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(Message started by: Anguslau on Nov 5^th, 2005, 9:56pm)

Title: Northern Pintail
Post by Anguslau on Nov 5^th, 2005, 9:56pm

Continuing with my duck series. Below is another flight shot for Northern Pintail. Haven't reprocessed this one using the new workflow. I hope the sharpening halo was not too obtrusive here. :P

NSW 3/11/2005
1D Mark II, EF600, f/4, 1/5000s, iso320

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau_107.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/anguslau/image/51782756.jpg

Title: Re: Northern Pintail
Post by MaC_siu_kit on Nov 5^th, 2005, 10:10pm

好似真係SHARP左DD :P

Title: Re: Northern Pintail
Post by Anguslau on Nov 5^th, 2005, 10:27pm

Thanks, Mac_siu_kit! :)
I know about the cause of the halo. I want to know whether my overall sharpening was too aggressive as well. Hope people can comment on this to help me fine tune my processing. Below are several more images of the same duck same flight, essentially same processing including same amount of sharpening. Just different form and background. Do they all look oversharpened? Thanks for any help! :-[
#2 http://www.pbase.com/anguslau/image/51782755.jpg

#3
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau_108.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/anguslau/image/51782754.jpg

#4
http://www.pbase.com/anguslau/image/51782753.jpg

#5
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau_109.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/anguslau/image/51782752.jpg

#6
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau_110.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/anguslau/image/51782749.jpg

Title: Re: Northern Pintail
Post by Anton on Nov 5^th, 2005, 10:32pm

Nice to meet you that day~ Angus~ ;D

Title: Re: Northern Pintail
Post by KK Hui on Nov 6^th, 2005, 8:28am

on 11/05/05 at 22:27:35, Anguslau wrote:

Angus,

Beautiful shots!

I think that sharpening on #2 to #6 are a little aggressive using your own words! ;)

KK Hui FRPS
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Title: Re: Northern Pintail
Post by Anguslau on Nov 6^th, 2005, 2:17pm

Thanks kk! :D
I think the fine feather pattern on the bird's back doesn't do well under my strong dose of sharpening. I still like the "sharpness" on the wing though. I guess the remedy is again to selectively sharpen some parts of the image while avoiding too much usm on other parts which are more prone to artifacts. This means more complex workflow and more work! :P Well, I guess there are no free lunches, you get what you work for. I should not ask for consistently good results from a highly automated workflow! :P :-[

Title: Re: Northern Pintail
Post by Anguslau on Nov 6^th, 2005, 2:22pm

on 11/05/05 at 22:32:15, Anton wrote:

Nice to meet you that day~ Angus~  ;D

Hi Anton, nice to meet you too! ;)