Godfrey, It's difficult to verbally identify an individual's visual anomaly. My sole attempt is to describe it is an appearance of edge "crumbling" or "glitter". Your "brittleness" adjective is well taken with respect to this image. I think I implied my reluctance to have gone quite so far as was done, but, as stated, am fine with it.
Jack --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nice shot. > > It is slightly oversharpened. This is a common > problem with high > frequency images that have many small edges in them. > The resulting > effect is one of "brittleness" in the fine textures. > > I'm not sure what Jack is referring to with regard > to "flat screens > emphasizing edge pixelation". > > Godfrey > > > On Sep 5, 2005, at 8:38 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > John, > > It just has more snap than is usually seen. I > > appreciate your reasoning and I would have > approached > > that level as well. The presentation is always the > > shooter's choice. > > I like the 'look' on my monitor. > > What few flat screens I've seen, seem to emphasize > > edge pixelation which may explain some sharpening > > criticisms. > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > --- John Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Jack Davis wrote: > >> > >> > >>> John, > >>> Nice depth and texture! > >>> What was the extent of Photoshopping? > >>> > >>> Jack > >>> > >>> --- John Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Here is the best picture I took to check out my > >>>> > >> new > >> > >>>> DS. Lens was the > >>>> FA20-35. > >>>> > >>>> And here is the URL: > >>>> > >> > >> > >>> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3699834 > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Sorry > >>>> > >>>> John Graves > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> No virus found in this incoming message. > >>>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >>>> Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/89 > - > >>>> Release Date: 9/2/2005 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > ______________________________________________________ > >> > >>> Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina > >>> > >> relief effort. > >> > >>> http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Jack, > >> I expanded the range slightly using levels, > unsharp > >> mask at 80,.5.1 and > >> resized it with bicubic sharper for the web. I > >> wanted to retain all the > >> detail I could in those rock faces. Is that too > >> much, or not enough. I > >> am a not a beginner which makes me slightly > >> dangerous. Sort of like a 5 > >> year old with a knife in his hand. > >> > >> The ocean is at my back and the crevass you see > goes > >> down about 15 > >> feet. I am still trying to figure out how to > take > >> a picture of that. > >> > >> Thank you for the remarks > >> > >> John G. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
