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Focus, overexposed moon
This appears to be a handheld snapshot, which would never work well under these lighting conditions. It's blurry and underexposed in general except for the moon, which is quite overexposed. You would have needed to shoot bracketed images and combine them in Lightroom or Photoshop to obtain a correct exposure throughout the frame.
Hello,
Did you use a tripod or handheld?
There is a problem with noise and artefacts - it's noticeable when viewed at 100%:
The moon is a problem in terms of exposure - you have a messy white blob, unfortunately.
Did you also apply some noise reduction? There is a lack of detail, and the pixels are somewhat smudged together - noise reduction does this! This would also give the appearance of being blurry. So, it's not so much of focus, but of using noise reduction I think.
The pixels ar
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Maybe tack sharp was too strong a term. But as others have pointed out, there are definitely focus or camera shake issues.
A nice snapshot rememberance of your vacation to post on social media for friends and family to see. 😁
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Hello,
Did you use a tripod or handheld?
There is a problem with noise and artefacts - it's noticeable when viewed at 100%:
The moon is a problem in terms of exposure - you have a messy white blob, unfortunately.
Did you also apply some noise reduction? There is a lack of detail, and the pixels are somewhat smudged together - noise reduction does this! This would also give the appearance of being blurry. So, it's not so much of focus, but of using noise reduction I think.
The pixels are sort of smudged together.
The black areas should also have some detail in them
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