BTW, does this look sharp enough? I got a new LCD and it looks way different than my old CRT.
Posted by Lon Overacker on October 11, 2010 at 11:47 PM
Nice crop Harley! Colors are wonderful and I agree with Robert that the resulting placement of the foreground sapling works very well in this composition.
As far as sharpening goes, this is such a detailed image that it's pretty hard to say if it's jpg compression related or web sharpening, but in general this does appear a little soft. But in really looking at this, I'm almost certain it's compression thing and not a sharpening issue. The aspen trunks on the right and the grasses appear pretty darn sharp; the leaves are taking a beating from compression.
Regardless, a fine autumn image from the East side Harley.
I agree with Lon. The foreground grasses look very sharp and detailed. I imagine the leaves are getting effected by compression a little. Nice find. I didn't see any color this good north of Lee Vining :(
Good placement of the lighter colored foreground tree against the darker background leaves. I like that you left some space below the base of the foreground tree, as it anchors the composition. There must have been no wind at all, since I would expect the leaves and grass to be moving with the exposure needed by your camera and film combination!
I wouldn't judge sharpness via a jpeg image in a post.
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Posted by Eric Good on October 12, 2010 at 1:05 PM
Nice arrangement of color captured here. I particularly enjoy the band of gold fg grasses and the placement of that lone fg aspen. A very nice image. I too think this web version could benefit from a little more sharpening.
Posted by Paul Duval on October 12, 2010 at 9:57 PM
Well done compositionally and technically, I agree with the rest and think the softness in the leaves is a compression issue. By the way thanks for your insightful and thoughtful comments on my posts Harley. Oh also " Rust Rules"
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Posted by Cory Freeman on October 13, 2010 at 9:40 AM
nice one Harely. Looks a hair soft at least for this medium.
Posted by Steve Sieren on October 14, 2010 at 6:34 PM
I think with the 4x6 ratio we fit less pixels on the screen so there is a little more sharpness allowed in an image with excessive detail especially in a fall color image like yours. You guys with the 4x5 ratio fit more pixels so you have to compress the files into 200 kb's. With an image like this I would go with a smaller size then the whole 720 pixel on the long side that we are allowed.
Anyway, I do like the way you surrounded the brighter aspen leaves with the darker colored leaves.
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regarding the placement of the FG tree.
As far as sharpening goes, this is such a detailed image that it's pretty hard to say if it's jpg compression related or web sharpening, but in general this does appear a little soft. But in really looking at this, I'm almost certain it's compression thing and not a sharpening issue. The aspen trunks on the right and the grasses appear pretty darn sharp; the leaves are taking a beating from compression.
Regardless, a fine autumn image from the East side Harley.
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Anyway, I do like the way you surrounded the brighter aspen leaves with the darker colored leaves.