Nello Milanese wrote:
Wow Jude that #2 is one amazing capture!!! that pelican sure likes to pose
#4 was he/she warming up ? super cool pose
Super-cute daughter
Jude, I have this lens and my resultant images are nowhere as fine as yours! Just magnificient detail and sharpness! I must ask if any PP sharpening was done on these? I am just amazed at the detail you have here. Well done.
Dan
mdbassman wrote:
Jude, I have this lens and my resultant images are nowhere as fine as yours! Just magnificient detail and sharpness! I must ask if any PP sharpening was done on these? I am just amazed at the detail you have here. Well done.
Dan
Hi Dan. Yes, sharpening is necessary to bring out the details properly. You can get the same results with ‘unsharp mask’ too. But sometimes combination of both could get the best results. Main thing is you must not apply too much sharpening. In digital photography the images are soft when you properly focused and exposed even. This is due to anti-aliasing (AA) filter which is permanently mounted in front of the image sensor. The AA filter plays an important role by eliminating false color and moiré but resulting a softer image. Hence camera processor do the necessary sharpening in its preset settings. But you could get better results without allowing your camera to do any adjustment in RAW format and do it by yourself in CS2 or CS3. If you could PM me your email address I will send you a Canon pdf file explaining the necessity of sharpening. Hope this helps.
You know I love these pelicans. I think 2 and 3 might best suit Karl 
