Sharpening mask looks good all by itself

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I was processing one of my egret photos, and this is the sharpening mask I made for it. I like the way the bird and the wood look, so I saved it as its own image.

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8353-effects by ScubaDude1960, on Flickr

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Thanx for the kind words (and the chuckle, RaWe!). I was following this sharpening tutorial and Step 9 (invert the mask) gave me the above picture.

Here's the photo I was working on.

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Snowy Egret by ScubaDude1960, on Flickr

Canon [7D & BG-E7 grip] [T1i & BG-E5 grip] [400mm f/5.6L] [50mm f/1.8 II] [18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS]
Induro [AT313 tripod] [AM25 monopod] [GHB2 gimbal head]
My Flickr page

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