The Value of Sharpness

As to the Capa photograph, i agree. That D-day picture heavily enlarged, looks great although its motion blur is larger than the normal full-size enlargements I usually make:)
However, it largelyu depends on the situation. In a battle scene I guess he used the best camera for the goal. But he also shot very sharp and well-focused images w/o any motion blur, of e.g. Ingrid Bergman, using a rolleiflex stopped down. Nobody was shooting at him...
 
The Capa D-day negatives were all but destroyed in a drying cabinet accident. Yes, there is motion blur but the emulsion is physically damaged too. This has not helped with the sharpness.
 
I don't deny that great images can be created with elements of blur or unsharpness. It's simply that the images I am striving to create demand some level of sharpness.

Clarence
 
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