whats wrong with this tree...

[clarity]

hello hi,
ive been cruising this forum for some time now,
and ive truly learned alot from all of you guys.
and now its time i want to get involved and get some help,
since i am newbie. okay i recently got my digital rebel before xmas,
which im still paying for :(. anyways i would like to know what i am doing
wrong in this picture.
heres the exif date:
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/1600
Av( Aperture Value )
3.5
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
100

oh yeah i was shooting with the kit lens; 18-55mm 3.5-5.6.
and there wasnt any post processing done just a simple resize.
aritee guys please help me ;)

[Penguin_101_1]

Looks good to me, I like the lighting. :D Good shot.

[clarity]

thanks for the nice comment, but
this picture looks soft to me, like
blurry at some parts? can someone
help me to take make adjustments?
pleaseee :rolleyes:

[Penguin_101_1]

It should be blurry at f/3.5 in the background. It is really too small to see that though.

[Scottes]

If you focused on something at least 17 feet away then f/3.5 at 18mm should give everything in focus, or close to it. At 18mm f/3.5 the hyperfocal distance is 16.7 feet. However, objects in the distance might not have been very sharp still.

I'd say that you simply used too large of an aperture. 1/1600 shutter is far faster than you really need - you could have gone as low as 1/50 without a tripod. You could then have closed down the aperture 5 stops, bring you to somewhere around f/19. Everything would have been sharp then.

For landscapes shots where you're looking for maximum depth of field and sharpeness it's better to set the aperture to f/11 or f/16 and then just make sure that your shutter speed is 1/(2 x length), or 1/100 for 50mm.

Don't be afraid to use ISO 200 or even 400 to get the required shutter speed & aperture.

[PacAce]

Personally, I think the image is too dark. You can use the Levels adjustment tool to set the white point. You can then either set the mid-tone to brighten the image up a little bit more or, for better a result, use the Curves adjustment tool to make the image brighter (I used the Curves). And finally, sharpen the image using USM. For this image, I used Amount=80%, Radius=0.8, Threshold=0.

[clarity]

thanks scottes, thats the kind of info i needed, haha:cool:
oh and pac ace, what did you mean by USM ? where is
that in ps? im newbie to ps =[ hehe alright thanks every
one to those great responses/input ... muah lol jk;)

[PacAce]

thanks scottes, thats the kind of info i needed, haha:cool:
oh and pac ace, what did you mean by USM ? where is
that in ps? im newbie to ps =[ hehe alright thanks every
one to those great responses/input ... muah lol jk;)

USM=unsharp mask. To get to it, click on Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask... and enter the appropriate values for Amount, Radius and Threshold.