Hi,
I actually think it gies some extra depth to a picture when small river
rocks are sharp. I howver liked the framing better of your first picture.
Cheers,
Ronald
David Mann wrote:
On Dec 13, 2005, at 6:56 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
What bothers me:
Just doesn't appear sharp - the walls look very detailed, but soft and
the stream rocks likewise - perhaps just need sharpening
The walls were probably quite soft anyway... limestone is a bit like
that and the texture isn't cracks. I guess it's some kind of
weathering process. The lighting was also quite diffused (cloudy
weather).
Having said that I didn't put a huge amount of effort into
sharpening. I masked out the edges of the stream rocks because of
halos and didn't come back for a second, more subtle sharpening.
Even though you worked hard on the hole, it still is pretty dark -
Velvia was probably a wrong choice here
It's quite subtle and is meant to still be quite dark. If I get the
time I might put up the "before" version later. Don't look for
detail in the middle of the hole - it's just an extra "section" on
the right.
You're correct about Velvia being a bad choice. I'm actually
surprised I was able to get anything useful out of it at all. I do
wish I'd used something else but that was what I had in the camera at
the time. I can always go back and re-shoot.
Here's another view from a medium format slide that I scanned a few
months ago.
The river rocks look a bit sharper, actually a little too sharp for
my liking.
http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/photo/printsdb/view.php?p=6
Thanks for commenting.
- Dave
