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 Posted: Wed Oct 2nd, 2019 03:45
Robert



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Thanks for the clarification!  I did check back in this thread before I replied.

Chris, you mention swishing tails, my instinct would be to try to let them swish, visibly.  I feel it helps make the image real, more lifelike.  It brings action to the picture, in my opinion.

I believe it falls in the category of blurred bicycle spokes and airplane and helicopter propeller disks, even some birds tails wagging.  It brings a little movement to the image, rather than still life.  OK, if you want a catalogue image, go for sharp all over but for real life, I believe a little movement blur adds to, rather than detracting from the picture.

How much is debatable and how far you take it is part of the conundrum but I do believe there is such a thing as too sharp an image.  The human eye detects blur, why not the camera?

Once things settle down in my life, I hope to have more time to experiment with lenses and bokeh, get a greater understanding of what needs to be sharp.  To focus on the subject, but not over do it.  This is why I have concentrated on fast, non-zoom FX lenses for my collection, as fast as I can afford that is! LOL  The human eye, in combination with the brain 'focuses' on the object of interest, a camera on the other hand, focuses on everything which is stationary and in the focal plane and freezes that moment.



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