Waimea Canyon Dip

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 5, 2013272 views6 comments

The sun is coming up at the perfect time in this area as I drive to work now. Anybody can share their web sharpening tips I would appreciate it. Tried to run a script from:

http://www.andreasresch.at/2013/04/07/web-sharpener-better-sharpening-for-the-web/

but not sure it improved the output.

Canon 5DM3
one exposure
.6 rgnd

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Dan Kearl on December 6, 2013 at 12:38 AM

Nice drive to work...
Sharpening looks fine. You have a halo around the ridges.
Sunrise is well done, I might lighten the FG a tad.

Registered on September 2, 2013, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments

Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on December 6, 2013 at 2:25 AM

Woah....cant picture where this is at all. Crazy. Check out alex nail's web sharpening. Clouds have been awesome lately :) Nice!

aF

Registered on October 26, 2009, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments

Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on December 6, 2013 at 6:18 AM

I like the scene a lot. Even the thumbnail told me that's Hawaii. You did some good handling of the light as well.
Regarding that sharpening script: I am using it and find it to work quite well, better than I have been doing before which was downsizing in two or three steps and sharpening after each step. That script does similar things but also does some extra stuff which makes a difference. Some times after, down sizing with that script I add some more exra contrast (nik efex, tonal contrast filter), which enhances sharpness even more.

Registered on January 26, 2007, 360 Posts, 9876 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel Finchum on December 6, 2013 at 11:13 AM

Thanks for the tips Aaron and Dietrich. I'll check them out.

Registered on September 8, 2013, 43 Posts, 222 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on December 6, 2013 at 4:44 PM

The ridges are a bit dark along the top edges and I probably wouldn't mind if the entire land area were a little brighter, but it has a nice moody quality as-is. Composition, color, and quality of light are great overall.

Registered on August 24, 2009, 123 Posts, 3099 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on December 9, 2013 at 2:02 PM

Very nice scene Daniel!

I have a video called "Ultimate Web Sharpening" coming out in about a week. There are a lot of approaches that would improve the presentation here. One quick way might be to use PS CC and duplicate a layer, put it in Luminosity Layer Mode, then run the new Camera Raw Filter. In the sharpening tab, choose about 10-30 amount, Radius to the left and detail to the right and masking variable. Then after applying the effect you could reduce the opacity of the layer easily in PS as a layer.
The only other thing I might consider is an overall shadow adjustment (in raw) from the right side to the left. I would up the shadows on the right a little so it does not feel heavy there. This may make any dodging there unnecessary. Maybe. :)

Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments