How to increase resolution? I've been shooting high school ice hockey in RAW with a Nikon D500 using a Tamron 70-200 f/2.8. I post them on the team website and they look fine. The...

BJW

I've been shooting high school ice hockey in RAW with a Nikon D500 using a Tamron 70-200 f/2.8. I post them on the team website and they look fine. The yearbook staff has asked me if I can increase the resolution of some of my shots so that they will appear sharper in print.

Any advice, suggestions, recommendations of any sort would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.
BJ.

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

BJW wrote:

I've been shooting high school ice hockey in RAW with a Nikon D500 using a Tamron 70-200 f/2.8. I post them on the team website and they look fine. The yearbook staff has asked me if I can increase the resolution of some of my shots so that they will appear sharper in print.

Any advice, suggestions, recommendations of any sort would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.
BJ.

Without knowing exactly what you are posting how can we know how you should change it?

Your camera produces 20.9mp images that are 5568x3712 pixel dimensions. That allows printing at very high quality up to at least 18"x12". I assume that is larger than a page in the yearbook...

Post whatever size they need!

SnappyHappy Loc: Chapin, SC “The Capitol of Lake Murray”

When you convert your RAW file to JPEG you should be selecting the degree of file size reduction to be saved. Simply choose a larger JPEG file save from the RAW.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

BJW wrote:

I've been shooting high school ice hockey in RAW with a Nikon D500 using a Tamron 70-200 f/2.8. I post them on the team website and they look fine. The yearbook staff has asked me if I can increase the resolution of some of my shots so that they will appear sharper in print.

Any advice, suggestions, recommendations of any sort would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.
BJ.

Post an example here of what you've posted to the team website with store original checked. We'll be able see into the details of the image and then guess at what the yearbook staff requested.

Better yet: ask the yearbook staff directly to explain what them mean regarding issues they perceive in your images.

alandg46 Loc: Boerne, Texas

Consider converting them to TIF's rather than JPG's.

CO

I have a D500 and have been very impressed with it. It produces images that are sharper than any other Nikon DSLR that I have had. It has more than enough resolution for large prints.

You said that you're shooting ice hockey. Did you use a shutter speed that's fast enough to prevent motion blur? Maybe you could post some photos.

LensTip.com does extensive testing of lenses. I looked up the images resolution charts for your lens. It has very high resolution.

Nikocarol Loc: NM & FL

I hope I'm on target with the subject but if you go into "shooting menu" on your camera and increase image size that might help.

Linary Loc: UK

BJW wrote:

I've been shooting high school ice hockey in RAW with a Nikon D500 using a Tamron 70-200 f/2.8. I post them on the team website and they look fine. The yearbook staff has asked me if I can increase the resolution of some of my shots so that they will appear sharper in print.

Any advice, suggestions, recommendations of any sort would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.
BJ.

It's very simple, in PP just change the resolution from the (probable) 72ppi to 300ppi. Whoever is looking at the images won't actually see a difference on the screen but will be happy to see the 300ppi in the image properties.

This will make no difference to the images, but will satisfy the yearbook staff.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

BJW wrote:

I've been shooting high school ice hockey in RAW with a Nikon D500 using a Tamron 70-200 f/2.8. I post them on the team website and they look fine. The yearbook staff has asked me if I can increase the resolution of some of my shots so that they will appear sharper in print.

Any advice, suggestions, recommendations of any sort would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.
BJ.

Are the posted images downsized for website posting???
I routinely print at 24"x36" straight out of camera using the D500, they are tack sharp and you cannot see any pixelization even sticking your nose right up to the print. Upsizing would definitely NOT be needed unless they were wanting a wall sized print or something like that.

BJW

Wow. Thank you all for these great suggestions. And thanks for reminding me how much more I have to learn.
Best,
BJ

CO

There could be something else going on here other than sufficient resolution. For sports you would really want the shutter speed at least 1/1000 sec. Was the shutter speed fast enough to capture the hockey players in motion? Motion blur would be more noticeable in the larger prints.

BJW

CO:
Actually the shot the yearbook wants to print is a still of the entire team on the ice under excellent lighting, so shutter speed is not an issue. Thanks. BJ

Rongnongno Loc: FL

BJW wrote:

I've been shooting high school ice hockey in RAW with a Nikon D500 using a Tamron 70-200 f/2.8. I post them on the team website and they look fine. The yearbook staff has asked me if I can increase the resolution of some of my shots so that they will appear sharper in print.

Any advice, suggestions, recommendations of any sort would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.
BJ.

No. You can increase the size and even play with the sharpening but there is no way to increase the native sensor resolution w/o creating softness and other artifacts.

As to sharper print, you must resize and sharpen with the print size in mind. If you do not, regardless of how good your printer is, the image resized by the printer driver up or down will be soft.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

BJW wrote:

I've been shooting high school ice hockey in RAW with a Nikon D500 using a Tamron 70-200 f/2.8. I post them on the team website and they look fine. The yearbook staff has asked me if I can increase the resolution of some of my shots so that they will appear sharper in print.

Any advice, suggestions, recommendations of any sort would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.
BJ.

Post a sample or two.

Also, are you croppibg/resizing the images when you post them? If you are, you may want to send them full-sized images, uncropped or lightly cropped.

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

BJW wrote:

I've been shooting high school ice hockey in RAW with a Nikon D500 using a Tamron 70-200 f/2.8. I post them on the team website and they look fine. The yearbook staff has asked me if I can increase the resolution of some of my shots so that they will appear sharper in print.

Any advice, suggestions, recommendations of any sort would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.
BJ.

I would provide them as TIFFs on a thumb drive.