More shots from the weekend

Here is a slightly different angle on the great morning color in Smith Creek and a link to a few of the pictures I have processed from the weekend.

http://www.fredmiranda.com/hosting/showgallery.php?cat=5278

That is really a nice shot Tom! Wish I'd tried that. Great composition!

Such a beautiful location to shoot - nice job on this and in your gallery.

P.S. - I'll be sure to bing a Clos du Bois next time!

Nice gallery Tom, I especially like the golden tones you captured in the Smith Creek shots. Great stuff!

Very nice, Tom, as are the others in your gallery. I don't know if it's my monitor or what, but I'm seeing a few halos in your gallery images. It looks as though some are a tad oversharpened. But your compositions are excellent.

Thanks for the feedback Bill. I ran these through Russel Brown's beta conversion program for CS3 with a sharpening action at the end. I have rerun them using the CS3 image processor and slightly different sharpening method. Can you tell me one of the ones you noticed the most halos and I will repost the a redo here so that you can see if this improves what you see? This should help me refine this technique.

Thanks,

Tom Kennon

I think they are most noticable on the Boen Gulf image, around the edge of the rock at the bottom of the frame.

You might also try Mark Adamus' method:

1) Resize to around 1000-1200 pixels along the long dimension of the image, and set the resolution to 72 ppi.

2) Run the sharpen tool in PS twice (don't worry - it will look oversharpened, but the next step will correct that).

3) Resize to 720 pixels for the longest dimension.

That's it!

Well, it seems I missed an outstanding outing. You have all put up some beautiful stuff. Tom, this looks great, and the photos in your gallery are outstanding. Well done.