Thanks Alan, I am quite pleased with the way these came out as it was, as mentioned, a shi**y day :D
I don’t really know why my photos should be more clear or sharp than other people’s.
These two, for example where taken at 200 & 400 ISO (as written underneath the photo) handheld.
The b&w even at 1/80s and 70mm, which is the long end of that lens.
I have resampled the processed shots from their original size using IrfanView, sharpened a little and added a 1 pixel border.
I guess my processing just suits most on-screen displays.
Now printing, that’s a different story altogether.
I just got some prints back from Bonusprint.ie and I wasn’t at all happpy with whhat they send me.
On one print I had some green dye smeared across it, which was clearly their fault.
But some of the other ones seem to be blurry in places and the colours slightly off. I think that can be my fault.
I think I just don’t know enough about colour profiles, dpi, and the whole printing sheebang.
…and don’t even get me started on my convulted and messy ‘workflow’!