Posted by Janet Bentley on April 16, 2006 at 7:06 PM
This is the first time I have ever posted a photo. It was a painful experience to take this picture down from 74 MB to this. I was crying all the way! I didn't resharpen or reduce noise after changing size. This is providing me the opportunity to learn a whole new skill set...
This photo was taken at Index Creek just a couple miles off Hwy 2 near Index, WA. The original is very sharp with excellent detail in the shadows. I choose this picture because I thought it might be difficult to get it right. Thought I may as well jump in with a challenge.
Posted by Harald Rust on April 16, 2006 at 7:58 PM
Hi Janet,
Beautiful view of Index Creek with good exposure and a pleasing comp.
Reminds me of the last time we were in that area, lingering by a stream, when a cougar suddenly appeared and stared us down. It was a very memorable experience.
Harald
Posted by Erik Lundh on April 16, 2006 at 10:50 PM
Janet,
Welcome and thanks for posting. I know what you mean about resizing. It is a good composition with nice colors. IMHO, I do think you need to sharpen it after you downsize it. It just looks soft overall especially in the trees.
Cool Janet welcome aboard! Nice attention to the forest across the creek; also, what are these rocks? & where is Indes Wash?
& also....how do you sharpen after downsizing?
Posted by Curtis Knight on April 17, 2006 at 12:17 AM
Erik took the words right out of my keyboard. a little sharpening will make a world of difference. I really like the texture of the water in this.
Posted by Janet Bentley on April 17, 2006 at 4:27 AM
Harald, did you get the cougars picture?
Erik and Curtis, Thanks for your suggestions to re-sharp after resizing. Since I had done sharpening at the higher res size, I thought that should do it. But, I opened this file and ran just a bit more sharpening, and there was a definite improvement. I won't repost.
Eric Lee, Index, Washington is a small town on the west side of Stevens Pass (before Monroe). These are just rocks along the creek - there are many. I re-sharp by changing my color to LAB, running Filter/Unsharp Mask in PhotoShop CS. When I'm done, I change back to RGB.
Posted by Marc Adamus on April 17, 2006 at 10:51 AM
Two great ways to sharpen for web - First, the standard USM. .2 radius, 250-500 amount, 0 threshold (works for web but obviously not larger images).
Second, Marc's top-secret-super-web-sharpen method (unconventional) - Reduce JPEG image size to between 1000 and 1400. Usually about 1200 will do it. Apply "Sharpen" filter twice, resulting in oversharpened image. Reduce size again to 650 pixels and admire the details. This trick mimics a very, very fine USM and again, only works for web images.
Posted by Marc Adamus on April 17, 2006 at 10:51 AM
Oh yeah, nice picture. A beauty!
Posted by Harald Rust on April 17, 2006 at 3:45 PM
Janet,
No, regretfully didn't get a photo of the cougar, but he/she left a very strong impression in my mind.
Harald
Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 19, 2006 at 12:08 AM
Streams and waterfalls are my favorites, and I really like this rendition of yours...
Discussion
10 repliesThis photo was taken at Index Creek just a couple miles off Hwy 2 near Index, WA. The original is very sharp with excellent detail in the shadows. I choose this picture because I thought it might be difficult to get it right. Thought I may as well jump in with a challenge.
Janet Bentley
Camera: Canon 20D
Lens: Tamron SPDI 28-75
Beautiful view of Index Creek with good exposure and a pleasing comp.
Reminds me of the last time we were in that area, lingering by a stream, when a cougar suddenly appeared and stared us down. It was a very memorable experience.
Harald
Welcome and thanks for posting. I know what you mean about resizing. It is a good composition with nice colors. IMHO, I do think you need to sharpen it after you downsize it. It just looks soft overall especially in the trees.
& also....how do you sharpen after downsizing?
Erik and Curtis, Thanks for your suggestions to re-sharp after resizing. Since I had done sharpening at the higher res size, I thought that should do it. But, I opened this file and ran just a bit more sharpening, and there was a definite improvement. I won't repost.
Eric Lee, Index, Washington is a small town on the west side of Stevens Pass (before Monroe). These are just rocks along the creek - there are many. I re-sharp by changing my color to LAB, running Filter/Unsharp Mask in PhotoShop CS. When I'm done, I change back to RGB.
Janet B
Second, Marc's top-secret-super-web-sharpen method (unconventional) - Reduce JPEG image size to between 1000 and 1400. Usually about 1200 will do it. Apply "Sharpen" filter twice, resulting in oversharpened image. Reduce size again to 650 pixels and admire the details. This trick mimics a very, very fine USM and again, only works for web images.
No, regretfully didn't get a photo of the cougar, but he/she left a very strong impression in my mind.
Harald