These are nice images but way, way over-sharpened Kane. I fell like I have sand in my eyes. Do you have 4K monitor by any chance? I've experience this before... On a very high pixel density monitors is hard to see sharpening unless you sit 2 inches away from it. It looks good for you, on your monitor but horrible on any other not 4K or higher monitor. The sharpness made sand look shiny....
Gregg B. wrote:
These are nice images but way, way over-sharpened Kane. I fell like I have sand in my eyes. Do you have 4K monitor by any chance? I've experience this before... On a very high pixel density monitors is hard to see sharpening unless you sit 2 inches away from it. It looks good for you, on your monitor but horrible on any other not 4K or higher monitor. The sharpness made sand look shiny....
Hi Gregg, I really appreciate the comment. For me I think the sharpening I use for my images comes down to personal preference. I use a fancy sharpening action my friend Zach Bright built that I can count on to emphasize fine detail form 50mp without haloing for web presentation. I think haloing is the tell tale sign of over sharpening but maybe thats just me. I just choose to crank it up on most of my web imagery because I want tight clean files that stand out with some pop. Using this technique on sand is the choice to present every tiny repetative ripple to the viewer which understandably may make some eyes dizzy. Yeah I might come off it a notch...you've given me something to think about.
