Sunbird

[Swapnil Dighe]

Hi Saby,Mrudul

Is it possible to sharpen this image?
This is a big crop.

Camera - Canon Eos 1000D
Focal Lenght - 135
Shutter Speed - 1/400 sec at f/5.6

Thanks in advance

[Mrudul Godbole]

Hi Swapnil,

Nice image. Is it a crop? It would have been good if you had uploded a bigger image with the longest side of 800 pixels, to help in commenting.

I think the focus is locked on the flowers, so the bird is not looking sharp. By sharpening now the flowers would look more sharper than the birds. Which software do you use for post processing?

I have sharpened the image, however sharpening in software is basically enhancing the micro contrast so it is not actual sharpening. No amount of sharpnening in post processing can make an unsharp image sharp. It is difficult to shoot sunbirds at 135mm. Because of the short focal length, the AF point covers a larger area. So it can lock on the flower as well as the bird. I have sharpened a bit to the higher side, you can achieve better resualts with the original image.

Let me know what you think.

P.S -

Hi Saby,

He prefers to be called 'Sabyasachi' .

[Ashvary Jain]

P.S -

He prefers to be called 'Sabyasachi' .

I always go wrong with the spelling while typing "Sabyasachi"...
I guess Saby is much easier to spell.

[Swapnil Dighe]

Thanks Mrudul.

I tried Photoshop for post processing.
But image which you processed definitely looks better.

And yes,
I will address Sabyasachi as Sabyasachi only.

[Bibhav Behera]

I agree with The above observations. Id stick to calling him Sabyasachi