Am i oversharpening?

[eos-rob-uk]

I have looked at several posts on this forum and on others and just wonderd if i am sharpening to much?

i am getting good results but looking back at my film stuff which is more than accepable to me i find looking at the digital ones they are "looking" over sharped and unnatural.

here is an example stright out of the camera
EOS 350D EF 100-300 F4.5 usm (with err 99 prob see other post)
parameter 1 just a bit of in camera sharpening

full frame at large jpg original size: 3456 X 2304 pixels
1/500s
F6.3
ISO 200
@210mm

how do you experienced people do it?

RoB B

resized to 750 x 498 and saved as 80% jpeg



http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bateman.family/Croft-bikes/post/_MG_7973-post-org.jpg
then below it is a usm version with 150, 0.3, 0 setting
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bateman.family/Croft-bikes/post/_MG_7973-post-sharp.jpg

[Jonny]

That looks good to me, certainly not oversharp. In fact if it were me i would sharpen a touch more!

[Wazza]

I like the 2nd sharpened shot.
It looks about right.
Anymore, and you could probably start to notice sharp rough edges.

[eos-rob-uk]

Thanks guys, i sometimes see a picture and they really "pop" but compared with with my memory of the day they look processed and a lot better than in real life. you can get a bit paraniod about sharpening.

RoB B

[Persian-Rice]

Tone it down by 25% and see what happens, I guess you should make variations at 25% increments and see what you like best.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Not all oversharpened.. I think you could go further for sure.


...me .. I over do it.. :rolleyes:

[Croasdail]

And remember - you can selectively sharpen by masking and sharping only objects in the mast -The eye looks for certain elements for focus and disgards other information. Logos, names, numbers, etc can be selectively sharpend and leave things like the grass, road, and skin in general alone so that don't get oversharpened and look un-natural.

[ARTSPACE]

Look good to me, but if I was printing them on my Epson inkjet I would sharpen a little more. Epson claims that photos being printed should look just a little bit oversharpened to the eye on your monitor.

[PhotosGuy]

Look good to me, but if I was printing them on my Epson inkjet I would sharpen a little more. Epson claims that photos being printed should look just a little bit oversharpened to the eye on your monitor. Me, too. It looks good. Keep in mind that the same shot at a different size will need different amounts of sharpening.

[Persian-Rice]

...me .. I over do it.. :rolleyes:

Same here, and then a day later I look back and say, what the hell was I thinking? I don't like super sharp photographs, then I manage to over sharpen everything.