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IanW
21st of November 2005 (Mon), 14:53
Hi peeps,

Still enjoying my photography revival. . . . Taken whilst walking around Elterwater in the Lakes. Photoshop only used to adjust levels.

Ian.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1103825/little_white_house_800.jpg
zacker
21st of November 2005 (Mon), 15:06
wow, can you imagine living there with all that view and epmty land scape? wow!
-zacker-
jgjulio
21st of November 2005 (Mon), 16:31
Really nice shot. Beautiful country view.
uktrailmonster
21st of November 2005 (Mon), 18:01
Beautiful shot of a great place. Have you tried sharpening it a little in PS?
sparker1
21st of November 2005 (Mon), 21:55
Beautiful scene, nice work.
IanW
22nd of November 2005 (Tue), 02:03
Beautiful shot of a great place. Have you tried sharpening it a little in PS?

What sort of thing did you have in mind and how would I try that?

Thanks,

Ian.
uktrailmonster
22nd of November 2005 (Tue), 11:14
Sharpening should bring out more detail, especially in the background. Try experimenting with the unsharp mask in PS. Start with amount = 150, radius = 1, levels = 5 and then play around with the sliders until you're happy.
IanW
22nd of November 2005 (Tue), 14:38
Sharpening should bring out more detail, especially in the background. Try experimenting with the unsharp mask in PS. Start with amount = 150, radius = 1, levels = 5 and then play around with the sliders until you're happy.

Thanks, how about this?

After playing settled for amount = 100, radius 1, Threshold = 5

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1103825/little_white_house_sharper.jpg
uktrailmonster
22nd of November 2005 (Tue), 18:30
To be honest I'm struggling to see the difference. Are you sure this is the sharpened version?
IanW
23rd of November 2005 (Wed), 08:15
To be honest I'm struggling to see the difference. Are you sure this is the sharpened version?

:p Yes it is the right version! It is hard to see when rolling up and down the screen. I did not want to go over the top with it, but I guess you are suggesting further work?

Ian.
uktrailmonster
23rd of November 2005 (Wed), 10:11
It's hard to say without seeing the hi-res original. I was just wondering if you'd extracted all the potential detail. If you've experimented with all the unsharp mask settings, you should have a good idea what can be achieved. I find the ideal settings vary a lot from photo to photo and there is no exact setting that works for all. Some photos seem to respond better to sharpening than others too. I would say an aggressive setting would be 150, 1.5, 0 but this is often too much!

I love the photo by the way, it's a long time since I've been up to the Lakes and it brings back some great personal memories :)