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Thanks, all.
Guy, much of the detail and sharpness comes from my sharpening "secret weapon" - in PhotoShop I use Topaz Detail's Deblur algorithm (which looks like a kind of RL deconvolution), applied with a brush, at a setting of 17 (17 is pretty arbitrary! It just so happens that's what I saved to my preset).
I might then fade the result a bit to suit, but I'm extremely impressed by how this algorithm brings out detail and sharpness without looking overdone or introducing artefacts. That's all I ever need to do.
Ironically, I don't use its "Detail" sliders at all.
That said, I've found that the free Athentech "Perfect Exposure" plugin to be really good at bringing out detail too. I'll usually apply the "Detail and Shadows" preset, then dial back the Exposure slider and the Opacity from the "Adjust" panel.
Mind you, the camera and lens (and hopefully, I
) have something to do with the sharpness, too..!
GuyF said:
Guy, much of the detail and sharpness comes from my sharpening "secret weapon" - in PhotoShop I use Topaz Detail's Deblur algorithm (which looks like a kind of RL deconvolution), applied with a brush, at a setting of 17 (17 is pretty arbitrary! It just so happens that's what I saved to my preset).
I might then fade the result a bit to suit, but I'm extremely impressed by how this algorithm brings out detail and sharpness without looking overdone or introducing artefacts. That's all I ever need to do.
Ironically, I don't use its "Detail" sliders at all.
That said, I've found that the free Athentech "Perfect Exposure" plugin to be really good at bringing out detail too. I'll usually apply the "Detail and Shadows" preset, then dial back the Exposure slider and the Opacity from the "Adjust" panel.
Mind you, the camera and lens (and hopefully, I
) have something to do with the sharpness, too..!
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Are you sure you are a photographer and not a lens salesman? Those pictures make me want to rush out and get that lens far more than any images Canon published....Keith_Reeder said:
NICE!
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Thanks Click. I have been lurking for a couple of years now and decided it was time to man up and post an image.
Thanks Mikehit and you are right it is a Grey Wagtail. Must have had a senior moment there.
Thanks Mikehit and you are right it is a Grey Wagtail. Must have had a senior moment there.
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GuyF said:
In mulling over this issue of sharpness that everyone strives for, the following has only recently hit me as a relative beginner, especially after my purchase of a used 1D4 (16 MP). That is, if I could fill the frame then the IQ was superb but given that I was usually rather far away and cropping fairly heavily then the 6D (20 MP) really pulled ahead (both MP and ISO). I used to restrict myself to ISO 1250 with the 6D but that's only a rule I now follow if I'm not close to filling the frame. I'd say that with today's cameras and lenses that "fairly sharp" is the norm if cropping is minimal unless there are focus (AFMA) or blur/shake problems. Sometimes the shutter speed required is higher than we might think.
Jack
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A Great Crested Grebe is admiring her eggs. in about three weeks time, we will have some special looking chicks here.
5DSR, 600mm f4L IS II
1/1600s, f/6.3, ISO400
5DSR, 600mm f4L IS II
1/1600s, f/6.3, ISO400
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