
> I found very few of his Antarctic shots, but I noticed that many of the shots
> he exhibits on his site are greatly modified using Photoshop, and he
> employs staff to do this. Much of his work in my opinion would best be
> described as photo art ( of very talented quality, I hasten to add).
>
> MY local hero ( Andris Apse - http://www.andrisapse.com/ also recently
> spent a month in Antarctica, and I just discovered he had a 2-month-long
> exhibition in the Otago Museum in Dunedin. I missed it. He uses mostly (but
> not only) Linhof Technorama cameras. I don't know that he uses digital at all
> but I might ask him.
>
> I've started shooting 120 film and that is to continue. Scanning and
> associated storage problems worse than what I am coping with now are in
> the not-too-distant future. I have a book project firmly in my sights and I
> think (having bought copies of most of Andris Apse's many excellent books
> (as well as those of other photographers) and tried to learn from them and
> adapt the best for myself), that 120 film is essential for the best shots I
> am
> likely to take.
>
> Meantime I had better go on trying to take better photos.
>
> Brian Swale.
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