Another Washington Park Image

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Shutter speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 400
Exposure mode: Manual
Lens: Canon 24 to 70mm f/2.8 L
Focal length: 28mm
Tripod/Remote Release/MLU

Washington Park

I decided to post a bigger JPEG of this image becuase it's really about the detail that for me makes this image work.

It was shot up at Washington Park outside Anacortes. The wind was blowing enough to really keep everything moving hence the ISO 400. I was quite attracted by the pillows of light green lichen contrasted with the tall grass and the silver wood in the background.

So lemme know what yall think!

Thanks!!

I need to see it in print. The JPEG you provided seems quite oversharpened. Can you re-work the processing/web conversion? Looks like it has potential. I like the varied foliage textures patterns.

Mark what ya might want to check is whether you were looking at the image at 100% or whether your browser downsized it for your screen size. If it downsized it then yes it will look oversharpened.

This image is 1000 pixels tall so it won't fit on anything less than that vertically without resizing it. And most browsers will resize it by default.

As fate would have it I forgot to apply my usual light sharpening after resizing on this image. But since it's already quite big it really didn't need it after all.

Rick,
It has that oversharpened look like Marc said. I think tone that down a little and it would look great.

I have to scroll up and down to see it all, Rick, but I like it, it has good flow and textures. I'd like to see it all in one go though.

I like this a lot, Rick. What do you use for sharpening if you don't mind me asking..?

I bet I can guess. He did it in lab mode with the lightness channel at about 250, 1 radius and 0 threshold.

It's big I know but the grass was getting lost with the image at 640 pixels. So I beg patience with my madness....

Ned I typically use PK Sharpener but lately I've been playing with sharpening in the LAB color space using the lightness channel. And yes Erik that's how this one was done. It got sharpened at full res then down-sized for web posting. No further sharpening was done.

Thanks folks for the great input!!! I always appreciate it!!!

OK.. cool. thanks.

My browser kept downsizing it, causing the sharpening issue. I opened it in PS and it looks great. Really nice natural image Rick. One of subtle beauty.

not techie, but groundstuff is very familiar-- the south side of Mt Erie might have brought your out of the wind and given you the same ground material or possibly around on the south side of island by Bowman's Bay which is lesser known to outsiders. Bowman's has some sheltered areas whereas Skyline/ Washington Park seems to catch winds all directions. next time you go out there, read that there is a heron colony near the airport by skyline, so check it out in archives of anacortes american or call the newspaper for its whereabouts. I used to startle the herons off little heart lake in the early morning. nice area to explore for nature photography. Bowman's also gives you the advantage of taking pics of the bridge. and definitely one of the most beautiful bridges ever built and not so frequently photographed.


sorry not there or I'd be your tourguide-- really, I would.