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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: KMRennie on May 02, 2020, 05:01:10 pm

Title: Castle Crag and Borrowdale
Post by: KMRennie on May 02, 2020, 05:01:10 pm

Previously unprocessed because it looked less than pin sharp. Rescued (slowly) with Topaz sharpen AI. Ken

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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 02, 2020, 06:00:43 pm

Nicely done.

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Post by: RSL on May 02, 2020, 07:39:41 pm

+1

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Post by: guido on May 02, 2020, 09:06:25 pm

Quite stunning now Ken! Some images/light are/is worth the effort...

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Post by: RBFritz on May 02, 2020, 11:52:28 pm

Beautiful!

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Post by: LesPalenik on May 03, 2020, 03:24:22 am

Absolutely stunning!

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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on May 03, 2020, 04:18:15 am

Beautiful.

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Post by: Bob_B on May 03, 2020, 07:13:43 am

Quote from: Paulo Bizarro on May 03, 2020, 04:18:15 am

Beautiful.

+1

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Post by: francois on May 03, 2020, 11:35:52 am

Wonderful, really!

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Post by: thierrylegros396 on May 03, 2020, 12:20:25 pm

Nice weather for photos ;) ;)

Thierry

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Post by: kers on May 03, 2020, 12:24:13 pm

very nice! Not everything needs pinsharp... we are too much looking for the 100% perfect
(I found ai sharpen not as succesfull as denoise Ai...)

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Post by: maddogmurph on May 05, 2020, 12:26:28 pm

I think it's gorgeous man. I know how you feel though. If you didn't call attention to the lack of sharpness, most viewers would probably never notice. One thing I do to remedy this situation can be to enhance sharpness and details in the foreground if possible. This gives it a natural feel like what's near to us is sharp, and whats far may have particulate matter in the air that makes it a little softer or fuzzy. I think this is how the orton effect was born.

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Post by: KMRennie on May 11, 2020, 04:17:27 pm

Thanks everyone for the comments. I have a much sharper image taken a few minutes afterwards athough the light and clouds are perhaps a touch nicer in the first image. I could merge them together but I don't do that anymore. Murph, unfortunately the foreground is dead bracken and it never looks good so I have tried to subdue it as much as possible. Ken

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Post by: maddogmurph on May 11, 2020, 09:38:15 pm

The marginal benefit from the sharpness in the second outweighs the elements of sky and light in the first for me.

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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 11, 2020, 09:48:01 pm

The second one works perfectly for me, even without the clouds, etc., from the first.

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Post by: sdwilsonsct on May 11, 2020, 11:38:57 pm

Painterly, very nice.