Here are a series of photos showing a full-framed image followed by a cropped 100% view of the same image. If you want to enlarge your photos and have people admire them on the walls of your home or office, be sure they are in focus and sharp.

For this exercise, I used a point-and-shoot camera, a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5 camera. I took photos of the same object, handheld, and then with a tripod. Can you tell the difference in these bright sunlit photos?

Hand-held full-frame

100% view of the image above (handheld)

Full-framed shot using a tripod

100% cropped view of the tripod image

Full frame of a handheld photo

100% cropped view of the handheld

Full frame of Tripod photo

100% cropped view of the Tripod Image