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Went for a walk in the (small) woodland near us today, they are kind of improving it, more for ease of walking.
Saw this, and thought it was really interesting....
Hope you like it!
It is interesting Ben, though I'd have liked it a lot more if you had increased the levels & contrast and applied some sharpening. You'll find it pops a bit if you do
It is interesting Ben, though I'd have liked it a lot more if you had increased the levels & contrast and applied some sharpening. You'll find it pops a bit if you do
It is interesting Ben, though I'd have liked it a lot more if you had increased the levels & contrast and applied some sharpening. You'll find it pops a bit if you do
Hi Stephen,
carried out a few more tweaks.....what do you reckon?
Better, but it would still stand more sharpening IMO. I have it open atm in PS and it looks pin sharp
out of interest, what do you reckon is the upper level limit of acceptable sharpening. The reason I ask is because this was first sharpened at 100% by 1 pixel, then again at 100% by 1.5 pixels. It worries me to go any further?
out of interest, what do you reckon is the upper level limit of acceptable sharpening. The reason I ask is because this was first sharpened at 100% by 1 pixel, then again at 100% by 1.5 pixels. It worries me to go any further?
Mmm you have me worried now Ben
TBH I used Smart Sharpen in CS2. I had it to sharpen Lens Blur, Amount was 67 (not that critical) and the radius was 0.6. I increased levels a bit in Curves and then added a tad more contrast, but thats personal preference.
I played around with your photo..
Though, I must say that generally the colors in Northern countries are somehow more on the pale side, while in Southern more on the punchy side.
That is reflected generally in peoples photos from different countries. I processed your photo according to the Southern countries standards where I live, just in case it might look a little punchy to you.
So here is my attempt:
Hmm ..seems that Bens thread has turned into a Photoshop tutorial
I still prefer to use the unsharp mask , tried various sharpening techniques including smart sharpen , light channels and high pass filter , and still believe that the USM is hard to beat for quality and easiness of use .
My settings are
radius 1.1
thresehold 0
amount ?? now that varies depending on content .
For images with lots of detail (grass , branches , brickwork etc) i use two passes at 50%.
For an image with just less detail but lots of edges i use one pass at 150%.
Difficult to explain , buit it works for me , both on the moniter and more importantly on print .
BTW out of all the editing Archangels is my favorite , it just has the edge on detail .
If you do manage to get a slightly out of focus shoot , try upping the radius to between 2-8 , if it's too much change the thresehold to 1 or 2 to soften the edges .
I don't think that Bens photo was out of focus to be begin with. Its more likeley that the in camera sharpening was set to 0 and, though I've not checked the lens was not set on its 'sweet spot' dSLR images have a tendancy to look a little soft and will often stand a good amount of sharpening.
As for what method to use and how much, well I've found Smart Sharpen in CS2 to be the best as it offers more control. The size of the image has much to do with the amount, though in reality I rarely use anything much above 50 and the radius is usually less than 1, again something that sems to be affected by the size of the image.
I don't think that Bens photo was out of focus to be begin with. Its more likeley that the in camera sharpening was set to 0 and, though I've not checked the lens was not set on its 'sweet spot' dSLR images have a tendancy to look a little soft and will often stand a good amount of sharpening.
As for what method to use and how much, well I've found Smart Sharpen in CS2 to be the best as it offers more control. The size of the image has much to do with the amount, though in reality I rarely use anything much above 50 and the radius is usually less than 1, again something that sems to be affected by the size of the image.
No, it certainly shouldnt have been out of focus. I was supported by a monopod as well.
I do indeed have my cam set to '0' sharpening, as I feel that photoshop software is a lot better then any in camera sharpening. Then I only will ever sharpen to 100% and 1pixel.
Thanks for all the inputs, and I really dont mind it turning into a photoshop tutorial, its quite interesting!
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