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sbeme wrote:
Any suggestions on settings, how best to use high pass filter? Do you put it on a separate layer with luminosity blend mode?
Scott
If I'm using a high pass filter for sharpening, I would normally duplicate the image layer (or maybe merge all visible layers into a new layer depending on what I had done processing-wise to the image), run the high pass filter on the newly duplicated layer (generally using a radius of .5 - 1.5 px depending on the image), then change the blending mode of that high pass layer to soft light. That way, you can use a layer mask to more selectively sharpen, and/or a combination of layers and masks if necessary.
However, the monkey appears so soft that it doesn't seem like just a lack of creative sharpening to me. It looks more like a low-res image. Considering the body and focal length, I'm assuming it wasn't heavily cropped, so maybe it's just a poorly compressed jpg? If you were hand-holding without IS, maybe it's a little motion blur since it's a somewhat slow shutter/focal length ratio?
I looked at shots in your portfolio (many of which area really nice!) and the vast majority are nice and sharp, so I don't know what's up with this particular one.
Monkeys are one of my favorite animals to photograph. They have such expressive faces. I'm pretty sure I've got a Vervet image in the Animals gallery on my site.
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