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Did I overdo clarity ?

 
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May 12, 2014 22:14 |  #1

Please comment... trying to keep face sharp without overdoing it.

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May 13, 2014 00:55 |  #2

Looks pretty good to me.

Clarity isn't really a sharpening tool though. It's mid tone contrast.


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May 13, 2014 15:01 |  #3

As Dave says above clarity shouldn't really be used to sharpen, you are better using some selective sharpening. But anyway, in this case looks fine to me :)


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May 13, 2014 15:13 |  #4

I dig that tie!!!


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May 13, 2014 15:51 |  #5

Which face? The one in the front looks a little blurry to me. (kidding)

Looks pretty clean and clear to me.


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May 13, 2014 19:06 |  #6

Thanks ! I like using Clarity as I suck using Sharpness in LR... In my Gimp days I used hi pass or wavelet.

As to the tie... I used to wear it at my last job that had a dress code.


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May 15, 2014 06:55 |  #7

Have you tried brushing in clarity? Then you can enhance the face and hand but not the shirt, or the subject but not the background...


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May 15, 2014 14:19 |  #8

Yes, that's what I did, keeping the dummy head he's holding out of focus.


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May 15, 2014 15:07 |  #9

Have you tried brushing in sharpening?


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May 15, 2014 21:27 |  #10

Looks good to me. A bit wider DOF might have helped a bit.

+1 on the tie. Very cool indeed.


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May 16, 2014 10:05 |  #11

M_Six wrote in post #16907593 (external link)
Looks good to me. A bit wider DOF might have helped a bit.

+1 on the tie. Very cool indeed.

I read "DOF" but thought "FOV" hence the earlier nonsensical reply ;)

I was intentionally playing with DOF trying to get my son in focus but keep the dummy and the wall blurred.

Thanks for the tie comment, these were plentiful in the mid-90s.


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May 16, 2014 10:11 |  #12

Titus213 wrote in post #16906868 (external link)
Have you tried brushing in sharpening?

I am honestly very wary of using sharpening in LR, I tend to end up with excessive noise / artifacts. I was never really good with using USM, even before LR I always got better results with hi pass or wavelet.


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May 17, 2014 20:39 |  #13

Titus213 wrote in post #16900808 (external link)
Looks pretty good to me.

Clarity isn't really a sharpening tool though. It's mid tone contrast.

But sharpening is really contrast of edges. So it really is a form of sharpening.




  
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May 19, 2014 23:26 |  #14

Had I not been told you messed with the clarity, I wouldn't have known. Looks good.


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May 20, 2014 05:51 |  #15

The shot has been processed well. But I also have to tell you I love the Snoopy tie!!! Best tie ever.




  
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