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Risked a pot pie
On 2015-08-02 22:38:56 +0000, PeterN said:
On 8/2/2015 5:16 PM, Eric Stevens wrote: On Sat, 01 Aug 2015 22:12:08 -0400, PeterN wrote: This afternoon we stopped for a snak of roasted corn. This guy loves corn, and risked becoming the key ingredient in a pot pie. He happily posed, hoping I would drop a few kernals. (I did.) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97242118/20150801_Orient_0567.jpg I seem to be standing in for Savageduck. :-) The image gives the impression that it is printed on velvet - or old carpet - or something. Whatever. Anyway, I don't like the apparent texture. Closer examination shows that in places it carries an oversharpening halo. The background, and no doubt the foreground, has the appearance of being viewed through vey fine ripple glass. Examination of the Exif data shows what I suspect may be the main culprit. Sharpen Radius +3 Sharpen detail 43 Sharpen edge masking 0 In other words, you have sharpened everything within the body of the chicken, and it shows. I think a lesser Sharpen Radius would help and, particularly, so would some Sharpen Edge Masking. In making these comments, I fully accept that you may like it the way it is. Thank you for commenting. I really appreciate all comments. especially constructive negative ones. The combo I used is extremely sharp. The Nikon 105 Micro with the new APO teleconverter. (I traded in my old 1.7.) The sharpening was all in ACR. I added a levels layer to emphasis the bird, while toning down the background by desaturating the green channel and toning down its luminosity. I slightly blurred the background, with the blur tool, and used a slight blur vignette to emphasise the eyes and waddle. Therefore, the sharpness of the head is emphasized more than it otherwise would be with just a sharpness of 43. BTW Here is a different shot, taken the same day where I used the sun coming through the sunflower's petals, with a strobe to highlight the shadows. I toned down all, or almost all of the specular highlights. I wound up with the monochrome glow. as you can see it is not the stereotypical bug on a flower. (I have not yet decided whether I like it.) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97242118/20150801_Orient_0575.jpg You are still not dealing with ACR sharpening and NR rationally. You seem to pushing things to the extreme in the hope of getting the sort of sharpening you favor. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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